I totally understand. I saw the same exact popup and reported it to the ad network. By the time they responded, the website had gone offline, but it seems like these particular sites come back with new domains.

After seeing it, I ran a full virus/malware/spyware scan with no results. Those types of sites are just phishing attempts unfortunately and I guess they sneak by the ad network's approval process somehow.

Like I said before, I don't like using ANY popups, but this particular network ( propellerads.com ) has a pretty high CPM payout rate and is basically keeping me operating. Until I can find some alternative sources, I have no choice but to either keep the popups, sticky banner and other ads in place or completely shut everything down.

But again, I completely understand your decision and apologize for the annoyance & inconvenience

EDIT: I think I found the site you're talking about: http:// here fixin.com/xx/xxxxx/chrome_xx_6/index.html  (put Xs so URL doesn't work)

I'll be reporting them.

Thanks for the solid update.

Hey Lukkus, do you happen to have any new banners we can use for advertising? A 728x90 one in particular?

The sites donaldbitcoin makes are some of the most profitable faucets around here for users. He offers an innovative investment feature, but you should know all investments have risks. The good thing is you're not forced to use it or deposit any BTC; if you do, then the risk solely lays in your hands. I don't see anywhere on his sites that say you're guaranteed a refund in the event of a shutdown or other unfortunate event.

Losing AdSense is huge as they're, without a doubt, the highest paying ad network out there. Everyone knows using them on faucets is inherently risky, but sometimes it's worth it. He took & is taking a risk with it in hopes that he'll make some good net profit (and I hope he does). This also greatly benefits the users seeing how CetoBeto has some insane payouts. Donald even mentioned he's paying out of his pocket right now until he can get more ads up on the site.

For someone who creates really solid and original faucets that pay out great rewards, why would you keep saying "scam" this and "scam" that? How much total have you collected from his faucets? I bet quite a bit.

The only thing that kind of concerns me is copyright infringement with Pokemon and the pictures that are used. I know Pokemon isn't mentioned anywhere on the site, but not sure if using those images constitutes fair use. I was thinking the same thing with DonaldCoin, Hitpxl and some of the other sites.

Anyways, great job so far Donald. You have far more supporters than naysayers

Thank you for the support as always, Lucius. We need more people like you on this forum

That said, I recommend everyone on here to check out gameofbitcoins.com if you need a really high quality faucet list / rotator. I actually use it myself quite a bit.

So, all of this is pretty unfortunate. Personally, I'm not very happy with the way things are on my faucets right now:

1) They're cluttered with ads and I'm forced to use pop-unders that are sometimes a bit risque and sketchy (but the ad network guarantees absolutely no malware). I've seen them myself: The Windows alerts w/sounds, borderline porn sites, etc. They're annoying as hell, but are actually allowing me to keep the faucets up and running until I can find some alternatives.

2) The minimum reward payouts aren't the greatest, but they aren't the worst either. Also, there's always that "slim" chance of hitting the big ones (50k, 100k, 250k).

3) My future plans for LeakyBitcoins are uncertain at this point. I really wanted to accomplish everything I listed before in the roadmap ( https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1557819.msg15905601#msg15905601 ), but it will be difficult now that AdSense went away. Sucks..

Anyways, I really need to keep a close eye on things right now. I have yet to collect any actual net profit (mostly waiting on Google & Solve Media to release it) and have so far invested a whopping 1.40288517 BTC + hosting costs out of my pocket in this little venture. I'm not a rich person by any means, but I was willing to take the risk

On a more positive note, I'm going to be hosting the contest I talked about very soon. Hopefully we can get more people on the forum to chime in with their entries, comments, advice... anything really

Let me work out the details and then I'll post an announcement.

You're not alone. Ads were disabled on mine early this morning because of "incentivized traffic."

We all knew the risk when it came to putting up AdSense on our faucets, so it's not really a big surprise.

