<h4>Get Signet coins</h4>
<p>Since Signet is centrally controlled, you only option is to get it from a faucet or ask for coins in the <code>bitcoin-signet</code> IRC channel. But depending on what is your goal, there are other great alternatives to signet which are easier to mine or test with.</p>
<h4>Alternative testnets</h4>
<h5>Testnet</h5>
<p>Testnet has a special rule, which makes it easy to mine in particular circumstances. If there are no blocks found for more than 20 minutes, the difficulty drops and you can easily mine a testnet block with a normal CPU. Obviously your luck depends on if other powerful miners are mining or not. I use <a href="https://gist.github.com/DaWe35/51f8441f476b14cd39c638334e5c05b5" rel="nofollow noreferrer">this primitive bash miner script</a> to mine and I found <a href="https://mempool.space/testnet/address/2N5fJkfCv4cF6vsa5QQJnsazBKWNXynn9zp" rel="nofollow noreferrer">6 blocks</a> in less than 2.5 months.</p>
<h5>Regtest</h5>
<p>In many cases you don't need to test on a public blockchain, so why not run a local testnet? It works just like the Bitcoin network, but external connections are disabled and the mining difficulty is set to 0. This allows you to mine as many blocks as you want, making testing faster and easier.</p>

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DaWe
<p>Signet coins are worthless. They are used for <a href="https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/q/17553/5406">testing Bitcoin software</a> before deploying it on mainnet and protocol development experiments. The signet may be reset occasionally if any projects start to rely on signet for non-testing use-cases.</p>
<p>You can find faucets for small amounts on</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://signetfaucet.com" rel="nofollow noreferrer">signetfaucet.com</a><br />
Pick an amount up to 0.01 s₿, be sure to follow the instructions under the request box.</li>
<li><a href="https://alt.signetfaucet.com/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">alt.signetfaucet.com</a> or <a href="https://signet.bublina.eu.org" rel="nofollow noreferrer">signet.bublina.eu.org</a><br />
Sent me 949 sṩ, when I tried again a bit later, told me to slow down. Both URLs lead to the same service.</li>
</ul>
<p>Alternatively, you can try to send yourself some s₿ from ajtowns’s experimental &quot;Proof-of-work based signet faucet&quot;. You can find the script to collect them in AJ’s GitHub repository <a href="https://github.com/ajtowns/powcoins" rel="nofollow noreferrer">GitHub.com/ajtowns/powcoins</a>, and a long-form explanation of what’s going on on Delving Bitcoin: <a href="https://delvingbitcoin.org/t/proof-of-work-based-signet-faucet/937" rel="nofollow noreferrer">&quot;Proof-of-work based signet faucet&quot;</a>, or a short overview on <a href="https://bitcoinops.org/en/newsletters/2024/06/07/#op-cat-script-to-validate-proof-of-work" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Bitcoinops.org</a></p>
<p>If you need a larger amount, legitimate developers are encouraged to ask in the <em>#bitcoin-signet</em> IRC channel on <em>Libera.chat</em>. I suggest that you include your address in your request message and provide a bit of background for a higher chance to receive some coins.</p>

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Murch
<p>I wonder why nobody mentioned that you can (and probably should) deploy your own signet: <a href="https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Signet#Custom_Signet" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Signet#Custom_Signet</a></p>

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Starting your own Signet helps with having a test environment, but doesn’t put you on the Signet other projects may be testing on. Also see: https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/q/17553/5406
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warchantua
<p>There is a new signet that was set up recently, maybe you can contact the maintainer get MORE sBTC. Some useful information was here:</p>
<p><a href="https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5501712.0" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5501712.0</a></p>

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While this may be a good solution for some use cases, it should perhaps be pointed out that getting coins on one signet will not transfer to another signet, i.e. acquiring coins on this new signet will e.g. not able you to interact with users on the main signet.
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<p>We had several requests for Signet coins (on Signet, the default signet¹) in the past week. This question is meant as a lightning rod to answer <em>how to go about and where to direct a request for signet coins</em> instead of asking for signet coins here on Bitcoin Stack Exchange.</p>
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<p><sup>¹ If you are looking for just any sort of testing environment, rather than coins on the default Signet, check out <a href="https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/q/17553/5406">Is there a sandbox in bitcoin for testing?</a></sup></p>

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How can I get Signet coins?
Murch
# How can I get Signet coins?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2024-02-28)

We had several requests for Signet coins (on Signet, the default signet¹) in the past week. This question is meant as a lightning rod to answer *how to go about and where to direct a request for signet coins* instead of asking for signet coins here on Bitcoin Stack Exchange.

