For information about the Daily Newbie Lotto see here.

From the New to BitCoin? Start here! sticky in the Bitcoin Forum > Bitcoin > Bitcoin Discussion forum:

Where do I get free bitcoins?        Discussion thread here

If you have a site that gives out free bitcoins, or know of one, then please submit a link to it in that thread,
or this one if you are still on newbie restrictions.  Any input is welcome including a quick "thanks" or "hello".

Thanks

And I suppose I can just list them here below as well:

Be sure to bookmark this page so you don't miss anything new.

Beware of sites/threads which just copy the entries from this official thread and hides the links behind url redirectors,
making them untrustworthy or a spam-filled inconvenience at best. Also even some of the sites listed here will have their
own list of free Bitcoin sites but hide them behind coinurl and/or adfly links, and other dubious and spammy things like that.
For your convenience and safety it best to just use their faucet, and avoid the other links there, and then come back to use
the verified and maintained list of links here.

If you find this list has been helpful to you in getting your first BTC and you appreciate the time put in to verify these
sites, and to compile and maintain this list, please consider a small donation: 1A2tWrHSnc4eoRJCgcDx8BwPAATmtxMTye

You can use this address in one of your daily checks of these sites for example, or a test of sending BTC after
you have used these sites to test the receiving of BTC. Thank you.  

Note: Many of these sites only payout once a day, or even less often, to save on transaction fees,
so don't get too worried if you don't see a payment for several hours. If after more than a day or two you
still don't get anything, or you have any other problems, post in this thread. Some of the operators of these
various sites follow this thread. Also note the * beside some entries and what it means as explained under
the list of entries below.

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Free Bitcoin sites
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The Bitcoin faucet ( abandoned? See here. )
One time payout per Google account. Explanation available at the site.

Daily Bitcoins
Warning: payment stats older than 30 days will be deleted. See more here.

Bitcoiner

Bunny Run

Coin Reaper

cointicket.org

Free bitcoins - netlookup.se

El Bitcoin Gratis
"¡BTC cada hora! Earn BTC every hour!"

BitHits.info

Surf4Bitcoin
See here for more info.

Bitcoins 4 Me!
Get Free Bitcoins every hour.

Vote - Hartcode

Coin ♥ Love ♥ Chest
See here for more info.

Bitcoin Tree

/][Suspicious link removed]

BTC 4 You

FaucetBTC

Free Bitcoins.me

FreeBTC4all.com

The Free Bitcoins.com

Virtual Faucet

BitcoinForest
Doing offers not necessary to get a payout.

btcfaucet.blogspot.com

Redcoins.co

Nioctib.net

Bitcoininformation.appspot.com

The Bitcoin.me

Raw Bitcoins.com

Sr Bitcoin.com

GreenCoins.org

BTC Mine.net

memorydealers
Learn how here.

Bitcoin Dispenser
Free Bitcoin lottery

BitCrate *

Nakabot's Bitcoin Faucet *
(Tor hidden service)


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Gambling sites that give out free bitcoins ( freerolls etc. ) after you join
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Dragon's Tale
A casino site, but gives out small amounts for free that you can use to gamble with or withdraw to your own Bitcoin wallet.

Seals with Clubs
Seals has a free poker tournament every hour with a .05BTC prize. There are larger free tournaments from time to time.
See here for more info.

Strike Sapphire
See here for more info.

BitVegas
"For Minecraft lovers that want to get paid to play the game." See here for more info.


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Not exactly Free but popular "earn" Bitcoin sites
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BitVisitor
Earn Bitcoins for visiting websites

Minecraft Faucet
If you already play minecraft, or are looking to start, get paid to mine.

BitCoin4YOU.net
Earn Bitcoins for visiting websites

Earn Free Bitcoins
Earn small amounts of Bitcoins in exchange for visiting websites for a designated period of time.

Free.BTC.pt
Watch videos to earn BTC. See here for more info.

CoinChat
Earn Bitcoins chatting

BitVisit

GetFreeBitcoin
TwitterGames. See here for more info.

Easybitco.in
Earn Bitcoins for viewing websites and ads.

ABitBack
Earn Bitcoin by watching videos, surveys, trials, offer etc..

BitcoinGet
Earn Bitcoins for watching videos; doing tasks; completing offers. ( Check their FAQ if you find a problem with getting credited. )

CoinTube.TV   * ( not paying out for all video views )
Earn Bitcoins for watching TV

Know a Bit More *
Learn about a site; Answer a question; And earn BTC

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bitcoins.so  ( discontinued )

CoinVisitor ( shutdown without paying all that was owed )

CoinAd.com  ( broken; messages sent to the site ignored )

Omnicoins ( offer discontinued; quota reached )
Learn how here.

BitcoinFaucet.at ( shutdown )
See this post if you are not getting payouts like you should.

kickme.to/goxkeygen  ( discontinued )
MtGox account needed to redeem the code one receives.

Free BitCoin Daily Scratchcard ( down for site redesign? )

bitcoinpixels.com  ( gone )
0.01 BTC free when signing up to betfair. See here for more info.

Bitcoin Addict ( not paying out )

Paperco.in faucet ( perpetually empty )
Scan a QR code to reveal a MtGox code for 0.0007 BTC.

DailyBtc free scratch-off ( discontinued )
You can do the scratch-off for free without needing to enter the lottery. See here for more info.

Bitcoincaptha.org ( Not paying out )

Free weekly Bitcoin lottery ( discontinued )

Coinbase
Get 0.10 BTC for signing up and verifying your account.  ( discontinued )

freebtc.com ( gone )

BTCFree.net ( gone )

mycryptcoin.com ( gone )

!FIVEMinuteCoin.com ( gone )

Oscry ( shut down )
0.0001 BTC to a given Bitcoin address, once per day per user.

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* Currently empty and/or frequently empty and/or empty for long periods of time and/or takes a very long time to payout.

Agree, with one exception.  If he's looking to invest in BTC, selling his hot sauce for BTC is one way to go about it.  In fact, he could implement a system where it would stop offering BTC as a payment method once he's reached his monthly BTC investment goal.

Except, remember what ASIC stands for: Application Specific Integrated Circuit.

Translation: this device does one job and one job only - mining Bitcoins. I don't have enough technical knowledge to tell you if the Bitcoin ASIC can mine for LTC, but I highly doubt it.

Hello everybody!

I wanted to start with bitcoin mining on few unused servers. There is no GPU so I decided to use cpuminer - minerd.
I also chose one pool mining.bitcoin.cz (hope it is OK) but there is requirement to use Stratum client or  Stratum proxy.

Is there any stratum native CPU (without proxy) client?
Second question is that I can see few algorithms in minerd:
scrypt    scrypt(1024, 1, 1) (default)
                          sha256d   SHA-256d
what is the difference it chosing algorithms?

Please don't be angry about any language mistakes, I'm not native EN

You may have been hacked try changing your password.

I believe the politically correct term these days for ponzi scheme is "Multi-Level Marketing Programs".