Topic: What do you think about faucets? (Read 1381 times)

I agree that creating your own site etc is going to earn you more in the long run but a lot of people don't have the technical know-how to do this. That's another benefit of faucets - they're so easy to use anyone can do it and as they get more confident they're going to start using bitcoin more which can only be a good thing.
People need to understand that you're not going to make you're millions from faucets, but you can pick up a few dollars/pounds in coins if you use the right faucets and strategy. As long as people go in it knowing this then I can only see faucets as a good thing.
I agree with other posters about the browser mining situation - visitors must give consent for this otherwise it's going to put loads of people off. Out of principle I instantly click away from sites that automatically start mining.

Apples and oranges, having computer ON all day long is not the same thing as using computer for faucets. It is bad example because if you are using it for work then it pays your bills, food, clothes etc, so why would you waste time to collect 15-20 satoshi if you are working for real money? Isn't that purpose of faucets, to earn free bitcoins?
Btw, how do you know that faucets are not mining monero using their users CPU? Do you check task manager each time when you visit them? They can use for example 50-60% of your CPU power and you won't even realize it.
As I said I was faucet user and I remember times when you could claim 400-8000 or even more satoshi from faucets. Even then it was waste of time.
Imagine if you haven't ate pizza and beer for 10$ and you bought bitcoins worth 10$ when bitcoin price was 300$ now you could have 230$. Isn't that much better than claiming from faucets? Comparing time and effort - buying bitcoins for 10$ - few minutes, claiming from faucet - a month? Nothing has changed in my opinion.

Time and effort, you know? I had the same opinion on both sites and I decided not to use them any more. 550+ days claiming from faucets, never won 200$ and even if win 200$ it would be 200$/550days=0.36 cents/day of my time.
Since when is 20 satoshi long term?
That is something for longer discussion 

To use faucets you don't need to use sites with hidden browser mining feature. I think you didn't understand... There are people who have their computers On all day long for another reasons, not to mine Bitcoins or to use faucets necessarily (at work is a common example or even at home).


Lol, Some years ago there were people talking like you about faucets and now I'm sure many of them regret about not claiming 400-8000 satoshis from faucets on those days...


Well, naive for me are those pessimistic that are unable to think on long term...
I think to click a "Roll" button without even solving a captcha every hour doesn't hurt anyone. Much better than physical lottery.


I'm thinking on long term, not in paying bills on the present time with BTCs (what would be a waste of money).


Compared to the next decade we are early adopters too... In 10 years people will regret a lot about not using faucets like some people regret now about not using it on the first years of Bitcoin.

They are on but not on sites which are using hidden browser mining. You don't see that as unnecessary electricity cost? Not to mention all adds are eating CPU power and it spends electricity.
What can you possible earn if you claim from faucets while you are waiting for something?
I'll rather wash dishes or take garbage out than claim from faucet, it is much more constructive than claiming 15 satoshi from faucet.
Don't be naive.
How many times have you won 200$ from both sites? Or just one? How many users have won 200$?
I'll tell you how many times I did in last year and a half - 0 times.
What you could earn and what you are  earning are different things.
Can you cover your internet and electricity bill with faucets? You know, they are cheapest bills in most countries. Can you cover at least one?
If you can't cover at least one bill every month it is waste of time, if you need to spend 8 hours every day to cover only one bill it is waste of time.
Only if you are one of the early bitcoin supporters when faucets were paying lots of bitcoins(not dollars) and you didn't spend any of them.
This is probably a joke, do you realize how much bitcoin has to worth for someone to buy a house just from faucets?



I don't want to discuss with you about this topic because you are faucet owner and you have to write only positive comments to promote your site, but I will ask you this:

How much money can I earn from your faucet in one day and how much time i have to spend to earn that money?

It is why I propose to my visitors and members to accept or not the CPU miner and to chose the level.
They can see how much they have earned and how much other people have earned.
I find the concept great if it is honnestly proposed and if visitors can choose how use it or not.

It's not a virus...it's taken for a virus...this is not the same.
Test my miner...you will see that is not taken as virus,because you have the choice.

About the captcha:
I have as well find a new concetp:
A code on a page...and I use this page to inform members about news...so if they claim,they have read the news...

Faucets are soon to be a relic... . The whole captcha shit and the new mining virus is going to ruin the concept.

Why do you talk about electricity fees?
My computer is "on" all the day.
Most of electricity use is spent in heat like a TV or the ligh of my aquariums.
Ok it cost in summer,but when it is not hot all this electricity warms up my home and costs the same than my electric heaters.

