Topic: [For Developers] n0nce's Bitcoin Testnet Faucet [~10 tBTC] (Read 2284 times)

Amount: <0.3 tBTC>
Address:
Project:

Thanks a lot man!

Amount: 0.001
Address: tb1pmag44djunluyezmw2krjs6e0fe5m9dyzhktxwc5cc5nke3x9mawq77s5y3
Project: Airdrop mission for testing wallet

Hi n0nce

Amount: <0.1 tBTC>
Address:
Project:

Thanks

It does matter.  I was going to donate.

Also, v3 Testnet wouldn't just stop working suddenly.

Finally, v4 Testnet would be easily able to obtain I'd imagine...

People need to be testing, learning, and building.

Does it matter? Because developers are actively working on testnet4, and discussing the network reset: https://groups.google.com/g/bitcoindev/c/9bL00vRj7OU

Which means, that even if some faucets are working right now, they could become worthless, if the network would be resetted.

Is this still a thing and active?

Hi nonce,



Amount: <0.5 tBTC>
Address:
Project:

Thank you

Amount: <0.3 tBTC>
Address: <2NAEtAKM3zrq71AfDJUaYYdRm9Zo1xdCXvr>
Project:

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Hi n0nce, I am currently involved in the development of a project on runes protocol, and facing huge limitations due to the tbtc faucets being down, so if there is a possibility to sent me 0.3 testnet coins for testing? I would greatly appreciate your help.

Here is my github profile - https://github.com/kamalbuilds/.

Thank you so much.

There are two options:

1. You can run it from console window, if you are in the folder, where you have your Bitcoin application.
2. You can just append those options in the Properties, as you already did.

So, you did the second thing, and I assume it is correct. The reason, why it doesn't work, is that you had before some other settings, which may not work with what you are trying to do now.
Which means, that the way forward is not about changing the command, it is about cleaning up your wallet directory (if you want to use signet).

But: you can use "bitcoin-qt.exe -regtest" in the Properties window instead, and see if you can run regtest correctly. Then, at least you could mine some blocks locally, and test some basic things, without worrying about downloading the chain.

It is a command line. But guess what: putting those commands in the Properties, leads you to the same results, as you would have, if you would put it in the console.

For that reason, if you would use "notepad.exe" instead of "bitcoin-qt.exe", then guess what: it would open a Notepad instead! There is nothing fancy here, just a command to run your application.

Well, it is not about Bitcoin. It is about knowing, how programs are executed by Operating Systems (Windows in this case). Which means, that if you want to learn such things, then it is completely separated from learning about Bitcoin, because if you would want to run Notepad or any other program, and modify the command line options, then those steps would be similar.

Of course there are. For example, here is some video for Linux: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-NYviYuUVM
And the first comment: "I like how you started with the result instead of the boring part of downloading the files, etc."

So, I guess for different people, there are different needs. For some people, it is obvious, how programs are executed, and for some others, click-by-click explanation is needed. If you are in the second group, then you can get more knowledge not only by looking at Bitcoin-related tutorials specifically, but for example by also learning, how shortcuts in Windows works. And that kind of knowledge is a different matter than learning about Bitcoin, it is rather learning about your Operating System.

Thanks for helping me. I have sent it back to the address it came from.
It seems we will see a lot of shortage of testnet Bitcoin. There are almost no working testnet faucets at this moment and not everyone can mine testnet Bitcoin. This is the reason Bitcoin testnet market has been created and now people are buying tBTC when they need it. Anyways, thanks again.

Testnet trading was discussed in https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.63720323.

You do not have to return the 0.00196327, but if you want you can return it to the sending address.

Thank you very much for helping me. I failed to gather the tBTC when I needed and I even tried hard to mine some tBTC but as you can see, I am too noob to understand everything and mine some tBTC. So, I had to spend some of my real Bitcoin to buy some tBTC and I am glad that I was able to buy some tBTC. Now you may ask why you buy BTC? it's completely free and tBTC does not have any value. Well, I know that. But after hearing that the block reward of testnet BTC is around 0.012 tBTC, I thought why not buy some tBTC and appreciate who have mined it. Anyway, please post your tBTC address and I will send you back. Thanks again for helping me.

I sent you 0.00196327 tBTC when you posted this. If you return it when finished, I can send 0.048 more.

I am kind of frustrated and upset over myself because I haven't learned these things these days. I have tried the methods you guys suggested, but unfortunately, either I do not understand what you guys are telling me to do, or I am doing it wrong. When you guys say write ./bitcoin-qt -signet -signetchallenge=51, you should tell me where should I write it. Otherwise, I have to run here and there, and I will have to give up. I put that on the properties just like the screenshot shared by Vjudeu. I tried this on console and PowerShell too. I don't know if it's a command line or something. How do I suppose to learn these things? There are no youtube videos for these guides. Pooor LB with malfaunctioned brain 

I think that it is pretty obvious no? the wallet in that path was created by another network no?
You can test the next:
- Move that wallet to a backup folder
- Delete any wallet in that directory
- Create a new wallet

Where do I have to write this? Can you please show me a screenshot if possible?

Sorry for being a noob but I have to ask these questions. Did mean this?



If so, When I make this change and try to open it again, I get this error. Can you please help me with this?

You have to pick your signet challenge. Because in signet, all blocks are signed. If you use the official one, then you cannot mine on top of it, unless you use OP_TRUE as your signet challenge. And this is probably the easiest thing you can do:
Which means, that if you have working shortcut with "-signet" at the end, then just append "-signetchallenge=51" into that.

And later, if you want to make your network online, you should probably replace "51" with the Script, which you want to use to sign your blocks.

Okay. My Bitcoin core -signet is synchronized fully and I have created a wallet too. What else should I have to do to mine a block apart from running it 24/7? I have been running it for a day already and I thought running it 24/7 was going to mine a block for me. Can you please guide what else I should do to start mining?

What is the difference between the signet testnet BTC and the testnet3 BTC? I have used a faucet and claimed a few thousand satoshis but I need a little more. Can I transfer signet testnet BTC to any other regular testnet wallet?

https://en.bitcoin.it/Signet

If you don't want to touch the console, then just change Properties in your shortcut. Or: you can copy-paste the shortcut, and set different options for each of them. Then, you could double-click on the right icon, depending on which network you would want to run. Screenshot: https://imgur.com/XmldnwB

Yes. Just change some options in Properties, as shown in the screen above.