[Hugop]

While I was scripting my own Bitcoin/Lite/Ether/etc. faucet, I read CyberFreak mentioning "FC Faucet" and that he gave up that project.

If I made some ForumCoin faucets with colored banners everywhere, would you use it?

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I am going to turn this into my progress thread:

ForumCoin Faucet ( NOT READY )
Working Script: 100%
Safe Database Connection: 80%
Captcha: 80% and broken ;D
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Security Check: Not done yet
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[shamzblueworld]

I would, its a good idea I think.

[jacktheking]

Good idea! I'd really like to see a ForumCoin faucet. I actually thought of creating one before too but never managed to.

However, the biggest problem here is that ... where are you going to find advertising agency? Google Adsense sound good but from what I have heard, they banned a lot of Bitcoin faucets. ForumCoin faucet is another thing but it is ... faucet.

As someone who also own a site like faucet, more specifically, a free Bitcoin lottery site, I'd suggest you to go for A-ads and MellowAds. This two advertising networks is easy to get into. And the payout is also somewhat good.

Now another hard part is that you will have to weight the revenues and faucet payout correctly.

[Hugop]

However, the biggest problem here is that ... where are you going to find advertising agency? Google Adsense sound good but from what I have heard, they banned a lot of Bitcoin faucets. ForumCoin faucet is another thing but it is ... faucet.

As someone who also own a site like faucet, more specifically, a free Bitcoin lottery site, I'd suggest you to go for A-ads and MellowAds. This two advertising networks is easy to get into. And the payout is also somewhat good.

CoinAd, CoinTraffic, A-Ads and MellowAds are on my list. The more advertising services I spam, the more ForumCoins all earn

A-Ads is currently $0.20 CPM, meaning that 4banners of 4advertising services = $2.40 CPM (not really, just an example), meaning that 5plays=1FC. I don't think it is going to be this easy, but there will be some visitors clicking the ads and some that don't use the site anymore or because they don't know ForumCoin, meaning that something is going to be left.

I don't think that Bitcoins (my income) is going to drop hard, but I can run a script to change the play prize when BTC<$300 or similar.

[spiderdust]

I guess I don't understand how such faucets work without violating the TOS. Could you explain a little?

[Hugop]

I guess I don't understand how such faucets work without violating the TOS. Could you explain a little?

Which ToS? Everything is fine from the advertisement's ToS, is there something from ForumCoin's ToS being broken?

[Sam]

Could the faucet be a lottery entry type deal? I think people would appreciate winning 100FC + each round, just like the count to x threads.

[Hugop]

Could the faucet be a lottery entry type deal? I think people would appreciate winning 100FC + each round, just like the count to x threads.

I could do that, but it is going to be abused for sure, sadly. If there would be an easy method to verify ForumCoin ownership, it would be possible.

[jacktheking]

However, the biggest problem here is that ... where are you going to find advertising agency? Google Adsense sound good but from what I have heard, they banned a lot of Bitcoin faucets. ForumCoin faucet is another thing but it is ... faucet.

As someone who also own a site like faucet, more specifically, a free Bitcoin lottery site, I'd suggest you to go for A-ads and MellowAds. This two advertising networks is easy to get into. And the payout is also somewhat good.

CoinAd, CoinTraffic, A-Ads and MellowAds are on my list. The more advertising services I spam, the more ForumCoins all earn

A-Ads is currently $0.20 CPM, meaning that 4banners of 4advertising services = $2.40 CPM (not really, just an example), meaning that 5plays=1FC. I don't think it is going to be this easy, but there will be some visitors clicking the ads and some that don't use the site anymore or because they don't know ForumCoin, meaning that something is going to be left.

I don't think that Bitcoins (my income) is going to drop hard, but I can run a script to change the play prize when BTC<$300 or similar.

CoinAd is actually the best advertisement network a crypto related faucet can get into. However, the requirement is really high. Only the best of the best faucet can get into the network. I have never heard of CoinTraffic and I will be checking it out. As for A-ads and MellowAds, they are actually the best for new faucets.

