How to get Test Satoshis to test Lightning Payment

Lightning payments makes it easy, cheap and quick to send bitcoin. They use a network of nodes to route payments off-chain, and as a result they do not need to be confirmed on the Bitcoin blockchain. Satoshis which is the smallest unit of the cryptocurrency (1 SAT = 0.00000001 BTC) are needed to make lightning payments.

There are different ways of getting test Satoshis but our focus in this article will be using a Lightning faucet. A Lightning faucet is a website that gives away small amounts of test Satoshis.

• Create an on-chain bitcoin address from a wallet that has lightning capabilities. Example of such is Blink by Galoy.
• Head over to https://signetfaucet.com/ and paste the address in the address field, enter the amount of sats you need and click send.

Get test satoshis from signetfaucet.com

There’s a bit of a wait period before the test satoshis hits the specified wallet because it requires at least 2 confirmations . Look up confirmation details at https://mempool.space/signet/address/${specified-onchain-address}