Tim’s Faucet – aka Hentenaar Faucet – is a fresh new faucet that appeared this month in a fairly lowkey manner. Offering a HUGE 1500 satoshi every hour, this faucet is sure to grab your attention if it hasn’t done so already!
The Faucetbox powered faucet piggybacks on a longstanding blog written by Tim and features an incredibly clean, minimalistic interface – perhaps one of the cleanest I’ve seen in a year or so.
Tim’s Faucet offers 1500 satoshi per hour, with zero frills! The site was initially protected by Recaptcha, but now features the increasingly popular Funcaptcha system.
Claims are as simple as they look, enter your address, solve the puzzle and get your satoshi prize! I don’t know what else to say, Tim’s Faucet has exploded onto the scene with the forceful silence of a supernova – and by all accounts, Hentenaar’s Faucet looks set to be around for a while!
I caught up with Tim for a brief chat about his background and a few other Bitcoin related things!
What’s your background in Bitcoin, Tim? I notice you’ve blogged for a number of years now..
Tim: I’m a computer engineer by trade, but I’ve kept an eye on bitcoin for years. I decided to start my faucet primarily as an experiment and a precursor to another faucet which I’m currently designing
You came out at the ‘head of the pack’ so to speak, offering large rewards – have you encountered any growing pains thusfar?
Tim: By God! That was my intention, after doing my initial market research 😉 Well, the demand has been surprising. I’m paying out 1.5 – 2 mil. satoshi per hour on average, minus the hundred thousand or so I lost to bots thus far in total. The only real growing pain has been ensuring that there’s enough to go around. I never keep more in the faucet than I need for a day.
You mentioned a second faucet – are Bitcoins going to be your main focus, or have any other altcoins piqued your interest?
Tim: I’m mining all sorts of altcoins at the moment, but Bitcoin seems to be the only one that holds appeal for an extended period (litecoin being a close second.)
You actually started your faucet before one of the biggest price movements since earlier in the year, do you anticipate Bitcoin breaking the $300 mark again this year? Any thoughts on the market – or Blockchain – forces affecting Bitcoin’s price?
Tim: I don’t know if it will break $300, but there’s certainly some nice movement going on. It’s going to be fun to watch 😉 There are also more startups this year focused on bitcoin and blockchain-related technology. I for one can’t wait to see what they come up with. Next year we might see some even greater movement in bitcoin.
There’s not much to your faucet, it’s a bit of an enigma – you’ve come out into the scene without the usual Bitcointalk thread, ad banners, bells-and-whistles type entrance – any reason why?
Tim: It’s all part of my strategy. Subtlety can be a more effective tool than trying to land a 747 in the middle of Lake Cumberland for example. My main goals are to provide a stellar user experience and keep my users coming back for more satoshi. Thus far they just keep coming back for more.
What else can I say? Check out Tim’s Faucet now! The Faucet Runner certainly approves 🙂