Free Bitcoin Faucet From 2010 Is All Set for a Comeback

A relic of Bitcoin’s earliest days is making a comeback, potentially reviving a tradition that once handed out bitcoin (BTC) for free to anyone who could solve a simple CAPTCHA.Charlie Shrem, an early Bitcoin developer and entrepreneur, teased the relaunch of the Bitcoin Faucet earlier Monday, posting a link to the page that mimicked the one built by Gavin Andresen in 2010.The faucet famously distributed 5 BTC per user to their bitcoin wallets for free back when the token was worth less than a cent. Each of those transfers is worth nearly $500,000 at current prices source: https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2025/05/05/free-bitcoin-faucet-from-2010-is-all-set-for-a-comeback