Now...time spent for claiming on faucets:
I can claim watching TV or lissening the radio.
How much I earn does not realy matter because I give back the few satoshi I claim for my U2 members who claim on my site.
None can go against:
So far I can give more reward,even if it is not much,than other faucets,my U2 will have claimers...it is so and one can not go against the market.

Follow my U2 site and you will exactly know for how much in average people claim...

Computers and cell phones are On all day long on many cases... People don't set it on just to claim on faucets. They use it for different activites and meanwhile, when there is some free time they claim some satoshis and accumulate it.

And if you use only real good faucets you won't waste your time at all... You will spend few seconds every hour with the chance to earn hundreds of Dollars in BTC or Doge (FreeBitco.in and FreeDoge.co.in faucets).

Asking today if faucet's income pay electricity bill makes faucets look really bad. But if you just accumulate your earnings I'm sure these satoshis will be very able not only to pay electricity bill, but to buy even more expensive items (who knows a house?).  

It does matter for fee.
Do calculation and ask yourself - "how many times do I need to claim from faucet to pay fee if reward is 10 satoshi"
10000 satoshi reward - 1 claim, 10 satoshi reward - 1000 claims which is huge difference.
Other things - keyloger(you can lose more than you think and not only faucet earnings), higher electricity bill (browser mining is very popular) and all other things from shorena's pinned post.

Can they pay monthly internet bill if they do only faucets? I know I can't.

So there you go, I gave you 4 facts(bolded) why faucets are waste of time.

Don't get me wrong, i was faucet user and I realized it is waste of time. If these facts don't bother you think about your social life or you will be sitting whole life behind monitor and you will be clicking until your eyes go bloody red because of few bucks.

In my opinion faucets are mostly waste of time. I can understand people who use them tho - an additional income is better than none, right? However, in my opinion there is so much things to do, like creating your own site and putting ads on it, but people don't want to take effort. And that's fine. Everyone does what he likes and it's right.

It would be funny if all people would use the same words wrote in the same order...(lol)

Dude, if you actually read my post you would notice that I said the very same thing just using different words.

Exactly. Some say it's a waste of time but it's something you can do in front of the TV which you'd be doing anyway, just not earning any free bitcoins.

Faucets are just for beginners in the Crypto world

What you say about is just your own opinion and is not helpful for other people because "wasted time" is not the same for different people.

For my "kind of faucet" users it is not waste of time.
They are enough "big" to know it by themsefves if it is or not.
My members fix the earning themselves and it works perfectly since October 2015
If an earning is market regulated,you can not say it is waste of time.
You can just say it is exactly worth the time for my members.

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Nicely put mate! This is where i have started everything, in fact faucets were the one that introduced me to Bitcoin world. Since i have been here long enough, i see more people coming here and saying negative things about faucets or trying to be funny by insulting those who use faucets. I keep sharing a picture from early days of faucets where websites used to pay 5btc for each claim. I personally remember claiming over 2k satoshi every 15 min from countless of faucets. Of course, the price of 1 btc was a different story in that day. Some people like using faucets, some expect even more price increase in the future so they make a long term investment, or perhaps some people simply needs it as you mentioned it. We should be more careful and respect others."

I was going to write a serious post about inequalities in society and the daily strife for many people, but it would have turned into a combative post itself with no real gain.
Instead I'll just say this.
It's nice to see that so many people are so well off that they can consider it a waste of time, not everyone is so fortunate.
And some people actually consider this a nice low-intensity hobby that allows you to engage in various crypto-related activities for free.
It's always far easier to trash something than to build something up, please don't forget about the less fortunate and those who actually like fauceting.

Just because claiming from faucets isn't a get rich quick scheme, it doesn't mean they are inherently bad.
Faucet rewards are usually proportional to the fiat world and always has been, it doesn't matter if it says 10 or 10000 as long as purchasing power is preserved.

How many satoshi can your referral earn from faucets on daily base, considering that faucets are paying 15-20 satoshi?
I'll tell you.
20 satoshi per minute = 1200 satoshi per hour.
1200 satoshi per hour = 12000 satoshi in 10 hours.
10 hours without eating food or going to toilet.

What a nice job that is, less then 1$ for 10 hour shift 

I "wasted" time collecting from faucets. To be honest, I still collect from faucets. I then started referring users to faucets back in the end of August. Since then, I have made over 0.026 btc. If I never started claiming, I wouldn't have ever started referring. It's worth it if you ask me.

What's so funny in captchas and pop ads?
Easy way to waste your life too.

Cool, waste moths of your life collecting from faucets, invest that money in ICO and then wait for several years to see how your 1 dollar turns into 2$.