From 046a9c1a450326e64a4587b88ca08c0d692e6032 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: William Casarin Date: Thu, 2 Aug 2018 06:44:25 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] doc: document p2sh-segwit address gen for faucet coins Now that the default newaddr type is bech32, this step seems to be tripping people up. Reported-by: #c-lightning users Signed-off-by: William Casarin --- README.md | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 49d407485012..4abbba0f07b9 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -156,6 +156,12 @@ If you don't have any testcoins you can get a few from a faucet such as [TPs' testnet faucet][tps] or [Kiwi's testnet faucet][kiw]. You can send it directly to the `lightningd` address. +You may need to generate a p2sh-segwit address if the faucet does not support +bech32: + + # Return a p2sh-segwit address + cli/lightning-cli newaddr p2sh-segwit + [tps]: http://tpfaucet.appspot.com/ [kiw]: https://testnet.manu.backend.hamburg/faucet