I could go through all the reasons why this is a good idea but they boil down to a few things:
Faucets are free money. Used wisely, they can be a lot of free money, and one of the wisest things you can do is use the best of them early and often - and there are three which, for me, really stand out from the crowd.
Just in case any of you are sceptical: A.) I thoroughly approve of your scepticism. A Sceptical mind is a healthy mind and will take you far in this world B.) These are not just the sites with the top referral fees. Many sites offer 50 or even 75% referral bonuses - these are not those. These are the sites I think offer the best payout long term and so I wanted to tell you about them as early as possible.
If you need a wallet I recommend Block.io (I do not get referrals for this link, it's just convenient as it gives you multiple crypto wallets with just one signup - we'll talk more about wallet options some other time. You can always transfer your coins if you find a wallet you prefer!)
I'll be reviewing all of these sites, 1 by 1, and dozens, maybe hundreds more so you can make an informed choice, all in good time. I realised though that while I'm working on drafts of posts on topics like "what is Bitcoin" "What makes a good faucet" (as well as making a ranking system - there's going to be a league table) I am losing you (and me - full transparency, I get a commission when you click these links) money. So without further ado, here are, in no real order, the top 3 Bitcoin faucets I use daily.
1.) Wonderland Coin
- Pays a minimum 500/click every 5 minutes (though I'll talk more in a future post about why "500/min" is a bad way to calculate returns). This. Number. Gets bigger. The more you play the more you will get paid per click - one of my critters now pays me nearly a thousand Sitoshi per click. This is very high payout for a faucet.
- 500/click isn't an average payout (many sites inflate average payouts with huge one-in-a-million jackpots. I play a lot and I have never got one) it's a minimum payout which increases the more you play
- It's a game, sorta. When I start doing full reviews "fun" will be of the assessment criteria and this one requires a teensy bit of strategy, contains cute animals and is progressive.
Cons:
- It uses my least favourite captcha, with a long loading time. Also seems to get harder the more you play - if you play a lot the captchas get harder (i recommend switching to audio captcha if this happens
- Low referral bonuses - If referral is not your thing, this may not be the site for you.1 referral will give you a 2% payout on the referee's play, 1000+ referrals will give you 20%. That's damn low.
- Memory intensive: leaving this site open will slow your computer down (as will a lot of these sites). It also (like a lot of sites) does a reload once the timer runs out) I recommend changing to a s static site like Google (why not type in "critters" or something similar so you remember which site you came from) then hitting the back button. You can also use timers in google: google "5 minute timer" and you'll get just that.
- While the site does pay an effective 500/click minimum, this often works out as "1500/3 clicks" etc.
- Not Adblock Friendly
- Don't buy extra feed - at least not to start with. I bought extra and almost never run out. If you find yourself running out of feed regularly it might be worth the investment, but it's probably better to switch to a different site if you want to keep fauceting and wait till your feed reloads.
- Free feed shows up at the bottom of the "feed critter" page. Check here if you're low on feed and need a few extra that day.
- "Luring" animals is a waste early on - you won't need/want to till much later.
- The more sitoshi you earn, the hungrier the animals that will come out to play. The hungrier the animal, the more it pays per click (but more clicks/feed/time will be required to fully feed it (the owl, for example, pays 9,000 sitoshi for 14 feeds, the mouse pays 500 for 1 - so the owl pays 642 per click. That's more, maths fans!).
- Completely feeding an animal 10X will increase its payout by 10%. each time. My mouse now pays 620/click (still not as good as the owl, but he's catching up!).
- Play early, play often
- Check out its sister site Robot Coin which, while not as lucrative (at least during early stages) has a 25% attack bonus at time of writing, which makes grinding out those easy levels much easier (note: most of the sitoshis I've earned on this site have gone into upgrading my attack - but there is a huge 1 million sitoshi bonus at the end of the game, so it may be worth starting early and playing often)
- There will be a big review of this site coming up soon with full hints, tips and strategies!
