Given that I posted about getting my second Gemini referral credit barely a week ago, the question arises as to whether I could differentiate this article about getting my third referral credit sufficiently so that you, my dear supportive reader, could derive some value from it. Well, I can't promise if this article will offer you some mind-blowing insights but I did learn something new about myself from the process.

Back to the start. How did my third referral credit happen in the first place? Being persistent, I posted about receiving my 2nd referral credit on my Facebook page, detailing my jubilation and sneaking in my referral link. As regular users of Publish0x, we may often lament that we didn't get into the crypto game early enough but I think it's fair to assume that we are considered early adopters when compared to the general population. And I suspect that our first mover advantage helps us in enlightening the people around us about this up-and-coming asset class (and of course, benefitting from their registration with various crypto platforms that we are using). 

Last Saturday, a Facebook friend dropped me a WhatsApp message all of a sudden. He posed me the following three thought-provoking questions.

1) What is crypto to you?

2) Why are you in crypto?

3) What do you think is the best way to play with crypto?

These were questions which could trigger lengthy Publish0x articles but given that we were corresponding via a messaging platform, I had to keep my replies short and succinct so that I could address his need for speed. So after thinking about how to express myself with tact and impact, this is how I answered:

1) Another income stream. Also my ENFP personality’s curious mind is fascinated by the so many possibilities out there
2) Crypto is the future, so I need to know about it so as to prepare my son for this dynamic world out there
3) Personally, I have an account with this crypto lending platform called Hodlnaut. Then, an article I wrote on Seedly (a Singapore fintech firm) to promote it went viral, so I now have 12 referees - which give me a small commission interest income every Monday at 5pm

Generally speaking, I think if you play games like Axie Infinity, you can level up n earn crypto assets very fast. But I’m a writer, not a gamer haha

Also other users stake their assets on CakeDefi; its APY is said to be 88%. But I am not really that bothered to explore

Suffice it to say that my answers impressed him enough because he then went ahead to ask me for my referral link and sign up for an account on the spot!

And because I was informed by my referee right from the start, I could inform you that it took me four days to get my referral bonus of $10 Bitcoin. This is because he signed up for an account last Saturday and the referral bonus was credited to my Gemini account today (i.e. Tuesday). LOL.

While it felt good to be awarded with a referral bonus which could garner me 1.5 lattes in real life, I was even more heartened to share my knowledge and love for crypto with my friend. I felt heard and validated, which I guess could turn out to be something far more invaluable in the long run.

So I will like to ask you this question: What is crypto to you?