i think they are important to start out, but it's too bad you don't get something you can actually start with. you can hardly do a thing with .00000001 BTC 
Topic: Free Bitcoin sites useless? (Read 1171 times)
Every little bit counts
No! Those sites are not useless. They introduced me to bitcoins, and they helped me understand how the software and the whole thing works. Then I got lucky since one faucet (now discontinued) gave me enough to be able to make my first transaction. I earned less than a dollar, but I become familiar with bitcoins with faucets, and I don't know how I would have done it without them.
not worth the hassle
There are also sites that aren't "free", but let you earn bitcoins through completing tasks. The amount you can earn still isn't going to replace your day job anytime soon, but will be a lot more than sites that are "free".
BitcoinGet (see signature) is one such site. Once you become proficient enough with the tasks, you can expect to earn $2-3 equivalent in bitcoins per hour.
BitcoinGet (see signature) is one such site. Once you become proficient enough with the tasks, you can expect to earn $2-3 equivalent in bitcoins per hour.
I can agree on Portnoy's view that it's exciting to receive your first transactions, even if they are worth (nearly) nothing.
But it's also frustrating when you find out that you aren't able to use them in the normal client, possibly will scare away some new users.
But it's also frustrating when you find out that you aren't able to use them in the normal client, possibly will scare away some new users.
If the total of all those free bitcoins ever reaches 0.01 then I'd say that is significant enough. But you can't spend it economically. What I did was to buy enough bitcoin (at least 1 BTC is suggested) and combine that using coin control so you can eventually consolidate it.
Then I cheated, by betting it all on satoshi dice 91% and getting a 107% return. So I consolidated everything, and made some more. But understand, that it's a gamble, so you could end up losing all of it. (I bet 0.01 and I get back 0.0107.) That takes care of my future fees for the next 100 transactions or so.
Then I cheated, by betting it all on satoshi dice 91% and getting a 107% return. So I consolidated everything, and made some more. But understand, that it's a gamble, so you could end up losing all of it. (I bet 0.01 and I get back 0.0107.) That takes care of my future fees for the next 100 transactions or so.
so far all the free sites ive seen are beyond a waste of time
Sure, they are in terms of money worth. I just wanted to try several things. But I couldn't, I'm not able to move those µcoins from my wallet. I have had no problems, following the advice I have already given. I won't say more than that since I can't explain all the technical details as well as others here.
Also the amount I have collected from free sites in the past couple years is 'not' insignificant.... even though that isn't the point imo...
What good is it if one only gets very very small amounts?
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.1088930
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Dailybitcoin website doesn;t seem to work even with the delay. I'm over the .0001 level and I didn;t get a they're coming when I hit the execute transactions.
BTW would doing them immediate give a negative value since it looked like the fee was more then the offered pieces.
BTW would doing them immediate give a negative value since it looked like the fee was more then the offered pieces.
so far all the free sites ive seen are beyond a waste of time
Sure, they are in terms of money worth. I just wanted to try several things. But I couldn't, I'm not able to move those µcoins from my wallet.
so far all the free sites ive seen are beyond a waste of time
Let them age a while and then combine as inputs in transactions with larger amounts.
I've wondered if this would work. I cannot choose which coins are bundled, so if I make a new transaction of ~1BC and all those small transaction, would the fee be large, because of the high amount of kb (and thus giving me negative money from those transaction->I would be sending less than the 1 BC) ?
Let them age a while and then combine as inputs in transactions with larger amounts.
You need to be more specific about what you're asking. What sites are you talking about? Can't know what fees you're referring to, unless you actually specify which fees you're referring to.
If it's an ad-driven site, odds are pretty good that they'll find ways to avoid paying you, but unless you actually ask real questions, nobody can answer them.
If it's an ad-driven site, odds are pretty good that they'll find ways to avoid paying you, but unless you actually ask real questions, nobody can answer them.
The site was paying, I'm talking about the fee to send the earned Bitcoins.
I did specify that in the post before, the sites were those µBitcoins came from (like Bitcoin Tree) aren't important to my question.
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The QT client can require you to pay a fee if you are basically combining a huge number of small transactions into one larger one.
That's exactly what I mean. I have now 1mBitcoin in my wallet from the qt-client, but I am not able to send them anywhere.
In the qt-client the fees aren't optional, so I wanted to know if there is any way around that
@SRG: I guess that workaround could do the trick, but not for the coins I've already earned.
Free bitcoin sites are NOT useless, but you do have to be careful. Most mainline sites now such as DailyBitCoins give you the option to delay a payout until you accumulate a larger amount. The QT client can require you to pay a fee if you are basically combining a huge number of small transactions into one larger one.
There are others that know more about fees. The workaround I've adopted is to send the small amounts of BTC directly to where I want them. E.g. if I want to play at Bitzino or peerbet, send the amounts directly to that wallet.
Good Luck!
There are others that know more about fees. The workaround I've adopted is to send the small amounts of BTC directly to where I want them. E.g. if I want to play at Bitzino or peerbet, send the amounts directly to that wallet.
Good Luck!
Transaction fees are optional but decrease the time it takes for the transaction to get confirmations.
You need to be more specific about what you're asking. What sites are you talking about? Can't know what fees you're referring to, unless you actually specify which fees you're referring to.
If it's an ad-driven site, odds are pretty good that they'll find ways to avoid paying you, but unless you actually ask real questions, nobody can answer them.
If it's an ad-driven site, odds are pretty good that they'll find ways to avoid paying you, but unless you actually ask real questions, nobody can answer them.
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