Account registration faucet for new users!

[kenCode]

Hi Ray, I'm so glad you got all setup. It's nice to see you using Shapeshift too (via the cryptofresh.com block explorer). Check out blocktrades.us and metaexchange.info as well. They are great Bridges into BTS. I use CCEDK.com for all my fiat transfers.
 
Anyway, if you need any help, I'm always around.
Prost from Munich!
  ken

Thanks Ken.

One more question. I had the earlier version wallet and did not have any transactions. It was empty. I downloaded the new wallet and traded peercoin for bitshares, so I have some now. I backed up the wallet and know that the password is still the same because I brought it over through .0.9.3c wallet, but did it carry over the same brainkey too? Do I have to back up another brainkey after downloading 2.0 wallet?

Thanks!

I would definitely jot down the new brainkey and keep it somewhere safe. Same thing goes for the wallet backup too, keep that bin file it creates on a usb stick or something. If you lose that stuff you lose it all so  just wanted to mention that too
  ken

[Ray]

Hi Ray, I'm so glad you got all setup. It's nice to see you using Shapeshift too (via the cryptofresh.com block explorer). Check out blocktrades.us and metaexchange.info as well. They are great Bridges into BTS. I use CCEDK.com for all my fiat transfers.
 
Anyway, if you need any help, I'm always around.
Prost from Munich!
  ken

Thanks Ken.

One more question. I had the earlier version wallet and did not have any transactions. It was empty. I downloaded the new wallet and traded peercoin for bitshares, so I have some now. I backed up the wallet and know that the password is still the same because I brought it over through .0.9.3c wallet, but did it carry over the same brainkey too? Do I have to back up another brainkey after downloading 2.0 wallet?

Thanks!

[kenCode]

Hi Ray, I'm so glad you got all setup. It's nice to see you using Shapeshift too (via the cryptofresh.com block explorer). Check out blocktrades.us and metaexchange.info as well. They are great Bridges into BTS. I use CCEDK.com for all my fiat transfers.
 
Anyway, if you need any help, I'm always around.
Prost from Munich!
  ken

[Ray]

Having trouble registering an account. After going through the faucet and it saying I am registered, it says I am not registered in my wallet.
What to do?
Thanks
My public key: BTS57nA4XzHMJMeDD3q35dXyxxhRqxnGX7mFrTY8dK2w5HUVMWHQV
Thank you!

Hi Ray and Welcome!
I just sent you 10 BitShares.
Please let me know if they appear in your wallet (if you haven't totally synced your wallet, it might take a few hours the first time till it finishes.)
Let me know if you need anything at all, thanx
Cheerz,
  -ken

Hello Ken... sorry for the delay in answering. That was a few months back, not being able to register an account. I do have an account set up and made some trades of peercoin for bitshares. I did not recieve the 10 bitshares you mentioned. My new account, rayzzz57, shows as activated and I have made trades under it, so it is working.

Thanks

[Bitshares222]

Hello Ken Code and thank you ))
Yes I did register my account on the openledger but still cannot send or receive funds
 my name is limpbusta1 if you can send me a a mini tiny amount of bts just to see if new account is working that would be much appreciated also, how to find the public key within the new web wallet?

[kenCode]

Hi guys, the faucet is not working for me

Hi @Bitshares222 and Welcome
Have you tried to register your new account at https://bitshares.openledger.info ?
 
Since 2.0 just went live, maybe the old faucet is being upgraded right now or something, but I have heard really good things about the new OpenLedger site above... Let me know, I can send you some BTS to your public key if needed.
Cheerz,
  ken

[Bitshares222]

Hi guys, the faucet is not working for me

[warglejark]

merci mon frere

[fav]

i'm afraid i can't get the faucets to work

anyone want to do me a solid and send me funds to register an account so i can get my BTS off the exchange?

BTS8SfVN2HTbkNXeMqMcgfLbYBKnFGzEMukpBnpGovY8kERK1e1A2

sent

[warglejark]

i'm afraid i can't get the faucets to work

anyone want to do me a solid and send me funds to register an account so i can get my BTS off the exchange?

BTS8SfVN2HTbkNXeMqMcgfLbYBKnFGzEMukpBnpGovY8kERK1e1A2

[fav]

Hi onceuponatime,

Thanks for helping me get started.
Looks like the faucet got some balance in the meantime.
I topped it up a little more 

Thanks again!

and check http://po.st/btsfree

[nady]

Hi onceuponatime,

Thanks for helping me get started.
Looks like the faucet got some balance in the meantime.
I topped it up a little more 

Thanks again!

