Why do people use faucets?

[NorrisK]

i know you are Sr member and you can earning more BTC from your signature campaign and other service
but why you think people do faucet is stupid ??

look at this guy
https://faucetbox.com/en/check/1LB8EJsDQZQt5X2EPHvKgHw1F66xLUUCj1


so are you stupid to think this is stupid  ?

That guy must have a serious list if referrals to get an income like that.. Probably hundreds of people collecting under him.. Not realistic for most.

[seedtrue]

I used to run an alt faucet (CLAMS). A lot of gamblers would use it in between deposits to the dice site. Not as a way to get rich, but a way to get a tiny bit of betting coins in between deposits. Or sometimes others would use it to keep from being bored while they wait to buy more coins.

[Amph]

because they are the easiest way to get free coins, no hassle of any kind like those site that need you to watch stupid video or compelte half-assed surveys

also if you can come up with a good bot, you can actually make a good profit better than a few s5 antminers

[Tartaravatar]

cause Bitcoin faucet is a World Wide Web website that gives out "free" bitcoins (BTC) in exchange for doing a simple task,
such as clicking on an advert, solving a CAPTCHA, or viewing a webpage for a certain amount of time.
There are also faucets that dispense alternative cryptocurrencies.

[examplens]

i know you are Sr member and you can earning more BTC from your signature campaign and other service
but why you think people do faucet is stupid ??

look at this guy
https://faucetbox.com/en/check/1LB8EJsDQZQt5X2EPHvKgHw1F66xLUUCj1


so are you stupid to think this is stupid  ?

wow
respect for this account
how many referrals is need to have 0.00619810 BTC per day

[ANON.PURGED]

They're so stupid, I could easily tell you to get a job but there are other things you can do online which will earn you alot more.
Checkout /r/beermoney for example.

It is just for fun, Most of faucets owner have done this with their curiosity , boredness, and skills. These faucets are recommended for poor / new people that uses BitCoin.

[BlueYozakuraBTC]

I like faucets because they're fun. With the right amout of referrals you can actually bring in some nice numbers. The biggest issue is getting people to just click. First you have the old timers in btc that think "eww that's so stupid" then you have the people that know nothing about btc and are afraid to get involved.


The people that can live off a month of faucet work typically make maybe no more than $1400-$1500 a year salary so they can easily ( with numbers) cover all of their expensese in a month. Realistically they could potentially bring in more than the average person trying to mine btc on their basic home computer. <-Not that you can actually even do that anymore realistically.

There are so many ways to earn bitcoin and right now there are some generous sites out there that are giving it away and it's fun.

[acquafredda]

I think faucets are a good way to save on transaction fees.
When I have time I get around 150000 satoshi per week: I stake them to pay a good transaction fee.
It's my way to put those money back into the BTC system I think

[Jeremycoin]

i know you are Sr member and you can earning more BTC from your signature campaign and other service
but why you think people do faucet is stupid ??

look at this guy
https://faucetbox.com/en/check/1LB8EJsDQZQt5X2EPHvKgHw1F66xLUUCj1


so are you stupid to think this is stupid  ?

You are the best dude, maybe you can write a motivational thread about earning Bitcoin with faucet.
Or even write a book and sell it with Bitcoin

[scumbag]

I guess everyone who uses bitcoin experienced using faucets since it is the easiest way to get bitcoins for free.
If you have a lot of referrals then faucets is for you, but if none, try another way to earn bitcoins for free.

[Nikinger]

I rarely use faucets when I want to round up my BTC balance.
When having balances like 0.09975 whilst needing 0.1, faucets are great.

[boliu]

I think the word is FREE

[maku]

I think faucets are a good way to save on transaction fees.
When I have time I get around 150000 satoshi per week: I stake them to pay a good transaction fee.
It's my way to put those money back into the BTC system I think

What are you talking about? It is completely opposite. If you collect 'dust' from faucets your transaction fees will be can be huge in the future.
You will lose significant part of your faucet earning trying to compose 'dust' transactions. You may want to think twice before that.

[Mickeyb]

They're so stupid, I could easily tell you to get a job but there are other things you can do online which will earn you alot more.
Checkout /r/beermoney for example.

I agree 100%, faucets are a complete waste of time where you can't earn nothing but some bitcoin dust. The only people that earn from faucets are the faucet operators.

Why are people using them? Well these are mostly newbies that don't know much about Bitcoin and that think they will actually make some money by typing captchas. After some time, when people see that they can't make anything, they give up.

[Za1n]

Yes, faucets are meant for newbies to get some bitcoins for free and get the feel for using them. They can then transfer them to a wallet, see how the fees work, maybe accumulate a few more and try gambling etc. I do not think anyone using a faucet expects to get rich off of them, but it is a good way for someone new to bitcoin and maybe a bit leery on how it works to get experience before risking their own funds.

[coinableS]

Faucets are a good time killer for those that are looking for some extra bitcoin.
Signature campaigns are better methods for extra BTC if you have SR member or higher rank.

But there are also games you can play that pay out via faucets, so it's not just all captcha entering.

For example have you ever played primedice and used their faucet? It's pretty cool except you can't cashout unless you 5000X the faucet amount.
DISCLAIMER: SELF PROMOTION: That's why I created faucet+dice. It's a full provably fair dice game you can play that has no minimum cashout amount since it pays out via faucetbox. So you can immediately withdraw and just use it like a faucet or you can play dice and withdraw when you're done.

[lexuz]

i know you are Sr member and you can earning more BTC from your signature campaign and other service
but why you think people do faucet is stupid ??

look at this guy
https://faucetbox.com/en/check/1LB8EJsDQZQt5X2EPHvKgHw1F66xLUUCj1


so are you stupid to think this is stupid  ?

he have insane skills and i dont know how he got that referral

They're so stupid, I could easily tell you to get a job but there are other things you can do online which will earn you alot more.
Checkout /r/beermoney for example.

I think Faucet is one of best way to get free money if you have time you just need spend a little bit of your time in front computer

[Possum577]

I rarely use faucets when I want to round up my BTC balance.
When having balances like 0.09975 whilst needing 0.1, faucets are great.

Haha, if it was so easy to earn BTC0.1 with a faucet, everyone would be doing it. That's 10,000,000 Satoshi, when the avg faucet offers 850 an hour, 11,764 claims or clicks or hours.

[acquafredda]

I think faucets are a good way to save on transaction fees.
When I have time I get around 150000 satoshi per week: I stake them to pay a good transaction fee.
It's my way to put those money back into the BTC system I think

What are you talking about? It is completely opposite. If you collect 'dust' from faucets your transaction fees will be can be huge in the future.
You will lose significant part of your faucet earning trying to compose 'dust' transactions. You may want to think twice before that.

I don't understand what you mean. Can you explain a little more?
I could agree that faucets create a lot of dust but my reason behind what I said is that since they're there why not take advantages out of them...

[Nikinger]

I rarely use faucets when I want to round up my BTC balance.
When having balances like 0.09975 whilst needing 0.1, faucets are great.

Haha, if it was so easy to earn BTC0.1 with a faucet, everyone would be doing it. That's 10,000,000 Satoshi, when the avg faucet offers 850 an hour, 11,764 claims or clicks or hours.

No. I didn't earn 0.09975 from faucets ever. I use faucets just to round up already existing non-faucet stashes.