# Faucet for testnet Mento stables **URL:** \ **Category:** Mento\ **Created:** [March 20, 2024, 3:43pm UTC](https://forum.celo.org/t/faucet-for-testnet-mento-stables/7719 "2024-03-20T15:43:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![arthurgousset](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.celo.org/arthurgousset/32/11117_2.png) [@arthurgousset](https://forum.celo.org/u/arthurgousset)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2024, 3:43pm UTC](https://forum.celo.org/t/faucet-for-testnet-mento-stables/7719/1 "2024-03-20T15:43:30Z")
### TLDR Mento doesn’t have an official faucet using the `mento.org` domain as far as I can see. Could the Mento team host a faucet to get testnet Mento stables like eXOF, cREAL, cUSD, and cEUR? For example, at [faucet.mento.org](http://faucet.mento.org)? ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/celo/original/2X/3/36e22b72158a7fabe7e34308064818a84619cd13.jpeg) For example, Circle has a faucet to get testnet USDC tokens at [faucet.circle.com](http://faucet.circle.com). ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/celo/original/2X/b/b34f9f1a17eb2feebe25518ba6765e94a4035611.jpeg) ### Context At the moment, [faucet.celo.org](http://faucet.celo.org) (whose code base is open-source: [celo-org/faucet](https://github.com/celo-org/faucet)) only has a CELO token balance, and it has to [swap CELO every time](https://github.com/celo-org/faucet/blob/4278170cab4fa296fcd6cc3e978b3fd8d8c8d02a/apps/firebase/src/celo-adapter.ts#L185) it gets a faucet request for cStables or other tokens. With the rise of stabletoken launches on Celo (including [eXOF](https://forum.celo.org/t/dunia-launching-exof-on-celo/6261), [USDC](https://www.circle.com/blog/usdc-now-available-on-celo), and [USDT](https://tether.to/en/tether-token-usdt-to-launch-on-celo/)), the expectations on [faucet.celo.org](http://faucet.celo.org) are growing, and I think it would be beneficial to share fauceting responsibilities with stabletoken companies. One idea is that [faucet.celo.org](http://faucet.celo.org) only provides testnet CELO tokens, and developers go to 3rd party faucets like [faucet.circle.com](http://faucet.circle.com) and [faucet.mento.org](http://faucet.mento.org) for testnet USDC and Mento stables. ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/celo/original/2X/a/a14fc2e4530078babff807a64e57b1e62ed489fe.jpeg) 1. This would allow stabletoken companies to better manager the developer experience of getting testnet tokens and support new testnet tokens as soon as they are launched. 2. This would reduce the scope and maintenance burden on [faucet.celo.org](http://faucet.celo.org), it would distribute the responsibility, and would help focus engineering resources on other areas of importance to the Celo community. All thoughts and feedback welcome. Thanks in advance! ---
**Author:** ![ericnakagawa](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.celo.org/ericnakagawa/32/421_2.png) [@ericnakagawa](https://forum.celo.org/u/ericnakagawa)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2024, 3:39am UTC](https://forum.celo.org/t/faucet-for-testnet-mento-stables/7719/2 "2024-03-22T03:39:23Z")
CF received a large amount of Testnet USDC provided by the Circle team for hackathons. How can we add it to the list of tokens in the [faucet.celo.org](http://faucet.celo.org)? Would we need to setup a CELO:Testnet USDC LP somewhere? ---
**Author:** ![arthurgousset](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.celo.org/arthurgousset/32/11117_2.png) [@arthurgousset](https://forum.celo.org/u/arthurgousset)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2024, 1:24pm UTC](https://forum.celo.org/t/faucet-for-testnet-mento-stables/7719/3 "2024-03-22T13:24:03Z")
My thinking is that [faucet.celo.org](http://faucet.celo.org) should only support testnet CELO, and that 3rd party token companies should be responsible for their respective testnet faucetting needs. In other words, I don’t think testnet USDC should be added to the list of tokens supported by [faucet.celo.org](http://faucet.celo.org). ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/celo/original/2X/0/0b3ff8d12f6c33842c5426f9cfc0eac1855d86d2.jpeg) Instead, I propose hackathon developers request testnet USDC from [faucet.circle.com](http://faucet.circle.com), which transfers 10 USDC per account per day. ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/celo/original/2X/1/13a16c166df3173074db7a66efe1712dc73d7c12.png) For larger token needs, I propose they are handled via the [Google Form](https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1n6m-nMjjDn2RpBDadMMqYpf5DzDTOeRk1dhDJrLFdO4/viewform) you already use today. ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/celo/original/2X/a/a269629b6fad69c706a6c64c3e9a9e10aec906a4.png) ---
