The future is tokenised  

And it is already here.   

Just like Publish0x - the new platform you’re reading this article on right now - there are more and more sites, apps and tools coming into existence, that reward you for different online activities.   

Whether it is surfing the web, “googling”, listening to the radio or posting on social media - you can now get paid for all of that!    

On my website, I have started a page on which I collect all the different tokenized tools I come across, that allow you to earn free crypto. I want people to know that you don't have to risk your own money, when you take your first steps into the crypto space. You can earn your first coins, instead of buying them. 

All the tools I mention there are apps that I am using myself, or have at least tested. 

Here are ten ways that allow you to earn cryptocurrency for free: 

• Brave Browser - Earn crypto while browsing
• Bitrad.io - Earn crypto while listening to the radio
• Steemit & Publish0x - Earn crypto for your content
• Presearch - Earn crypto for googling
• Earn - Earn crypto for answering short surveys
• Sweatcoin - Earn crypto for walking outside
• Musicoin - Earn crypto for your music
• Cindicator - Earn crypto for guessing asset prices
• Bounty0x - Earn crypto for mini tasks

Approach this with an investor's mindset   

Even though these tools are free and you don’t have to risk any of your own money, you should still approach them with an investor’s mindset.

Especially since some of them might take a time investment. Depending on the app, the rewards may or may not be worth your effort, if you're looking for instant rewards.  

Most of them pay you in their own native crypto tokens, which - since we are still in a bear market - may be worth very little *right now*. So it is important to consider your potential ROI (Return on Investment) even though you’re not putting actual money in.     

Note the emphasis on *right now*, though. Being an investor means looking at future - long-term - rewards, not just instant gratification. 

Bear markets are the time when prices are low. For some people (especially the ones who are looking for instant rewards), low means "worthless".

For others (the long-term investors), however, low means “inexpensive” or "on sale". They view bear markets as a time to accumulate coins - whether it is through buying or earning.   

So when you look at your ROI, check...

• How much effort it would take you to use this app
• How it fits into your life
• Whether you actually believe this project (and their token) will become successful and increase in value over time, so that you can reap your rewards later. 

The Sweatcoin app from the list above may be a no-brainer for you, for example, since it takes no time investment at all. You install it once, and then you just let it run and accumulate coins. It pays you for walking - which you do anyway - so there's literally nothing else you have to do.

Other platforms, like Earn or Cindicator will require a little time investment. Steem and Publish0x might require a lot. 

Earn pays in Bitcoin, Cindicator and Steem in their own native tokens, and Publish0x plans to pay in many different tokens in the future (right now mostly BNTY). 

Steem has been my favorite for the past 2 years - I love writing and I have fun spending my time there and interacting with the community, but to you it may feel like a chore. It's a matter of preference and also belief.  

For example, I have looked deeply into the Cindicator project and believe that the value of the CND tokens can easily go up to $5 or $10 or even higher. Right now they are only worth around $0.01. I'm making about 100 CND tokens on average per month.

You might say that's ridiculous and a waste of time. And for you, you may be right. But...

a) I have fun with this app

b) It takes me literally no time (I just do it while I'm standing in line at the super market for example)

c) I am accumulating and saving them for the day when they will be worth $10. That would turn my monthly 100-CND-income into $1,000 retrospectively.

This is an investment for me, which doesn't cost me any money and very little time, but could turn into a big payday in the future.   

Happy earning, and happy investing!  

So, have a look and see what sounds like fun to you or would make sense to you right now. To me, it's the safest way to invest, since you do not have to put in your own money.   

Again, the timing is perfect: Like Bitcoin, all of these coins are still in a bear market and at their lowest they've been in over a year. They can only go up from here :) 

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Anja Schuetz is a crypto explorer and mentor for absolute beginners, with specific focus on non-digital natives. She also consults as a Customer Communication & Operations Manager for blockchain start-ups.

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