I agree. There needs to be some more communication. Election day is on November 8th, which is less than two months away now.

If there ever was a prime time to get this show on the road (especially considering Hillary's ongoing issues), this is it!

Hey folks, I have some bad news unfortunately.

I just received a couple of messages from Google, so I am now in the process of making some changes:

     - Pop-under ads will be re-enabled indefinitely since they provide a decent source of revenue

     - Additional ad networks will be considered to help keep the faucet alive

     - Reward payout amounts and percentages will be changing again (sorry!), but the maximum 250,000 satoshi prize will remain in effect.

The last part in particular is very important as I need to basically re-assess everything.

Thanks to those of you who have supported my faucets since I started back in July. Here's to hoping everything will work out in the end

EDIT: Here are the updated rewards:

So, basically this error comes up when a user tries to access a directory or file that I've blocked via permissions in my cPanel:



Are you accessing the following URLs?

http://leakybitcoins.com

or

http://leakybitcoins2.com

The partners and referral pages are also accessible, but that should be it.

Can you provide me with the IP address you are using as well? I have a restricted IP list that I can look through to see if yours is on it.

Sorry for the inconvenience.

Pop-under ads have been disabled for now.

The referral promotion has ended. Thank you to those who participated.

All reward claims go instantly to your FaucetBOX.com address. Visit here to check: https://faucetbox.com/en/check

Hey all. It looks like there are quite a few more referral payouts, so that's great. Thank you for participating and I hope those who are sharing their referral links are making a good bit of satoshi with the 45% rate

I just wanted to mention that shortly after this promotion period ends (9/13/2016), I will be hosting another contest. Here's a sneak peek of what I have in mind so far:

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Title: Lucky Leaky's 1,000,000 Satoshi Giveaway - How Lucky Will You Be?

Related Websites: LeakyBitcoins.com and LeakyBitcoins2.com

Prize: 1,000,000 Satoshi (0.01000000 BTC)

Participant Consolation Prizes: 15,000 Satoshi (0.00015000 BTC) each*

Contest Ends: Undetermined

Rules: Standard; No cheating & proof required for each valid claim

How to win: Claim the following to win the Grand Prize -

     Option 1 (one of the following):

                  1x 250000 satoshi
                  1x 100000
                  1x 50000

     Option 2 (ALL of the following):

                  1x 1000 satoshi
                  1x 750
                  1x 500
                  1x 250

     Option 3 (one of the following):

                  3x 1000 satoshi

                  or

                  5x 750 satoshi

                  or

                  7x 500 satoshi

                  or

                  10x 250 satoshi

* Note: Each non-winning participant who claims a valid reward (250 satoshi or more) and posts in this thread will get 15,000 satoshi sent to them after the contest ends. BTC address is required.

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Remember, the contest hasn't started yet. I'll make an official announcement when it does.

I thought pretty hard about how to make this next one as interesting and fun as possible, so hopefully this works. If you have any ideas, let me know.

Thanks again all and have fun with the current 2-day referral promo

Great news! Thank you for fixing it and the zero fee compensation

Faucets:

leakybitcoins.com

leakybitcoins2.com

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The 2-day referral commission promotion has started! It will be 45% until 9/13/2016. Just remember to change "Your_Address" to your FaucetBOX BTC address



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Thanks for the info

Hopefully the owner will resolve this problem soon. A-Ads has always been great!

Yes, there seems to be an issue.

I've checked all of my ad spaces and they're showing "Average daily income: 0.00000000 Ƀ" which isn't normal.

Good to hear, LTU. Thanks for posting your issue... if anyone else has a problem, please post it here or email leakybitcoins@gmail.com and I'll try to fix it ASAP

I finally got around to making some new referral banners. Check them out:

refer.leakybitcoins.com

refer.leakybitcoins2.com

I just tested both faucets and they worked. Also checked some recent stats, and it looks like people are claiming without an issue:



I used Google Chrome to test. Are you using a different browser?