**Author:** ![arthurgousset](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.celo.org/arthurgousset/32/11117_2.png) [@arthurgousset](https://forum.celo.org/u/arthurgousset)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2024, 10:10am UTC](https://forum.celo.org/t/faucet-for-testnet-mento-stables/7719/4 "2024-03-27T10:10:04Z")
Any thoughts from the folks at Mento Labs ? cc @MarkusBerlin @bowd @roman @bayological ---
**Author:** ![olenovyk](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.celo.org/olenovyk/32/8720_2.png) [@olenovyk](https://forum.celo.org/u/olenovyk)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2024, 2:46pm UTC](https://forum.celo.org/t/faucet-for-testnet-mento-stables/7719/5 "2024-03-27T14:46:27Z")
Hey @arthurgousset , Instance of Mento is deployed on Alfajores and someone can use [app.mento.org](http://app.mento.org) to mint Mento stablecoins using CELO. It should cover the needs of folks, no? I don’t see the reason why would we maintain separate faucet in addition to that. Let me know if you think otherwise. ---
**Author:** ![arthurgousset](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.celo.org/arthurgousset/32/11117_2.png) [@arthurgousset](https://forum.celo.org/u/arthurgousset)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2024, 6:06pm UTC](https://forum.celo.org/t/faucet-for-testnet-mento-stables/7719/6 "2024-03-27T18:06:10Z")
Hey @olenovyk, great point. That’s your call at Mento Labs really 🙂 Personally, I’m ok with using [app.mento.org](http://app.mento.org) as an option to get cStables on the Alfajores testnet. I just wanted to make it explicit that [faucet.celo.org](http://faucet.celo.org) may only distribute `CELO` tokens at some point. That means developers who would like to get cStables on the Alfajores testnet would need to: 1. get `CELO` from [faucet.celo.org](http://faucet.celo.org) (or elsewhere), and then 2. swap `CELO` to `cStables` at [app.mento.org](http://app.mento.org) (or elsewhere). That would be two steps to get Mento stables compared to one for USDC at [faucet.circle.com](http://faucet.circle.com), but, of course, totally doable. It also means that access to `cStables` might be affected by the availability of `CELO` at [faucet.celo.org](http://faucet.celo.org) or elsewhere. These are all subjective decisions and preferences you can stack rank at Mento Labs. If you ever decide to host a faucet, you can take a look at the open-source implementation of [faucet.celo.org](http://faucet.celo.org) on Github if it helps: [celo-org/faucet](https://github.com/celo-org/faucet). In the meantime, to make it easier for developers to continue accessing `cStables`, [faucet.celo.org](http://faucet.celo.org) could display a message like: > Need Mento stables like **cUSD**? Swap tokens at [app.mento.org](http://app.mento.org). [faucet.celo.org](http://faucet.celo.org) has a similar message for USDC: ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/celo/original/2X/a/a5b4b883232df1ffc1ba6a15d88793d2c9f4bed0.png) ---
**Author:** ![olenovyk](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.celo.org/olenovyk/32/8720_2.png) [@olenovyk](https://forum.celo.org/u/olenovyk)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2024, 2:31pm UTC](https://forum.celo.org/t/faucet-for-testnet-mento-stables/7719/7 "2024-03-28T14:31:32Z")
If you can add such message, that will be great, thanks! We will take a look at faucet Github repo, thanks for sharing. Maybe we can consider it at some point in the future if we really see a need for it and we have some free capacity. ---
**Author:** ![arthurgousset](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.celo.org/arthurgousset/32/11117_2.png) [@arthurgousset](https://forum.celo.org/u/arthurgousset)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2024, 5:18pm UTC](https://forum.celo.org/t/faucet-for-testnet-mento-stables/7719/8 "2024-03-28T17:18:42Z")
Sounds good, we’ll look into having [faucet.celo.org](http://faucet.celo.org) display a message like that for some time.