Trying out Bitcoin

Posted by baligena on Monday March 13, 2017 @12:55PM
from the self-post dept.

I'm new to bitcoin and want to learn it. Can someone help me by donating a very low amount of bitcoin so I can experiment with ?

I have included my public key for bitcoin to be sent.

https://blockchain.info/address/1N9TJaSBe3ihQX5okTD8BytrJYb2QmKJRG

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Re:Trying out Bitcoin by globuous on Monday March 13, 2017 @01:48PM (#13860325)

If you want to experiment, you should just check out the testnet: https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Testnet

it's a separate testing bitcoin blockchain. you can get test coins from bitcoin testnet faucets (see link above).

If you want to try out Ethereum and write a smart contract, you want to test it for free so not on the real ethereum chain. Same principle, you can just try your smart contract on the Ethereum testnet (ropsten I think but whatever) for which you can get test ether from ethereum testnet faucets (faucet being the keyword you want to get free test coins for various blockchains)

cheers

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Re:Trying out Bitcoin by baligena on Monday March 13, 2017 @05:50PM (#13862781)

Asking for amounts such as 5 cents or a penny to test I believe is not asking for much.

I dont believe Testnet does not give you a complete way to test

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