2.) Moon Bitcoin
Pros:
- Continuously fills up. While you sleep, eat, talk to friends or hunt for the man who brutally slayed your father, continuing a cycle of revenge that has gone on now for generations or engage in other fun hobbies, this faucet is filling up. I regularly return there to find 1000+ sitoshi just waiting for me. This a big pro, because it earns you thousands of sitoshi a day for minimal clickage (it's a word if I say it's a word).
- Nice referral bonuses
- Has two great sister sites - Moonlite and MoonDoge which work pretty much identically - and if you've got a Block.io account, you've got wallets for all three currencies already!
- You get a progressive 1% bonus for signing in every day
- Easy Captcha
- Mystery bonus - sometimes over 90%!. I have no idea what affects this. It's a mystery!
- Multiple payout options
- Earn money for doing nothing, sorta.
Cons:
- Fills up more gradually over time. So after the first 5 minutes (at time of writing, these things fluctuate according to BTC value) it adds 200, the second 5 minutes will add 130 sitoshi and things do downhill from there. It's always adding BTC though, so this one is perfect for clicking a few times a day (if you want to click something every 5 minutes, there are better options out there.
- Weekly payouts, not on demand
- Minimum 5500 sitoshi payout (this isn't really a problem, you should earn that in your first day)
Tips:
- Sign in and claim in the morning, and then at least once or twice more in the day. The payout rate really deteriorates otherwise.
- You should also check out SunBTC which works on similar principles but lacks, to use a technical term, the 'goodishness' of the moonsites. Still, no reason not to sign up - again its money for nothin' (though it slows to around 0 sitoshi a minute after 24 hours at the moment - the site is pretty new so these figures will hopefully improve with time).
- There will be a full review of this site with full hints, tips and strategies coming soon!
3.) ClaimBTC
ClaimBTC Pros:
- Potions.
- Seriously, this one is all about the potions.
- The potions are really important
- Doesn't slow down your browser horrifically
- Potions.
- Potions.
- The average 20 minutes reload makes it a good site to click on every now and then rather than constantly.... then get ready for a sprint when you've gathered some decent potions!
- Check out the tips section for more info on potions.
- The potions are pretty cool
ClaimBTC Cons:
- Average 350 sitoshi per click (without powerups) - this breaks one of my golden rules, which is that you should be trying for around 500 sitoshi per click - but you'll see why if you read on.
- Payout only once every 20 minutes (though check pros + forthcoming blog on why this might not be always be a bad thing)
- Potions disappear after a while. I'm not sure how long "a while" is - i'll try and get back to you on that, it might be kinda random
ClaimBTC Tips:
- Potions stack - but not always in the way you'd think. Check back here soon for a full strategy guide. Correctly using potions on ClaimBTC can increase the ROI (the I here stands for "time" because I say so) exponentially - if used right.
- Don't stack too many speed up potions at a time - it's can be a waste. A potion that halves the time ("1.9x faster" is a good example) you use will get the time down from 20 minutes to 10 (or thereabouts). Use another one and you'll halve it again - to 5 minutes. For this reason it's important to use the right potions in the right order - more on this in a future blog.
- Do Stack speed up potions with + min, + max potions and + drop potions.
- Try to keep on top of your ROI - with potions flicking on and off it can be easy to lose site of the big picture. Just because there is an active potion doesn't mean you have to stick around and use it - particularly if ClaimBTC is the only game you're playing. Of all the games on this list, ClaimBTC is probably the most strategic. Which makes it more fun.
- Be careful reloading the page! As I will explain in more detail in a future blog, the timers on these sites are often pretty slow - so reloading every so often is worth it. ClaimBTC isn't quite like that - when you reload, it will calculate your remaining time etc. based on the potions currently in play. Reload at 20 seconds when your x1.9 speed potion just ran out and you'll turn 20s into 10 minutes!
- There will be a pretty in depth review and strategy guide for this site coming soon :)