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¹ If you are looking for just any sort of testing environment, rather than coins on the default Signet, check out [Is there a sandbox in bitcoin for testing?](https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/q/17553/5406)

**Tags:** faucets, signet, canonical-question


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## 4 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2024-03-01. Score: 4

#### Get Signet coins

Since Signet is centrally controlled, you only option is to get it from a faucet or ask for coins in the `bitcoin-signet` IRC channel. But depending on what is your goal, there are other great alternatives to signet which are easier to mine or test with.

#### Alternative testnets

##### Testnet

Testnet has a special rule, which makes it easy to mine in particular circumstances. If there are no blocks found for more than 20 minutes, the difficulty drops and you can easily mine a testnet block with a normal CPU. Obviously your luck depends on if other powerful miners are mining or not. I use [this primitive bash miner script](https://gist.github.com/DaWe35/51f8441f476b14cd39c638334e5c05b5) to mine and I found [6 blocks](https://mempool.space/testnet/address/2N5fJkfCv4cF6vsa5QQJnsazBKWNXynn9zp) in less than 2.5 months.

##### Regtest

In many cases you don't need to test on a public blockchain, so why not run a local testnet? It works just like the Bitcoin network, but external connections are disabled and the mining difficulty is set to 0. This allows you to mine as many blocks as you want, making testing faster and easier.


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### Answer by username_0 on 2024-02-28. Score: 4

Signet coins are worthless. They are used for [testing Bitcoin software](https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/q/17553/5406) before deploying it on mainnet and protocol development experiments. The signet may be reset occasionally if any projects start to rely on signet for non-testing use-cases.

You can find faucets for small amounts on

* [signetfaucet.com](https://signetfaucet.com)  
  Pick an amount up to 0.01 s₿, be sure to follow the instructions under the request box.
* [alt.signetfaucet.com](https://alt.signetfaucet.com/) or [signet.bublina.eu.org](https://signet.bublina.eu.org)  
  Sent me 949 sṩ, when I tried again a bit later, told me to slow down. Both URLs lead to the same service.

Alternatively, you can try to send yourself some s₿ from ajtowns’s experimental "Proof-of-work based signet faucet". You can find the script to collect them in AJ’s GitHub repository [GitHub.com/ajtowns/powcoins](https://github.com/ajtowns/powcoins), and a long-form explanation of what’s going on on Delving Bitcoin: ["Proof-of-work based signet faucet"](https://delvingbitcoin.org/t/proof-of-work-based-signet-faucet/937), or a short overview on [Bitcoinops.org](https://bitcoinops.org/en/newsletters/2024/06/07/#op-cat-script-to-validate-proof-of-work)

If you need a larger amount, legitimate developers are encouraged to ask in the *#bitcoin-signet* IRC channel on *Libera.chat*. I suggest that you include your address in your request message and provide a bit of background for a higher chance to receive some coins.


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### Answer by username_2 on 2024-08-22. Score: 0

I wonder why nobody mentioned that you can (and probably should) deploy your own signet: <https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Signet#Custom_Signet>

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: Starting your own Signet helps with having a test environment, but doesn’t put you on the Signet other projects may be testing on. Also see: https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/q/17553/5406  

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### Answer by username_3 on 2024-08-20. Score: -2

There is a new signet that was set up recently, maybe you can contact the maintainer get MORE sBTC. Some useful information was here:

<https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5501712.0>

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: While this may be a good solution for some use cases, it should perhaps be pointed out that getting coins on one signet will not transfer to another signet, i.e. acquiring coins on this new signet will e.g. not able you to interact with users on the main signet.  

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