Quote from: Timelord2067 on March 11, 2020, 06:22:32 AM

I was gifted some testnet bitcoin ( a fraction of a bitcoin I hasten to add) by LoyceV.

Unfortunately, the Eclair wallet for both main-net and test net on my mobile phone have become buggy and those funds never arrived. However, I do have some other funds, so I'll match what LoyceV sent and send that to your testnet wallet address in a couple of days time once I have fished out the previous thread and worked out how much he sent me.

Hope your project works out.

Thanks for your kind words and the tBTC offer

Full disclosure tough: i used to mine tBTC for a while a long time ago (when the diff was low and the reward was high, it was because i was developing a service and i needed a moving testnet blockchain, but i was the only one mining back then), and i do have a stash of >100 tBTC on my ledger wallet because of my historic mining operation. So i do have a stash that will sustain my faucet for a relatively long time, if you need your tBTC for anything you want to test, you don't have to donate it (offcourse) Wink

The reason i'm "hoarding" and hodling tBTC is because right now, it's really hard to mine any meaningful amount of tBTC at current testnet diff (10.5M) and block reward (~0.39 tBTC/block), so any tBTC i "lose" is very hard to replenish, and i do need a stash to keep my faucet running (at least for a while).

I do loan out tBTC in bigger chunks to anybody who asks for it (with collateral for anybody i don't know/trust, or without collateral for anybody else), so if you ever need any tBTC you donated back for tests, you just have to ask Wink

Quote from: killthebanks on March 11, 2020, 03:19:56 AM

I am looking for a few TBTC, I am willing to send you a little BTC for TBTC.

Or if you just want to hold BTC as collateral.

Thanks

I don't sell tBTC. If you need smaller amounts, you can claim them from my faucet (or from the other ~5 working tBTC faucets). If you need bigger amounts for any kinds of test, i do loan out bigger amounts without intrest, but because you're a new (unknown and untrusted) member, i'd need a big chunk of collateral. The collateral i'd require is MORE than what the tBTC costs to mine because you NEED an incentive to repay the tBTC... I'd much rather have the tBTC back than see you default and keep the collateral, cause even if i can keep the collateral, i'll have to use it to rent hashrate from nicehash or miningrigrentals, setup a tBTC pool, mine,...

tBTC is worth exactly $0/tBTC, but it's quite expensive to mine nowadays due to the high diff and low block reward, so if you want to continue this path, tell me how much tBTC you want to loan, and i'll give you an estimated collateral
Don't freak out when you see the collateral amount, you'll get the collateral back AFTER you return the tBTC, minus the transaction fees, minus the potential escrow fees