<p>You will need to rent some hash power, or have an ASIC to mine testnet coins (unfortunately).</p>
<p>Regtest, on the other hand lets you run a local blockchain on your machine so you can generate new coins immediately. These can only be used on regtest, but should let you do most of the testing you need.  You can access regtest by adding <code>regtest=1</code> in your bitcoin.conf file. Then you can generate coins using the console or cli with the <code>generatetoaddress</code> command.</p>

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<p>I am trying to add btc testnet, I have read that these following sites offers testnet btc but upon checking their servers were down</p>
<p><a href="https://bcoin.io/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://bcoin.io/</a>
<a href="https://bitpay.com/insight/#/ALL/mainnet/home" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://bitpay.com/insight/#/ALL/mainnet/home</a>
<a href="https://api.bitcore.io/api/BTC/testnet/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://api.bitcore.io/api/BTC/testnet/</a></p>
<p>Is there any other platform or way I can add balance in my testnet address so I can try transferring and viewing transactions in test mode?</p>

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How to generate or add balance in my btc testnet address
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# How to generate or add balance in my btc testnet address

(Asked by: username_0 on 2020-10-17)

I am trying to add btc testnet, I have read that these following sites offers testnet btc but upon checking their servers were down

<https://bcoin.io/>
<https://bitpay.com/insight/#/ALL/mainnet/home>
<https://api.bitcore.io/api/BTC/testnet/>

Is there any other platform or way I can add balance in my testnet address so I can try transferring and viewing transactions in test mode?

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2020-10-17. Score: 1

You will need to rent some hash power, or have an ASIC to mine testnet coins (unfortunately).

Regtest, on the other hand lets you run a local blockchain on your machine so you can generate new coins immediately. These can only be used on regtest, but should let you do most of the testing you need. You can access regtest by adding `regtest=1` in your bitcoin.conf file. Then you can generate coins using the console or cli with the `generatetoaddress` command.


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