Hello I am the creator of FaucetBuilder and script. The email [email protected] belongs to me.
Originally I built the script with a 1% fee to cover my time for building this. I published it and had a few friends testing it. This was before faucetbuilder.com existed and was live.
The main feedback from the guys testing it was that 1% flat-fee is not the right way since the APIs were not built by me (they are originally Xapo). So, I took the 1% fee out and launched faucetbuilder.com for free and took btc donations.
I want to clarify that yes my original plan was to charge a fee. But I removed this fee before my script and website (faucetbuilder.com) was officially launched. I am not sure how the script with 1% fee is being circulated since I dont promote on any of my links on bitcointalk or website.
!The script on faucetbuilder.com does not have a fee!
My wallet [email protected] has 800 bits (~$0.18) and not much. If you are using the original script with the fee email me and I will return your funds. I am trying to do honest business.
Topic: How to create your own Xapo bitcoin faucet (Read 3651 times)
Just so everyone knows this faucet syphons money out of your xapo account it mails credits to the maker on every transaction do not use this script . It works in the beginning but then it starts sending satoshi to god knows where. Here is the screenshot of the code that is used to steal. Notice the credit and the email address on line 173 it sends to. This really sucks because i wanted a xapo faucet for some time and i worked real hard on all the cosmetics .If you do get it to work and get rid of that line of code after a while it will stop working and give you this message "unable to process your request" but still the money goes out of your account into the abyss; so the person does not get paid and the faucet owner loses the money. not cool !!!
How much money could you expect to make running a faucet? Let's assume you have decent traffic and adsense ads all over it? I used to run a blog about Law School (universities) and could make a few hundred a month ( .edu and legal are highest paying keywords) but I also had some more entertaining but keyword poor sites that earned next to nothing. When my law school blog started earning in the 3 digits adsense banned me. 
Overall, the work I had to put in to get the traffic and original content made it pay like a minimum wage job.
So. My question... How much do you earn with your own faucet? Please include stats like amount of traffic, CTR etc.
Thanks
Overall, the work I had to put in to get the traffic and original content made it pay like a minimum wage job.
So. My question... How much do you earn with your own faucet? Please include stats like amount of traffic, CTR etc.
Thanks
Lately I see many people are talking about Xapo faucet. Can someone please tell me why ? What is the specialty of a Xapo faucet ?
Xapo faucets hook straight up to your Xapo wallet, so there are fewer fees involved. This is one of the reasons many Xapo faucets pay more.
I see the reasons as: (1) free, off-chain transactions from Xapo-to-Xapo and (2) Xapo's affiliate program. Two things I'm not necessarily in favor of but oh well.
ok the programmers have been contacted and i am now waiting for a response. i have gotten 2 emails on the matter and i will keep this thread updated
Yea he updated 2 days before i downloaded it. i wonder if he just created a bug. He was updating the keys making them less vulnerable because someone complained they got hacked so he fixed it supposedly but i bet he didnt fix it completely. i code so i know how that goes. the problem with me is i don't know how api's work nor how to code them or i would fix it myself
Good chance that this will once again be no help, but just in case -- you can download the version that I used if you go to https://github.com/chipshotDEV/Faucet-Builder/tree/a3b8f3efa477e0e590f45456392b841bfcc2a0f8, and "Download ZIP" from there.
Yea he updated 2 days before i downloaded it. i wonder if he just created a bug. He was updating the keys making them less vulnerable because someone complained they got hacked so he fixed it supposedly but i bet he didnt fix it completely. i code so i know how that goes. the problem with me is i don't know how api's work nor how to code them or i would fix it myself
Good chance that this will once again be no help, but just in case -- you can download the version that I used if you go to https://github.com/chipshotDEV/Faucet-Builder/tree/a3b8f3efa477e0e590f45456392b841bfcc2a0f8, and "Download ZIP" from there.
Yea he updated 2 days before i downloaded it. i wonder if he just created a bug. He was updating the keys making them less vulnerable because someone complained they got hacked so he fixed it supposedly but i bet he didnt fix it completely. i code so i know how that goes. the problem with me is i don't know how api's work nor how to code them or i would fix it myself
Good chance that this will once again be no help, but just in case -- you can download the version that I used if you go to https://github.com/chipshotDEV/Faucet-Builder/tree/a3b8f3efa477e0e590f45456392b841bfcc2a0f8, and "Download ZIP" from there.
I have now contacted Xapo for support on this matter. i have tried to contact the maker of that script but i have gotten no response yet. I'll keep everyone posted as to what the problem was and how to fix if i get it fix at all......Xapo seems to have the best faucets so i am desperately trying to fix this.
I wonder if they will have another script or if they know what the problem is...
I wonder if they will have another script or if they know what the problem is...
The script is being updated fairly regularly, so it is possible that it will be fixed. I think it has been updated once or twice already since I wrote that tutorial, so I do not know if that might be making a difference.
The site that I created to show it in action is here: http://makebucks.byethost12.com/
I have now contacted Xapo for support on this matter. i have tried to contact the maker of that script but i have gotten no response yet. I'll keep everyone posted as to what the problem was and how to fix if i get it fix at all......Xapo seems to have the best faucets so i am desperately trying to fix this.
I wonder if they will have another script or if they know what the problem is...
