I use a few faucets, and have done so for years. I've switched between a few now and then as they have shut down, or turned in to ridiculous gimmicks. Lots of people don't bother with them anymore since the payout is so slight that it doesn't seem worthwhile. If you are one of those people this is fair warning that this article is about faucets, and the difference is still probably so marginal that you won't be interested.
As I mentioned, I have used faucets for years. Having said that, I don't actually spend a lot of time using them. I prefer to find ones that have a minimal input, with my ideal being daily rather than hourly, or for the old school one - every 10 minutes.
The primary reason I use faucets is that over time I've done quite well with them. There's also the fact that where I'm from it has gotten increasingly difficult to move cash into the crytpo world. Between government regulations, tax issues, and the good old financial institutions just flat out refusing to allow funds to move from fiat to crypto, it's nearly impossible to drop a dime in now. So I'm pretty much stuck to passive earnings at this point, maybe a little active trading, and my faucets.
Anyway, I noticed several weeks ago that some (but not all) of these faucets started handing out more coins/tokens per "click" than they did previously. It seems to be tied to the drop in value of crypto, which is a little counterintuitive for me. The more crypto has sunk, the more fractionals are being handed out. Some of the ones I use are up to more than double what they paid out only 5 months ago.
In my mind, handing out more of the fractionals due to decreased value is an odd business strategy. To me it means they bought something for a high value and are handing it out at a faster rate at lower value. I'm not going to argue though. I'll take it all, and since I'll be holding on to everything I'm certain that I will reap the rewards whenever the rebound happens.
Feel free to check these out. I won't dump the whole list, just the ones that I've seen the biggest difference in.
1. Horizon - ZEN - This one has been paying out increased amounts for some time now, and it's the one that has more than doubled its payout for me. The best way to take advantage is to use Brave Browser, open a Zen wallet account, then hook up some of you social media accounts. My strategy on this is to have a set of crytpo-only social media accounts. This allows me to keep my persiylife isolated from the crypto world.
Referral link: https://getzen.cash/auth/register?ref=463124
2. Pipeflare - Multiple coins - This is a faucet I've used for a while now. I was originally not keen on it, but it grew on me for some reason. I generally only use the faucet part of it, but it does offer some games you can earn coins with (usually DAI). I just don't have the time for that though. The main draw for me here is the ZEC, MATIC, and Flare tokens (1FLR). ZEC and 1FLR pay out quickly - ~6 days and 3 days respectively. You can also stake your 1FLR for a year for a respectable APR of 6%. Pipeflare also can be leveraged by adding your social media accounts and using Brave Browser.
Referral link: https://pipeflare.io/r/akfn
3. The third faucet on my list is coinfaucet.net. This is one I don't spend a lot of time with as it's an hourly "roll", but I usually hit it a few time a day. The draw on this one is that you can't drip lots of different coins. It has been paying more per roll for a while now, and for me it's just above 40% of what I used to get. The down side on this faucet is the classic faucet issue - you need to build up a significant amount of whatever coin you want before it can be taken out. If you have the free time to make this one work, it can be worth it. For me it takes months and months to get a payout, but it has allowed me to build up small positions in some of the coins I've been interested in.
Referral link: https://coinfaucet.net/?ref=4d5449314d546732
4. Finally, there is Brave Browser. Yup, I treat it like a faucet. For clicking on up to 10 ads per hour you can walk away with some good old BAT. This pays out monthly, and can be a reasonable amount given that you a re probably browsing stuff anyway.
Truly, it would take a really long time to get rich off of faucets, and that would rely extremely heavily on the crypto markets busting out of their funk and racing to all time highs again. However, for the "slowly but surely" style of crypto user, or for those of us that just can't get cash from fiat to crypto, faucets remains viable method of steadily chipping into the world of digital currency.
