Trying out Bitcoin

#1

Post by baligena » Mon, Mar 13, 2017, 4:55 PM UTC

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

Re: Trying out Bitcoin

#2

Post by globuous » Mon, Mar 13, 2017, 5:48 PM UTC

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

Re: Trying out Bitcoin

#3

Post by baligena » Mon, Mar 13, 2017, 9:50 PM UTC

globuous wrote: post #2

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 (rop…

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