What is bitcoin?

Acording with wikipedia, Bitcoin is a payment system invented by Satoshi Nakamoto, who published the invention in 2008 and released it as open-source software in 2009.

The system is peer-to-peer; users can transact directly without needing an intermediary. Transactions are verified by network nodes and recorded in a public distributed ledger called the block chain.The ledger uses its own unit of account, also called bitcoin.

The system works without a central repository or single administrator, which has led the US Treasury to categorize it as a decentralized virtual currency.Bitcoin is often called the first cryptocurrency, although prior systems existed. Bitcoin is more correctly described as the first decentralized digital currency.It is the largest of its kind in terms of total market value.

What is a bitcoin faucet?

A bitcoin faucet is a place where new users can get their first bitcoins. Faucets goal is to promote bitcoin so people like you can see how bitcoin it works!

To prevent abuses, faucets implements a captcha in order to stop bots, so please don't abuse them using tricks :)