Let's have a brief talk about Crypto Faucets. (Full disclosure, I took the bait, checked them out, and was disgusted by the experience. Prepare for a sarcastic rant)
They are an inefficient waste of time.
It doesn't matter how many blogs or websites or ads you see telling you how much you can make off of faucets for watching ads, completing surveys, or simply tolerating a literal flood of pop-ups, the time you spend will simply not give you a return on your investment.
Let's break it down.
Bonus Bitcoin - hooray, 25 Satoshi every 15 minutes!..... now just click a half a dozen pop up adds, redirects, and finally the "click the squares with street signs" Captcha's. Congratulations, you just earned $0.002!
Just imagine what you could do with your hourly earnings! $0.008 per hour!
But wait, you can earn MORE Satoshi if you refer your "Friends" and earn up to 50% of what they make for life! (until they realize it is a waste of time, stop using the faucet, and never want to hang out with you again).
But Wait! What if you join CoinPot and collect from tons of other faucets!
Oh great, you can now collect 0.5 Dogecoin from a faucet..... lets see 1 DOGE is worth ~$0.0048.... that's $0.0024 for nothing! Except wait you have to do this 100 times to get 50 DOGE before you can withdraw... Oh and did we mention the ads... or the captchas....
But then there's Litecoin Faucets, Dash Faucets, and Bitcoin Cash Faucets... oh and "GAMES" where you win "Real money as prizes".... Invite your "Friends" and earn more!
So, basically you can click away while you're taking a shit and feel better about yourself because you earned a fraction of a cent for closing pop-ups and solving captchas..... now, squeeze, pinch, wipe, and get on with your life.
Let's consider another other option if you absolutely have to devote time and energy towards menial tasks that earn you a few bucks in BTC.
(The Hypocrisy is real, I'm about to show you a referral link)
Earn.com
Now instead of clicking ads, solving captchas, or playing games, you'll be compensated for checking emails and doing simple tasks like visiting websites for ICO's, new products, or marketing studies. In some cases, you get paid $100 in BTC to respond to emails! (Note, you'd better be someone important, like a Founder, CEO, or rainmaker to justify this price). The fun part is, you get to name your price! $1, $5, $20, etc. How much would you want to get paid for responding to emails?
You can also join lists and earn BTC for responding to marketing surveys or checking out websites.
Linkedin, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Reddit, etc. They have lists for them.
Do you already invest in Bitcoin, Litecoin, Ethereum? Join those lists and get $10 for responding to ICO emails.
Want to earn $1 in BTC just for signing up? Use my referral link (please).
earn.com/digitaldruid/referral/?a=0q3q8oh8yt3vrmsd
You get a dollar, I get a dollar, and that's it. I don't get any part of your future earnings like some multi-level marketing scams (aka Faucets). Hopefully you'll earn more after finding relevant lists. Might not make you a ton of money, but certainly better than faucets.
Already on Earn? Had an experience with Faucets? Post on the comments and let me know what you think
Faucets are great if you have few thousands of refferals.Great way to get passive income.
Sure, if you convince a thousand worker bees to harvest for you.... until they realize how little they make off their effort
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A faucet with just a captcha is not much trouble if you are already on the computer. Clicking through ads and other stuff is way too much trouble.
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