Good to see people thinking ahead to future problems with Bitcoin. QT obviously cannot go on indefinitely, the blockchain file size and wait to sync would be a nightmare in 5 years time. It's good that alternatives such as multibit and electrum exist for sure. It's also exciting to think of the possibilities of the next generation of wallets.

Welcome to BitcoinTalk, a place of useful information, helpful people and the occassional scammer. Keep your wits about you and you will fit in fine on the forum. 

Hi and welcome to the forum! You will find loads of useful cryptocurrency information and lots of helpful people on BitcoinTalk. 

Welcome to the forum. I've had a lot of fun trading BTC and alt-coins, hopefully you will too. Play around with small amounts first whilst you get used to the different exchanges. I recommend BTC-e and Cryptsy, however don't store coins on an exchange for too long if you don't intend to trade them as they are much more secure in a client based wallet.

Welcome to the forum. Yes the days of a faucet dispensing 0.1 BTC an hour are long gone, but with the value increase there's still loads of opportunities to obtain valuable cryptocurrencies.

Blockchain is in my opinion the best online BTC wallet. It's great for easy access to the BTC you may wish to send and receive in the near future. No need for the Blockchain to sync, updates straight away, great wallet. However all web wallets are open to attacks and closures, so for savings and long term safe storage I would recommend a combination of offline QT and paper wallets.

Portnoy's "FREE BITCOIN Sites *and* Free Newbie Lotto" thread is still the best list of Free BTC sites available. Well done Portnoy for your hard work.

Good idea for a thread, BTC difficulty is already too high for first generation ASIC hardware to mine profitably. 

Welcome to the forum, you will find a lot of useful cryptocurrency information on BitcoinTalk. 

DOGE is a good laugh, but the smart money is on Bitcoin and Litecoin. 

cold storage and paper wallets for sure. 

With the BTC you are making from faucets and PTC sites, why not do some trading on an exchange such as Cryptsy or BTC-e? You can both make or lose money, but there is skill involved and currency trading is good fun.

List updated with the addition of Steal The Pixels - (FREE Litecoin once per half hour) 

List updated with the addition of EarnCrypto.com to the "Earn Litecoin" category.

List updated with site descriptions for each working link. 

Thanks for the suggestions matthona.

First one looks legit (litecoin-faucet.tk), I will add to list once I have received a payout and can confirm it's working.

As for http://coinbooster.net/litecoins/index.php the site is too badly designed and buggy.

Anyone have any suggestions for Litecoin sites I've missed from the list?

Pleased to announce the list updated today with the addition of QoinPro.com which has been verified and payout confirmed. 

List updated. Any suggestions or sites I've missed?

List updated with non paying sites removed.