There are some sites where one can get free bitcoins. The catch, if you want to call it that, is
that you might be exposed to advertising. Or it might be incentive to spend more time at their site,
to gamble with or do something else there which will be to their benefit in some way. Or it might be
a way to give newbies a start with getting and using Bitcoins, which, it is hoped, will benefit
Bitcoin as a whole. As long as anything like spending more time at their site, or doing something
else, is optional then I will consider the coins given out there as "free."

If you need a Bitcoin address and a place to store your Bitcoin, and/or to buy and sell it: Coinbase

Be sure to bookmark this page so you don't miss anything new.

Beware of sites/threads which just copy the entries from this official thread and hides the links behind url redirectors, making them
untrustworthy or a spam-filled inconvenience at best. Also beware of faucet rotator-timer things that claim to make it easy for you
to submit your address to each site at the proper times, especially ones you have to download to your own computer. It is hard to
know what is going on behind the curtain. Also even some of the sites listed here will have their own list of free Bitcoin sites but
hide them behind coinurl and/or adfly links, and other dubious and spammy things like that. For your convenience and safety it best
to just use their faucet, and avoid the other links there, and then come back to use the verified and maintained list of links here.

If you find this list has been helpful to you in getting your first BTC and you appreciate the time put in to verify these
sites, and to compile and maintain this list, please consider a small donation: 1EEu4hdsVVsu22PFJgDD144re3GjL4d29Z

You can use this address in one of your daily checks of these sites for example, or a test of sending BTC after
you have used these sites to test the receiving of BTC. Thank you.  

Note: Many of these sites only payout once a day, or even less often, to save on transaction fees,
so don't get too worried if you don't see a payment for several hours. If after more than a day or two you
still don't get anything, or you have any other problems, post in this thread. Some of the operators of these
various sites follow this thread. Also note the * beside some entries and what it means as explained under
the list of entries below.  Also, many sites these days will not payout until you have built up a minimum balance,
often over a number of days, so that they won't have to payout small amounts [ "dust" ]. This is good for both
them and you since "dust" transactions are problematic ( you can read more about "dust" and its problems in other
threads on this forum ).  


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Free Bitcoin sites
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The Bitcoin faucet ( abandoned? See here. )
This is the original Bitcoin Faucet created by head Bitcoin developer Gavin Andresen

CoinChat  Sponsored Link
Get Bitcoins chatting

Daily Bitcoins
Warning: payment stats older than 60 days may be deleted. See more here.

Bitcoiner

Surf4Bitcoin
See here for more info.

Bitcoins 4 Me!
Get Free Bitcoins every hour.


Coinbox faucets

El Bitcoin Gratis
"¡BTC cada hora! Earn BTC every hour!"

canhasbitcoin

BTC 4 You

FaucetBTC

Free Bitcoins.me

FreeBTC4all.com

The Free Bitcoins.com

Virtual Faucet

Nioctib.net

The Bitcoin.me

Raw Bitcoins.com

Sr Bitcoin.com

GreenCoins.org

BTC Mine.net

BitCats.net

BitcoinSpain.net

Bitcoins4free.me

FreeBitcoins4U

Fr33bitcoins.com

Free Bitcoin Lottery.com


Even more faucets etc.

Redcoins.co

Bitcoin Faucet.tk

Bitcoin Tree

BTCflow.net

FreeBitco.in

FreeBTC.pw

HotSwap's Faucet

Land of Bitcoin Faucet

Coin ♥ Love ♥ Chest
See here for more info.

memorydealers
Learn how here.

Freebitcoins.es *

Nahtnam's Faucet *
Coinbase account/address required.


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Not exactly Free but popular "earn" Bitcoin sites
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CoinAd.com
Earn Bitcoins for visiting websites

Coinbase
Earn 0.01 BTC for every user you refer to Coinbase who buys or sells at least 1 BTC

BitVisitor
Earn Bitcoins for visiting websites

BitcoinGet
Earn Bitcoins for watching videos; doing tasks; completing offers.

Earn Free Bitcoins
Earn small amounts of Bitcoins in exchange for visiting websites for a designated period of time.

Minecraft Faucet
If you already play minecraft, or are looking to start, get paid to mine.

BitCoin4YOU.net
Earn Bitcoins for visiting websites

BitVisit
Surf for BTC

Easybitco.in
Earn Bitcoins for viewing websites and ads.

ABitBack
Earn Bitcoin by watching videos, surveys, trials, offers, even for listening to Internet Radio.

CoinTube.TV * ( not paying out for all video views )
Earn Bitcoins for watching TV


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Gambling sites that give out free bitcoins ( freerolls etc. ) after you join
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Dragon's Tale
A casino site, but gives out small amounts for free that you can use to gamble with or withdraw to your own Bitcoin wallet.