I wonder if they will have another script or if they know what the problem is...
The script is being updated fairly regularly, so it is possible that it will be fixed. I think it has been updated once or twice already since I wrote that tutorial, so I do not know if that might be making a difference.
The site that I created to show it in action is here: http://makebucks.byethost12.com/
Sorry, I do not understand the error. Here is a free host that I know works, though: https://byethost.com/
That is where some of the screenshots in the guide are from.
You could also try http://www.000webhost.com/, but my personal experience with them is that things did not quite ever work how I wanted them to.
Please let us know if you get different results with a free host!
I have now contacted Xapo for support on this matter. i have tried to contact the maker of that script but i have gotten no response yet. I'll keep everyone posted as to what the problem was and how to fix if i get it fix at all......Xapo seems to have the best faucets so i am desperately trying to fix this.That is where some of the screenshots in the guide are from.
You could also try http://www.000webhost.com/, but my personal experience with them is that things did not quite ever work how I wanted them to.
Please let us know if you get different results with a free host!
I wonder if they will have another script or if they know what the problem is...
Sorry, I do not understand the error. Here is a free host that I know works, though: https://byethost.com/
That is where some of the screenshots in the guide are from.
You could also try http://www.000webhost.com/, but my personal experience with them is that things did not quite ever work how I wanted them to.
Please let us know if you get different results with a free host!
its not the host its the coding and i dont know how to fix it ...what is your sites url? That is where some of the screenshots in the guide are from.
You could also try http://www.000webhost.com/, but my personal experience with them is that things did not quite ever work how I wanted them to.
Please let us know if you get different results with a free host!
Sorry, I do not understand the error. Here is a free host that I know works, though: https://byethost.com/
That is where some of the screenshots in the guide are from.
You could also try http://www.000webhost.com/, but my personal experience with them is that things did not quite ever work how I wanted them to.
Please let us know if you get different results with a free host!
That is where some of the screenshots in the guide are from.
You could also try http://www.000webhost.com/, but my personal experience with them is that things did not quite ever work how I wanted them to.
Please let us know if you get different results with a free host!
I am sorry, I am really having trouble figuring out what this could be. The admin error appears to have something to do with "admin_message_html", but I don't know what to do with that.
Did you try running it on Byethost, or a similar free host? I am not sure if using ddns could have an effect or not.
Sorry this is not more helpful...
i am using wamp as the server and i was using paytoshi script and it worked fine. maybe because im using wamp the script doesn't recognize the path??? but i cant read what the error is saying can you? Did you try running it on Byethost, or a similar free host? I am not sure if using ddns could have an effect or not.
Sorry this is not more helpful...
I am sorry, I am really having trouble figuring out what this could be. The admin error appears to have something to do with "admin_message_html", but I don't know what to do with that.
Did you try running it on Byethost, or a similar free host? I am not sure if using ddns could have an effect or not.
Sorry this is not more helpful...
i was thinking that too do you have a link to a free host to just test out the problem?Did you try running it on Byethost, or a similar free host? I am not sure if using ddns could have an effect or not.
Sorry this is not more helpful...
I am sorry, I am really having trouble figuring out what this could be. The admin error appears to have something to do with "admin_message_html", but I don't know what to do with that.
Did you try running it on Byethost, or a similar free host? I am not sure if using ddns could have an effect or not.
Sorry this is not more helpful...
Did you try running it on Byethost, or a similar free host? I am not sure if using ddns could have an effect or not.
Sorry this is not more helpful...
I have made a faucet with your instructions but i think the script is bad go here dimensionalbtc.ddns.net and try and get a payment and look what happens. maybe you can help me and tell me what the problem is....
Hi!
I am sorry you are having trouble with this. I will do what I can to help, although I am not sure what could be causing this.
First, is your Xapo app "Redirect URI" set to your site's URL? It looks like it is, but I thought it might be worth double checking. And it might be worth checking to make sure none of your keys have any extra spaces or anything, although I doubt that is it, too.
Did you make any changes to any of the .php files?
I am trying to change my own script / app to see if I can duplicate the message your site gives. I hope that we can get this fixed for you!
I have made a faucet with your instructions but i think the script is bad go here dimensionalbtc.ddns.net and try and get a payment and look what happens. maybe you can help me and tell me what the problem is....
Hi!
I am sorry you are having trouble with this. I will do what I can to help, although I am not sure what could be causing this.
First, is your Xapo app "Redirect URI" set to your site's URL? It looks like it is, but I thought it might be worth double checking. And it might be worth checking to make sure none of your keys have any extra spaces or anything, although I doubt that is it, too.
Did you make any changes to any of the .php files?
I am trying to change my own script / app to see if I can duplicate the message your site gives. I hope that we can get this fixed for you!
Want to make your own Xapo-enabled faucet? Here is a tutorial!
How To Make Your Own Free Xapo Bitcoin Faucet
How To Make Your Own Free Xapo Bitcoin Faucet
I have made a faucet with your instructions but i think the script is bad go here dimensionalbtc.ddns.net and try and get a payment and look what happens. maybe you can help me and tell me what the problem is....
thanks for the info and your really good tutorial. when I have a bit more free time this weekend, I will definitely try to implement it
Do please let us know how it goes for you!
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