[kenCode]

Good morning guys and yep, I just got in.
Thank you @onceuponatime for your help!
@nady if you need anything at all, we're here for you
Cheerz,
  -ken

[onceuponatime]

Hi Ken,

BTS7Kbu1cZMZJZ4HZPpKbuFYqNvD8ZtX1CU4tn8L2uG2F4feRB4Fq

Thank you! 
Daniel.

Hi nady, and welcome.

Ken is in Germany, and probably asleep right now. So I have sent you BTS to get started.

I hate waiting too!

[nady]

Hi Ken,

BTS7Kbu1cZMZJZ4HZPpKbuFYqNvD8ZtX1CU4tn8L2uG2F4feRB4Fq

Thank you! 
Daniel.

[kenCode]

Hi nady and welcome!
What's your public key or username you're trying to register?
I'll send you some BTS ASAP!
  -ken

[nady]

Hello, I'm new here...

Trying to register my account, but the faucet doesn't seem to be working:
Error "We were unable to register account ... - No rpc connection to BitShare toolkit"

Clicking on the BitShares Link on the top of the page gets me to the "Home" screen of the faucet.
At the bottom I read "Faucet Balance: 0.00 BTS".

Does anyone since when it has been down and what is necessary to fix it ? (by donating or is it just broken?)

Thanks.

[kenCode]

Thanks Ken,
It still says I have no BTS though. It says in the bottom right "not connected" I click on it and nothing happens, is there a progress bar for how many blocks are loaded?

Yes, if you rest your mouse over the bottom right corner, it will show you how far along it is. The first time I synced up, it took like 4 hours or more, but now it starts up in about a minute. I've got a reeeeeeeally old computer though. Once it's synced, then all your balances, yield and transactions will show up.
Hope that helps a bit, if not, just let me know. We can skype too if you like (kenCode_de).
Have a great night! (it's midnight-thirty here)
Cheerz,
  -ken

[camerongray]

Thanks Ken,

It still says I have no BTS though. It says in the bottom right "not connected" I click on it and nothing happens, is there a progress bar for how many blocks are loaded?

[kenCode]

Having trouble registering an account. After going through the faucet and it saying I am registered, it says I am not registered in my wallet.
What to do?
Thanks
My public key: BTS57nA4XzHMJMeDD3q35dXyxxhRqxnGX7mFrTY8dK2w5HUVMWHQV
Thank you!

Hi Ray and Welcome!
I just sent you 10 BitShares.
Please let me know if they appear in your wallet (if you haven't totally synced your wallet, it might take a few hours the first time till it finishes.)
Let me know if you need anything at all, thanx
Cheerz,
  -ken

[Ray]

Having trouble registering an account. After going through the faucet and it saying I am registered, it says I am not registered in my wallet.

What to do?

Thanks

My public key: BTS57nA4XzHMJMeDD3q35dXyxxhRqxnGX7mFrTY8dK2w5HUVMWHQV

Thank you!

[kprell40]

@futurist
@AdamHackbarth
@raph74
@crypto pimp
@ngkong
@kprell40
 
Did you guys get your names Registered on the blockchain yet? Can I send you some BitShares?
Let me know if I can help. (Moderator @toast has moved over to a different DPOS project at the moment)
Thanx in advance and Welcome!
  -ken

 yes I got my names Registered
 
  ty Ken

  kprell40

[kenCode]

@futurist
@AdamHackbarth
@raph74
@crypto pimp
@ngkong
@kprell40
 
Did you guys get your names Registered on the blockchain yet? Can I send you some BitShares?
Let me know if I can help. (Moderator @toast has moved over to a different DPOS project at the moment)
Thanx in advance and Welcome!
  -ken
 

[kenCode]

Hi there,
I tried registering account: camerongray from the faucet but it still says my account isn't registered
key: BTSX7DY3PUPCVJ1oTyJjU9Cjc5fmKWce9Y2FBB5TcYg8NfQAFDwtYM

Hi Cameron, first of all welcome to BitShares.
Let me know if you need any help. I'll send you 10BTS in about 2 min so that your account registers.
Welcome!
   -ken

[camerongray]

Hi there,

I tried registering account: camerongray from the faucet but it still says my account isn't registered
key: BTSX7DY3PUPCVJ1oTyJjU9Cjc5fmKWce9Y2FBB5TcYg8NfQAFDwtYM

[kprell40]

is the  faucet still  broken ? Trying to register at the faucet not working for me

kprell40

[ngkong]

is the faucet fixed?

[ngkong]

Hi favdesu,

Thank you for your help.