Seals with Clubs
Seals has a free poker tournament every hour with a .05BTC prize. There are larger free tournaments from time to time.
See here for more info.

Strike Sapphire
See here for more info.

BitVegas
"For Minecraft lovers that want to get paid to play the game." See here for more info.

Satoshi's Roulette Bitcoin Casino

RapidBalls
See here for more info.


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Discontinued
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DailyFreeBitcoin ( not paying out )

bitcoininformation.info ( discontinued )

BitCrate ( perpetually empty )

MMOclub.com Faucet ( not paying out )

CrazyRabbi's Free Bitcoin Mining ( discontinued )
"Just post your address and I'll be mining 1 BTM (0.001 Bitcoin) to each person (One per person) throughout the year."

GratisBitcoin.de ( not paying out )

Bunny Run ( pays out only dust )

FuckSake Faucet ( not paying out )

Freebtc.Ganey.co.uk ( not paying out )

Faucet.boxcoin.org ( not paying out )

Faucet.xparadox.co.uk ( gone )

BitcoinWorld Faucet ( dried up and gone )

GetFreeBitcoin ( gone )
TwitterGames. See here for more info.

Know a Bit More ( gone )
Learn about a site; Answer a question; And earn BTC

CoinVisitor ( discontinued )

NewbCoin ( not paying out )

BitHits.info ( not paying out )

cointicket.org ( discontinued - "dried out" )

BitcoinForest ( discontinued )
Doing offers not necessary to get a payout.

BitcoinBlogger Faucet ( not working )
Free Inputs.io wallet required.

CFM Faucet ( not working )

Vote - Hartcode ( not working )

Free bitcoins - netlookup.se ( discontinued - "dried out " )

Free.BTC.pt ( discontinued )
Watch videos to earn BTC. See here for more info.

Free BitCoin Daily Scratchcard ( not paying out )
You need to use a BTC address that has received 0.005 or more.

Nakabot's Bitcoin Faucet  ( gone )
(Tor hidden service)

bitcoins.so  ( discontinued )

Omnicoins ( offer discontinued; quota reached )
Learn how here.

BitcoinFaucet.at ( shutdown )
See this post if you are not getting payouts like you should.

kickme.to/goxkeygen ( discontinued )
MtGox account needed to redeem the code one receives.

bitcoinpixels.com  ( gone )
0.01 BTC free when signing up to betfair. See here for more info.

Bitcoin Addict ( not paying out )

Paperco.in faucet ( perpetually empty )
Scan a QR code to reveal a MtGox code for 0.0007 BTC.

DailyBtc free scratch-off ( discontinued )
You can do the scratch-off for free without needing to enter the lottery. See here for more info.

Bitcoincaptha.org ( Not paying out )

Free weekly Bitcoin lottery ( discontinued )

freebtc.com ( gone )

BTCFree.net ( gone )

mycryptcoin.com ( gone )

!FIVEMinuteCoin.com ( gone )

Oscry ( shut down )
0.0001 BTC to a given Bitcoin address, once per day per user.


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* Currently empty and/or frequently empty and/or empty for long periods of time and/or takes a very long time to payout.
  ( the site being down or non-functional will here be considered the same as being empty. )

note: Free Bitcoin Site owners can pay BTC to move their site up to the top of the list and this BTC will go into the newbie lotto bonus fund.
        The site can't be any old site but must still qualify as a site worthy of inclusion in the free Bitcoin Site List.  
        Such a site will be marked with this tag: Sponsored Link

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Also pay attention to the posts here. People, businesses, etc., will often give Bitcoins away as part of promotions, or games and contests,
or just because...

Please post in this thread if you know of any other free Bitcoin sites or have any other relevant information pertaining to this subject.

Do your best to point out if any conditions or restrictions of any kind exist that may cause some to think it isn't really that free...
e.g. a gambling site that gives out "free" bitcoins but doesn't allow you to withdraw them and requires that you use them to gamble
at their site... or a site that requires you to perform some task, easy or even fun as it may be, before they give you any coin.  There is
no doubt a gray area with some sites where not everyone would agree the coin is actually free. Feel free to discuss these situations below.  

I will try to update this post with the sites and information that seem to be a good fit. Feel free to give your opinion and make your case
below if you do not agree with anything that I include, or exclude. You also may find some sites listed below, which while they don't exactly
qualify as giving out "free" bitcoins and don't make it into this original post, may still hold some interest for you.  

Please let me know if any of these sites go away or stop giving away bitcoins and I will remove them from this list.
For example there was a site called The bitcoin flower, which would give away a free bitcoin everyday to whoever
was the first to see it in bloom when they loaded the page. It shut down late last year ( 2011 ) with a message
that it was closed for the winter. It didn't bloom again in the spring. Must not have been a perennial.  

Thanks to all who participate and contribute in their own way.