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Introduction:
I intend to develop and maintain a faucet for FTC. The idea behind this is to get new people interested in the coin (the more people interested in the coin the over all value of the coin goes up) although there maybe a few adverts on the website i would like to make it educational, help guide a potential new member of the community into FTC, how to mine it, where to buy with it etc .

Get involved
I am control systems engineer by trade with a strong back ground in computer science I can programme in a number of different languages however I am not good at everything! I am no front end developer or artist, so would require the help of someone/some people if possible. That goes for testing it and promoting it too. if you are interested in helping please PM me I will add you to the chat.

Longevity
I have not quite decided on how to monition it so that the faucet does not dry up there are a few ways we could take it. We could have advertisements but then they usually nark people off however they would be getting something for free? Or we could rely on a donation model, or a mixture of both. Ideas welcome.

Open forum
I am very open to ideas and suggestions please reply below. Even if you want to get involved and you have no programming knowledge, there are plenty of things you could help with.

Donations
Thank you to all those who have offered to donate. I appreciate it however please do not donate anything until it is up and running, proven to work and rigorously tested!!

Thanks to all those who have showed their support already.

Hello Everyone I am moving this thread to [Dev] FTC Faucet in the Technical Development area. For anyone who wants to get involved please PM me or drop me a reply there!

Thanks for all of your support so far!

Does anyone know where I can find the latest approved FTC art work (and would i have permission to use it etc)

I know im suppose to be on holiday but as long as my phone has charge i can still check in! Nailed Ben Nevis today!

Cheers peeps!

@aciddude @RTadros The android took a little while at the begining to sync with the network but no different to the BTC wallet i have on my PC. Now its synced i can use it no problems at all.

you may want to check if it is stalled if it is and has been for a while try going into settings and reset blockchain. thats what i had to do on my tablet due to crappy WIFI connection in the hotel.

Hope this helps.

@uncle_muddy Woah! thanks! I wouldnt want anyone to donate anything till i have got it running, proven it works and made sure it is secure!

thanks again for your support guys! :D

Hey! looks like we joined about the same time! but you have been a little more active than me!

Will do. I am sure this will keep me busy and out of mischief with the missus.

Hello everyone,

I have been mining FTC for a little and am now in a place where i would like to set up a Faucet, does anyone have any experience in this field and would be willing to help? I have tried contacting dried up ones but no one has got back to me.

Thanks,

Hal.

I understand about not wanting to spam people however if we were to use double opt in and send out a mail once every two weeks / month I dont think that would be considered spamming. There would always be the option to unsubscribe easily too. I bet there are a number of users who are intrested in FTC but life just gets in the way etc. A friendly reminder that it still exists and upcoming exciting things might help drive more people to the site and get people wanting to contribute or even start convos with friends etc just in the way that social media do too. Just a thought though. Either way I recon we need to put out a news letter (via email or just on the website) about halving! :D

Hey people,

Just to let you know work is still underway hope to have something soon. I will be on holiday next week so if i am quiet - thats why I will be AFK most of the time camping etc.

@cookieboy we can have a chat about this when I have something up. For now i am hosting it on my own VPS to get it working etc.

:D

@aciddude said in [Dev] FTC Faucet:

Do you have your code in github already

Not yet was going too dump it there when I get a working version for someone to help tart the front end up and have time to write up instructions for use.

Hey! I have recently set up a p2pool with 0% fee so feel free to mine there. It can be found at http://mexicat.co.uk:19327/static

A list of p2pools can be found here:

http://p2pool.neoscrypt.de

Before p2pool I use to mine at http://coinotron.com

Hope this helps!

Sorted it. Re-installed the app and now seems to work. Looking forward to getting my hands on my rig and pointing it at my pool! thanks for your help guys.

:D

Thanks so much @AmDD I wonder why I can no longer mine on my phone? Not to worry glad its all up and working! :D

@wrapper I was just looking at it on Github, when i am not ‘AFK’ I will look into upgrading. :D

I have a fee free P2Pool based in the UK ( neoscrypt.uk ) some others have P2Pools set up in various counties too.

Ok have set this up just waiting for coinbase now.

@aciddude said in Help me set up a FTC Faucet?:

a quick google…
https://github.com/BlameByte/StarterFaucet

this looks interesting. when coinbase is back up i will have play and see what their API lets us do

@aciddude Thanks for these. I will have a look tonight. I have my own server i can use for development the only other thing on it is a mine-craft server i set up for a few friends.

@aciddude said in Help me set up a FTC Faucet?:

Hello Hal - Welcome bac

Thanks!

I have had a look about but not much avail well that was for FTC. I am sure there is Faucet code readily available for other coins. How transferable / portable would it be for FTC?

Really appreciate the help!