[fav]

I just sent to your inbox.

thanks

seems like the faucet is broken. I opened a ticket.

@All until this is fixed, send me a Message with your BTS ID and Public Key and I will send you bitshares for register

[ngkong]

I just sent to your inbox.

thanks

[fav]

is there any problem with the faucet? it submit the registration successfully but the account is not registered yet.

not at http://bitsharesblocks.com/accounts nor  wallet_list_my_accounts command (100% synced)

tried to register at poloniex, it gave "502: Bad gateway" error in the ajax request.

is it supposed to be this hard to register a bitshares account name?

what's your ID and public key?

[ngkong]

is there any problem with the faucet? it submit the registration successfully but the account is not registered yet.

not at http://bitsharesblocks.com/accounts nor  wallet_list_my_accounts command (100% synced)

tried to register at poloniex, it gave "502: Bad gateway" error in the ajax request.

is it supposed to be this hard to register a bitshares account name?

[Possum577]

Hey All. Just opened an account and registered on the blockchain today.  I see myself on the blockchain, however in the dashboard I'm not getting the "registered" confirmation. I'm probably missing something obvious, but any help is appreciated.

I also see the "Last block was synced" data at the bottom of the screen, is that related to my registration in anyway?

Thanks.

If you see your account name on the blockchain,
for example, looking it up on this website - http://bitsharesblocks.com/accounts

it means it is successfully registered.

If your BitShares client does not say so, it is likely that either the blockchain was not synchronized or the wallet did not scan the latest blocks for changes yet.

Give it some time or stop/start the client to catch up with the latest blocks.

The bottom of the GUI BitShares client shows the status of the your blockchain.

You can open the console in your gui client and try 'get_info' command: very helpful.

Thanks very much, this was the problem. I needed to allow a bit more time for everything to sync up!

[fundomatic]

Hey All. Just opened an account and registered on the blockchain today.  I see myself on the blockchain, however in the dashboard I'm not getting the "registered" confirmation. I'm probably missing something obvious, but any help is appreciated.

I also see the "Last block was synced" data at the bottom of the screen, is that related to my registration in anyway?

Thanks.

If you see your account name on the blockchain,
for example, looking it up on this website - http://bitsharesblocks.com/accounts

it means it is successfully registered.

If your BitShares client does not say so, it is likely that either the blockchain was not synchronized or the wallet did not scan the latest blocks for changes yet.

Give it some time or stop/start the client to catch up with the latest blocks.

The bottom of the GUI BitShares client shows the status of the your blockchain.

You can open the console in your gui client and try 'get_info' command: very helpful.

[Shentist]

Hey All. Just opened an account and registered on the blockchain today.  I see myself on the blockchain, however in the dashboard I'm not getting the "registered" confirmation. I'm probably missing something obvious, but any help is appreciated.

I also see the "Last block was synced" data at the bottom of the screen, is that related to my registration in anyway?

Thanks.

if you go into your account name on "Dashboard" you should see near your name if your account is registerd or not.

[Possum577]

Hey All. Just opened an account and registered on the blockchain today.  I see myself on the blockchain, however in the dashboard I'm not getting the "registered" confirmation. I'm probably missing something obvious, but any help is appreciated.

I also see the "Last block was synced" data at the bottom of the screen, is that related to my registration in anyway?

Thanks.

[lovejoy]

I opened my first BTS wallet a couple of months ago and have had a horrible time trying to get it registered.  I had to lead alot of BTS at BTER because I could not tranfer to wallet.  I just updated to version 6.1 and notice in the lower right corner that I have not synched blocks for 202 days???  Why did I not get an up to date synching of my wallet when I first loaded and why has it not been synching up to this point.  Hopefully this will resolve my registration problems as I know the names are registered but not at my wallet. 
PS  does anyone know if I will able to ever get my BTS from BTER - no information from them on their site.  Very frustrating experience which I partly put down to my age and lack of technological knowledge.  However I am very excited about the future of crypto business and will push on.

James,

Any luck with getting your wallet synced up and running?

The situation with BTER is looking as though it will be resolved imminently, fingers crossed!

You'll find the latest on the BTER situation here:
https://bitsharestalk.org/index.php?topic=14291.360

[fundomatic]

The update to 0.6.0/0.6.1 (and 0.6.2) BitShares client replays the blockchain: it shows the 'completed percentage'. Usually takes an hour with 8GB of RAM and midrange CPU.

Strange that you need to sync it again. Let it sync the blockchain.
I my case it takes an hour or two.

Lets hope we get our coins from bter. No updates here either.