I think you missed a point. A-ads only allows 1 A-ads advertisement per page. So even if you put in five A-ads advertisements, the priority will be given to the first one that is loaded. The rest will not get traffic counts or whatsoever. As for MellowAds, well, good news, they allows up to five advertisements of their per page.

BlockAdz might be run by BitcoinAliens too, but the payout is extremely low. I have just recently replaced theirs advertisement on my lottery site to MellowAds. Better go for CoinAd if you can. .

Could the faucet be a lottery entry type deal? I think people would appreciate winning 100FC + each round, just like the count to x threads.

I could do that, but it is going to be abused for sure, sadly. If there would be an easy method to verify ForumCoin ownership, it would be possible.

I actually have a PHP script that can log-into ForumCoin and check recent ForumCoin donations. However, as you said, there is going to be problem if someone spammed ForumCoin and quickly send Bitcoin to that 'Hot wallet'.

My workaround is that we can implant some sort of requirement. Such as the sender must be registered on ForumCoin for at least 30 days and have at least 100 Posts. There is going to be problem still. The unethical user might create a new account, spam ForumCoin, send to another account that met the requirement and then send to that 'Hot wallet'.

[rphk]

this is really great thing , i like the idea forumcoin faucet , i belive you can more features like mutiply btc , win lottery etc.

[Masterminor]

I'd use it. But I'd much prefer a guaranteed small amount, than a gambled big amount. After all, the lottery is just a tax on people who can't do math.

[Hugop]

I actually have a PHP script that can log-into ForumCoin and check recent ForumCoin donations. However, as you said, there is going to be problem if someone spammed ForumCoin and quickly send Bitcoin to that 'Hot wallet'.

Mind showing me the script or how it is done? I was planning to make an iframe and steal content, but that is against the rules/law. If there would be a unique path for every single member, I could simply verify the user using iframe by path, but I couldn't find any.

Regarding restrictions, I am going to force them to PM me to get their ForumCoins, that way I can judge if the account is a duplicate or not. If I send him the prize but he is a duplicate, me or the staff team will simply ban him for account duplication

[blair]

Are you going to put the faucet here on FC? I do not mind using a faucet again I know you know the importance of making it secure to avoid hackers from stealing your coins.

[laksh]

Maybe yes
It would be boring to use regularly, but once in a while I can use it to make some FCs and use it for services

[jacktheking]

I actually have a PHP script that can log-into ForumCoin and check recent ForumCoin donations. However, as you said, there is going to be problem if someone spammed ForumCoin and quickly send Bitcoin to that 'Hot wallet'.

Mind showing me the script or how it is done? I was planning to make an iframe and steal content, but that is against the rules/law. If there would be a unique path for every single member, I could simply verify the user using iframe by path, but I couldn't find any.

Regarding restrictions, I am going to force them to PM me to get their ForumCoins, that way I can judge if the account is a duplicate or not. If I send him the prize but he is a duplicate, me or the staff team will simply ban him for account duplication

The script is in a mess. I will try to clean it up and make it into functions and release to the public - if possible.

[chikitta]

If i knew how it is used i would definitely use it but i am new to this kind of thing i am slowly learning from the posts here or if you can explain to me on how it works even better

[jacktheking]

By any chance ... your site is forumcoin.win? I saw this in the footer and ... think of you. Could only be you, Sam or CyberFreak. Definitely not me.

Our newest member ForumCoin.win

Anyway, I don't think I will be able to finish the script I promised. So I will be releasing the code in a new thread. Hopefully someone with more experience will take over the script and make it into a good PHP library (or whatever the expert call).

[CyberFreak]

That might be down to me

[Hugop]

Nope, that is not me. My faucet has already 70k lines of code, and it is mainly due to security. I am overcoding it

[jacktheking]

That might be down to me

Ahh. So it is you. I am eager to see what ForumCoin.win is about. Do keep us updated. .

Nope, that is not me. My faucet has already 70k lines of code, and it is mainly due to security. I am overcoding it

Woah. 70K lines of code? Good job! My site BitRevenues (a lottery game that works similar to faucet), never come anywhere close 10K lines of code all together. Well, of course other than the .htaccess file where I blocked a lot of Tor IPs.