![](https://steemitimages.com/DQmNseJCMZijuMSoQchf1Pm6o3Sqf8wxuH3Nu4uvue6c1pd/image.png)
Everything I collect with this post will be donated to the faucet!

# Why donations are important
Gridcoin is growing recently and new users are joining every day. If a user wants to start mining he has to send a beacon which costs a small amount of Gridcoins. Even if the worth of the Gridcoins the users need is extremely small this is an obstacle for new users. A faucet helps new users to get started fast and completly for free. There is no need to signup or to beg for a donation.
Gridcoin has two faucets at the moment: [1](www.gridcoinstats.eu/faucet.php), [2](http://www.gridcoin.ch/faucet.php).
Both faucets have distributed large amounts of Gridcoin to the community. The operators pay for the Gridcoins themself. But faucets are important for the Gridcoin community so the community should support the faucets!

# Past donations
This is the third post with wich I hope to collect steem dollars to donate to the Gridcoin Switzerland Faucet. You'll find the other posts here: [1](https://steemit.com/gridcoin/@grider123/faucet-distributed-already-grc-worth-about-usd70), [2](https://steemit.com/gridcoin/@grider123/2-gridcoin-ch-faucet-donation-post).
Thanks to all the upvoters I was able to donate about 851 Gridcoins to the faucet.

# Newest donation
![](https://steemitimages.com/DQmViVpYjPFQxpbXpPdneAGbp22bAbXfHNGoR3D15VuH6mD/image.png)
This is what I collected with the last post.

![](https://steemitimages.com/DQmXbmmgVDVE9HYnhVFbaG7UDrqmqx7wZ4fyNPMWHRMUd9e/image.png)
I traded the collected steem dollars on bittrex for bitcoin.

![](https://steemitimages.com/DQmcyAwz5vJPVEMvPhoh2A4mggvfCmbUveoGjhn9Hg5q65H/image.png)
And then I traded the bitcoins for Gridcoins also on bittrex.

![](https://steemitimages.com/DQmTwQrHGvtXurrVSSHoFpvntJ7ztDPFKRMqLZ1Xtg2mXx9/image.png)
Finally I sent the Gridcoins to the address of the Gridcoin Switzerland Faucet.
You can find the proof that I actually sent the coins [here](https://gridcoinstats.eu/address/SF83agM4ERg1WaJvKNbJYrWRHVvUM3xkZz).

# Future ideas
I will make a post like this every 10 days or so when I find the time to do that. Everything I collect with this post will be donated to the faucet!

# Further information about Gridcoin
* [Gridcoin Homepage](gridcoin.us) - The actively maintained and developed homepage of GRC globally.
* [Gridcoin Subreddit](www.reddit.com/r/gridcoin) - Anything GRC related. The developers read the comments posted here, and will in all likelihood directly address any questions you pose within the day.
* Gridcoin on [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gridcoin) - About Gridcoin
* [Getting started](https://steemit.com/gridcoin/@sc-steemit/gridcoin-tutorial-get-started-with-the-pool) - Information about how to get started with Gridcoin