[JamesK56]

Follow up post.  I am synching but I have 112 days of synching left to do.  I am at block 672201 of 1909301 blocks.  At this rate it will take many days.
Do I have to synch all blocks or can I just synch the later ones?
Thanks

[JamesK56]

I opened my first BTS wallet a couple of months ago and have had a horrible time trying to get it registered.  I had to lead alot of BTS at BTER because I could not tranfer to wallet.  I just updated to version 6.1 and notice in the lower right corner that I have not synched blocks for 202 days???  Why did I not get an up to date synching of my wallet when I first loaded and why has it not been synching up to this point.  Hopefully this will resolve my registration problems as I know the names are registered but not at my wallet. 
PS  does anyone know if I will able to ever get my BTS from BTER - no information from them on their site.  Very frustrating experience which I partly put down to my age and lack of technological knowledge.  However I am very excited about the future of crypto business and will push on.

[onceuponatime]

Hi all I just signed up yesterday and once my wallet synced up all is good ! Looks promising but I still have a lot to learn .

Hey, welcome to the forums.

Have you read Max Wright's e-book called Bishares101? If not, you would probably find it very helpful for your learning process. It is available at Amazon or at http://cryptofresh.com/ in English, Russian, Spanish, Korean and very soon Greek and Italian.

[xxSUPERMANxx]

Hi all I just signed up yesterday and once my wallet synced up all is good ! Looks promising but I still have a lot to learn .

[merivercap]

The blockchain says you registered 6 days ago:

Code: [Select]

delegate (locked) >>> blockchain_get_account merivercap
Name: merivercap
Registered: 2015-02-11T08:52:30
Last Updated: 6 days ago
Owner Key: BTS87UZaR1bYcDZ93K551tbtfafDUp7CPe2TEkHwKheihMPRc2njb
Active Key History:
- BTS84sh13WEmKCY7U71hYauBxMSXL9EYN833yL5yd44GJWpPiEb6A, last used 6 days ago

Seems your wallet is not synced

Thanks it works now!  Yes the wallet wasn't synced so I left my computer on overnight to download the blockchain. 

Anyways.  Everything is good now. 

[crypto pimp]

Hi I downloaded a bts wallet and bought a few thousand coins on bter I tried 3 times to send coin to my public address, but none of them arrived in wallet! I just want to know where I have gone wrong as I haven't had this problem with any of the other wallets I use! I have tried registering using the faucet nothing happened so I tried again and it said name has been taken but I dont know if it is me who took it or not? 

Is your BitShares wallet synced?

ah I never saw the righ hand corner until I went full screen, I installed it 3 days ago and I still have 137days left, good job Im not in a rush, but cheers for that patience isnt my strongest point 

[xeroc]

The blockchain says you registered 6 days ago:

Code: [Select]

delegate (locked) >>> blockchain_get_account merivercap
Name: merivercap
Registered: 2015-02-11T08:52:30
Last Updated: 6 days ago
Owner Key: BTS87UZaR1bYcDZ93K551tbtfafDUp7CPe2TEkHwKheihMPRc2njb
Active Key History:
- BTS84sh13WEmKCY7U71hYauBxMSXL9EYN833yL5yd44GJWpPiEb6A, last used 6 days ago

Seems your wallet is not synced

Hi I downloaded a bts wallet and bought a few thousand coins on bter I tried 3 times to send coin to my public address, but none of them arrived in wallet! I just want to know where I have gone wrong as I haven't had this problem with any of the other wallets I use! I have tried registering using the faucet nothing happened so I tried again and it said name has been taken but I dont know if it is me who took it or not? 

bter is offline atm .. but usually they can fix this on their end ..
Anyway .. why have you pasted your public address when it says to paste your account name??!

[matt608]

Hi I downloaded a bts wallet and bought a few thousand coins on bter I tried 3 times to send coin to my public address, but none of them arrived in wallet! I just want to know where I have gone wrong as I haven't had this problem with any of the other wallets I use! I have tried registering using the faucet nothing happened so I tried again and it said name has been taken but I dont know if it is me who took it or not? 

Is your BitShares wallet synced? 

[crypto pimp]

Hi I downloaded a bts wallet and bought a few thousand coins on bter I tried 3 times to send coin to my public address, but none of them arrived in wallet! I just want to know where I have gone wrong as I haven't had this problem with any of the other wallets I use! I have tried registering using the faucet nothing happened so I tried again and it said name has been taken but I dont know if it is me who took it or not? 

[raph74]

I am having the same problem as merivercap, The faucet says I am registered but the bitshares client says I am not registered.

