When I first heard that people can earn crypto online, I thought it was a scam. In my area, anytime someone talks about "online money," it usually means they want to take your money or they want to use you for fraud.
But after I tried little by little, I realized that some ways are real. The money is not that big. But these are the four ways that I have tried, or I have seen my friends try.
1. Read and Tip for Crypto — Like Publish0x
This was the first one I tried. You don't need money to start. You just read other people's articles, you tip them, and the platform gives you a small amount of crypto too.
In one day, I can get $0.02 or $0.05. It is small, but it feels good when you see your balance move from $0 to $0.23. The problem is that you must be consistent. If you read today and then sleep for one week, you will not see anything.
2. Learn-To-Earn
Some apps like Coinbase and Binance give you small crypto if you watch a video and answer questions. For example, they will teach you "What is USDT?" and then they will ask you three questions. If you pass, they will give you $1 or $2.
I like this one because you are learning and earning at the same time. The bad side is that it is not always available in Nigeria. Sometimes it will say "not available in your region."
3. Airdrops
An airdrop is when a new crypto project shares free tokens to people who follow them early. You follow their Twitter, join their Telegram, do a small task, and they send you tokens.
I did one before, and they gave me a token worth $3. But many airdrops are scams. Some will ask you to connect your wallet, and they will steal your money. So now I am careful. I don't connect my main wallet to just any site again.
4. Small Freelance Work Paid in Crypto
This one is for if you know something small — like how to write, design, edit videos, or manage a WhatsApp group for someone. Some people abroad will pay you in USDT instead of Naira because it is faster for them.
I have not gotten a big client yet, but I once did a small job for someone and he paid me $5 in USDT. That $5 made me happier than all the airdrop money because it was money I worked for.
If anybody tells you that you will make $100 per day from airdrops, that's actually not true.
But if you are patient and you keep learning, the little $0.05 today can become $5 tomorrow, and $50 next month. That is how I am taking it one at a time.
So tell me, which one of these have you tried?