Title says it all.

For information about the Daily Newbie Lotto see here.

From the New to BitCoin? Start here! sticky in the Bitcoin Forum > Bitcoin > Bitcoin Discussion forum:

Where do I get free bitcoins?        Discussion thread here

If you have a site that gives out free bitcoins, or know of one, then please submit a link to it in that thread,
or this one if you are still on newbie restrictions.  Any input is welcome including a quick "thanks" or "hello".

Thanks

And I suppose I can just list them here as well:

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.

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Free Bitcoin sites
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The Bitcoin faucet ( abandoned? See here. )
One time payout per Google account. Explanation available at the site.

Daily Bitcoins
Can be used once an hour now, and not just once a day.

CoinAd.com
Can be used once an hour with registration.

Bitcoiner

Bunny Run
See here for more info.

Free bitcoins - netlookup.se

cointicket.org

Nakabot's Bitcoin Faucet
(Tor hidden service) NakaBot pays out a portion of its winnings in 0.001 increments.

Free BitCoin Daily Scratchcard

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

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

memorydealers
Learn how here.

Omnicoins
Learn how here.

Bitcoin Dispenser
Free Bitcoin lottery

BitCrate *

Bitcoin Addict *

bitcoins.so *
Roll dice : same numbers - win 0.01

Paperco.in faucet *
Scan a QR code to reveal a MtGox code for 0.0007 BTC.


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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.


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Not exactly Free but popular "earn" Bitcoin sites
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BitVisitor
Earn Bitcoins for visiting websites

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

CoinTube.TV
Earn Bitcoins for watching TV


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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 )

Coinbase
Get 0.10 BTC for signing up and verifying your account. ( on hold )

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.

Each bitcoin node performs the important task of verifying transaction and block chain data.

For example, if a powerful miner, one day, decided to produce a block that gave himself 100BTC, all the other nodes on the network would ignore that block, because the block reward is currently 25BTC.

Further, running a node helps the network by providing users access to bitcoin data.  If we do not have nodes on the network that accept incoming connections, it would be nearly impossible for anybody to send or receive bitcoins.

Each additional node on the network helps strengthen bitcoin.  Each node is a "vote" for good data.  If we have too few network nodes, an attacker could potentially control the data we see.

NO!! Encryption is not some magic thingamajawb that protects you from all evil.

Let me clarify: A _backup_ is of absolutely NO USE. So your weekly trip doesn't accomplish anything if the very same file has been on your main operating system. This is a dangerous fallacy, hence my analogy with "keys" instead of "wallets".

Again: that would be like making a copy of your safe-key every week and putting that in the vault.

It has to be a new, untainted address, in conjunction with the wallet.dat that you deposit. Actually, this is way more convenient, since you don't have to access your bank vault at all. You just deposit/sent the coins into the right addresses.

There is no such thing as anonymous business dealings, lol, it's always track-able... now an anonymous transaction that's possible.