How to get Testnet ETH on Rinkeby in 2 Miu (2024)

FAQs

How to get Testnet ETH on Rinkeby in 2 Miu? ›

First, click on your wallet number to copy it. Then to the https://rinkebyfaucet.com/ page, enter your wallet address and click “Send me ETH”. You will soon receive 0.1 ETH. You can repeat it daily, but 0.1–0.5 ETH should be enough for the whole Testnet.

To request funds, simply sign into your Alchemy account, enter your wallet address, and hit “Send Me ETH” or “Send Me MATIC”. You'll see the funds in your wallet that you can use to test. You can request funds every 24 hours.

- Open your MetaMask wallet and click on the network dropdown on the top center of the screen. - Select "Custom RPC" at the bottom of the network list. - Click "Save" to add the Rinkeby Testnet to your network list.

Users can request Ether by making a Twitter or Facebook post with their Ethereum address and pasting the post URL into the faucet. Requests are tied to social media accounts to prevent malicious actors from accumulating too much Ether.

Though Cloudflare's Ethereum Gateway launched with support for the Rinkeby testnet, Rinkeby did not run through The Merge Open external link and - as a result - will no longer be a reliable staging environment for mainnet. Cloudflare will be deprecating support for Rinkeby on January 30, 2023.

Access Testnet Faucets

Disclaimer: The Rinkeby testnet has been deprecated since October 5th, 2022. Therefore, we recommend using the Sepolia testnet with our Sepolia faucet or the Goerli testnet with our Goerli faucet.

The Rinkeby Testnet is Deprecated

The Rinkeby testnet was deprecated by the Ethereum Foundation on October 5th, 2022. On October 5th, 2022, Alchemy's Rinkeby faucet was also deprecated. The Rinkeby testnet will be read-only for the foreseeable future and will be sunset in Summer 2023.

Is the rinkeby testnet closed? ›

Ethereum will also shut down its Rinkeby testnet sometime in mid-2023, giving developers ample time to move over any applications they have running to the Goerli or Sepolia testnets.

Mining on testnet/private blockchains

What you'll need to do is run an Ethereum client such as Geth, Besu or OpenEthereum to start building up reserves. Further instructions are available on the respective sites. Once you have mined some Ether, you can start transacting with the blockchain.

Faucets: Testnet Ether can be obtained from faucets, which are online tools that distribute tETH for free. Users often need to provide a Testnet address to receive the tokens. Faucets are available for each Testnet and developers can use them to acquire tETH for testing.

ETH on these testnets is a dummy balance and cannot be withdrawn or sent to mainnet. This also means that anyone attempting to sell you testnet ETH is trying to scam you: ETH on testnets has no value and is mainly for developers to test out new dapps and features.

As far as the Rinkeby faucet alternatives for Ethereum go, the Sepolia and Goerli faucets are your two options.

Goerli ETH tokens can be obtained for free through Goerli faucets such as Alchemy, Quicknode, and Moralis. You can also buy some GETH tokens from LayerZero Bridge. GETH tokens are primarily used for testing and cannot be traded on the mainnet.

Testnet tokens are obtainable through faucets. You'll typically need to get test versions of the blockchain's native token (e.g. ETH) and the app's native token. (Note: to mint testnet funds you'll often need ETH). By default, MetaMask is connected to Ethereum's 4 testnets.