Thanks for any help.

[merivercap]

Hello... excited to be part of the community!

Just downloaded v0.6.1 and installed on Windows.  Went to the faucet site and registered via Facebook and was authenticated, but I did not get registered to the blockchain.  Also the faucet website didn't display well for me on Firefox... it only flashed the various identity providers before disappearing so I had to click to register again and quickly click on the Facebook login button to finally authenticate...

Re-tried to register for the faucet and it says I'm already registered.... but didn't receive the 0.5BTS

Anyways.. just wondering if anyone can give me any guidance... thank you...

[toast]

Oops. I just noticed I bought BitShares PTS and not BTS. I am not having luck finding a way to own BTS without getting a BTS wallet. Any help?

You can hold BTS on an exchange like bter.com

[AdamHackbarth]

Oops. I just noticed I bought BitShares PTS and not BTS. I am not having luck finding a way to own BTS without getting a BTS wallet. Any help?

[AdamHackbarth]

So does this mean I cannot use the faucet if I do not own a wallet? I use Cryptsy to buy my Bitshares. Do I still need to set up a wallet? I do not own a computer I trust well enough to install a wallet. I do my crypto purchasing on my lunch break at work.

Possible dumb question.. Trying to register at the faucet, I get this:
 
We were unable to register account 'kencode' - { "message": "Assert Exception (10)\nbase58str.substr( 0, prefix_len ) == prefix: \n", "detail": "10 assert_exception: Assert Exception\nbase58str.substr( 0, prefix_len ) == prefix: \n {\"base58str\":\"1A0499F885706D41559650D832FBB0E291EA53A1\"}\n th_a types.cpp:31 public_key_type", "code": 10 }
 
Is that err saying my pgp fp is not correct? i entered the shorter 64-bit version too, just in case. no go.
Thanx
  -ken

try this in your wallet:

go to the console button
type in:
wallet_get_account_public_address yourusername

(yourusername as in your username )
it should pump out a public key address
that should be what the site wants

[Riverhead]

What are you seeing in the client? Try right-clicking and selecting refresh when on your account page.

[matthewmorganstein]

I'm seeing that I cannot redo the registration because I am already registered, however that's not the what I see in my Bitshares client.

[robrigo]

Hello, still trying to get this rolling. I launched the Bitshares client on my Mac, pasted my username and key into the faucet, used my reddit account to validate it, then was taken to the "congrats" screen that suggested I post something via twitter or facebook, "to add funds." ? I didn't do either, and simply went back into the client on my computer. But it still says that my account is not registered with the blockchain?  Is there a delay or did I miss something?

Thanks.

You can use the faucet directly from the account registration prompt in the client. Can you try doing it again that way to see if it registers you?

[futurist]

Hello, still trying to get this rolling. I launched the Bitshares client on my Mac, pasted my username and key into the faucet, used my reddit account to validate it, then was taken to the "congrats" screen that suggested I post something via twitter or facebook, "to add funds." ? I didn't do either, and simply went back into the client on my computer. But it still says that my account is not registered with the blockchain?  Is there a delay or did I miss something?

Thanks.

[yak]

Possible dumb question.. Trying to register at the faucet, I get this:
 
We were unable to register account 'kencode' - { "message": "Assert Exception (10)\nbase58str.substr( 0, prefix_len ) == prefix: \n", "detail": "10 assert_exception: Assert Exception\nbase58str.substr( 0, prefix_len ) == prefix: \n {\"base58str\":\"1A0499F885706D41559650D832FBB0E291EA53A1\"}\n th_a types.cpp:31 public_key_type", "code": 10 }
 
Is that err saying my pgp fp is not correct? i entered the shorter 64-bit version too, just in case. no go.
Thanx
  -ken

try this in your wallet:

go to the console button
type in:
wallet_get_account_public_address yourusername

(yourusername as in your username )
it should pump out a public key address
that should be what the site wants

[kenCode]

Possible dumb question.. Trying to register at the faucet, I get this:
 
We were unable to register account 'kencode' - { "message": "Assert Exception (10)\nbase58str.substr( 0, prefix_len ) == prefix: \n", "detail": "10 assert_exception: Assert Exception\nbase58str.substr( 0, prefix_len ) == prefix: \n {\"base58str\":\"1A0499F885706D41559650D832FBB0E291EA53A1\"}\n th_a types.cpp:31 public_key_type", "code": 10 }
 
Is that err saying my pgp fp is not correct? i entered the shorter 64-bit version too, just in case. no go.
Thanx
  -ken

[toast]

http://faucet.bitshares.org