A BNB faucet is a tool that will give you free testnet BNB tokens. A BNB faucet is an example of a crypto faucet, which are websites provide a small amount of mainnet or testnet crypto for free.
For example, it was possible to get BTC coins for free when Bitcoin was still in its very early stages. Nowadays, you likely won’t be able to find mainnet faucets for big cryptocurrency projects, although there might be a mainnet faucet available for small projects with a low market capitalization.
At the moment, a faucet for mainnet BNB tokens doesn’t exist. If you want to get some free BNB, you’ll have to settle for testnet BNB tokens, which don’t have any monetary value and are used on the BSC testnet. However, testnet BNBs are still useful if you want to try out how Binance Smart Chain works, or even deploy your own smart contracts for testing.
We’ll show you how to use a BNB testnet faucet to get some free testnet BNB tokens that you’ll be able to use right away.
The Binance Smart Chain testnet
Before we show you exactly how you can get some free testnet BNB, let’s quickly explain what the Binance Smart Chain testnet is.
The Binance Smart Chain testnet is a blockchain network created to replicate the environment of the BSC mainnet. Programmers and regular users can access the testnet to experiment with decentralized applications and assess their performance prior to their launch on the mainnet. Tokens on the Binance Smart Chain testnet possess no monetary value, which means that you can experiment freely without the fear of potentially losing something valuable.
We should reiterate that there’s currently no faucet that distributes mainnet BNB tokens for free. If anyone claims that they will give you mainnet BNB tokens for free, you’re likely dealing with a scammer and should be very cautious.
How to get BNB with MetaMask on the BSC testnet?
If you want to use the BNB faucet, you will first need to set up a crypto wallet that will work with the BNB Chain testnet. You will be using this wallet to receive testnet funds.
We recommend that you use the MetaMask wallet, but you can choose any other wallet you wish. For example, another wallet that can be used to access the BSC testnet is Trust Wallet, but we’ll be using MetaMask in our example.
1. Access the “Networks” section in your MetaMask wallet
The first step is to add the Binance Smart Chain testnet network to your MetaMask wallet. Click your avatar icon in the MetaMask wallet, and go to “Settings”. Then, select “Networks”.
In the “Networks” tab, choose “Add network”.
2. Provide the necessary info about the Binance Smart Chain testnet
In order to add a new network to your MetaMask wallet, you’ll need to provide some information so that your MetaMask wallet can connect successfully. Here’s the info you need to add the Binance Smart Chain testnet to MetaMask:
- Network name: Smart Chain – Testnet
- New RPC URL: https://data-seed-prebsc-1-s1.binance.org:8545/
- Chain ID: 97
- Currency symbol: tBNB
- Block explorer URL: https://testnet.bscscan.com
Enter the required details and click on the “Save” button. Once completed, your MetaMask wallet will have the ability to establish a connection with the BSC testnet.
3. Go to the BSC faucet
Now, you’re ready to get some testnet BNB from the official BSC testnet faucet. Visit testnet.binance.org/faucet-smart/.
The website will prompt you for a brief verification process, which serves as a precautionary measure against automated bots spamming the faucet with token requests. Once the verification is successfully completed, you will be able to enter your BSC testnet address to receive test tokens.
4. Claim your testnet BNB
Next, click on “Give me BNB” and select the amount of testnet BNB to receive. At the moment, the only option offered by the BNB faucet is 0.1 BNB.
After a few seconds, you should receive your testnet BNB tokens in your wallet. As you can see, we have 0.1 tBNB in our account now.
Now that you have some testnet BNB, feel free to experiment with any DApps on the Binance Smart Chain testnet. You can use the BNB faucet for gas if you run out of testnet BNB to pay for your transactions.
A list of popular BNB faucets
Our example showed you how you can get testnet BNB tokens using the faucet at binance.org, which is generally regarded in the community as the “official” BNB faucet. However, there’s also other BNB faucets that you can use to get some testnet BNB.
Regardless of which BNB faucet you choose to use, you will need to have a wallet set up that’s configured to use the BNB Chain testnet. So, steps 1 and 2 outlined in the guide above still apply regardless of which BNB faucet you’re using.
Now, let’s quickly highlight some of the alternative BNB faucets you can use.
- Triangle BNB faucet: Triangle’s BNB faucet is a simple testnet BNB faucet where you only need to provide a BNB Chain testnet address. However, you should keep in mind that this faucet only distributed 0.001 BNB at a time, which is a relatively small amount.
- QuickNode BNB faucet: QuickNode offers a popular BNB faucet that you can use to get some free testnet BNB. Keep in mind that your wallet must hold at least 0.001 ETH to request testnet BNB through this faucet. This is done to prevent spamming.
- BitBond BNB faucet: In order to use the BitBond BNB faucet, you need to connect your wallet and complete your profile. This includes selecting an avatar and providing an email address. Once you complete these steps, you’ll be able to request a small amount of free testnet BNB.
What are testnet BNB tokens used for?
Testnet BNB tokens are exclusively utilized for testing and have no monetary value. They are useful because they allow users to simulate using a mainnet, without the associated risks.
Even if you accidentally create a buggy smart contract that causes you to lose funds, there is no harm on the testnet since your testnet tokens have no value anyway, and you can get more of them for free.
When the BSC testnet receives an upgrade, it’s possible that users testnet BNB balances are reset. If this happens, you should get some more testnet BNB tokens using the process we provided above.
The bottom line
Using a BNB faucet is very simple, and all you need to get started is to install a wallet that’s compatible with the Binance Smart Chain testnet. We recommend you use MetaMask, but you can also choose Trust Wallet or any other compatible wallet.
You can use the BNB faucet multiple times, although the website does have some restrictions in place in order to fend off spammers.
If you want to use the mainnet BNB Chain, you’ll have to buy some BNB tokens first as there’s no such thing as a mainnet BNB faucet at the moment. Learn why we’ve featured BNB as one of the best altcoins to buy.
