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My top 3 passive income opportunities

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My top 3 passive income opportunities

These are the passive income opportunities I'm currently most excited and optimistic about for re-claiming my time and living life on my own terms! #freedom #vanlife

Currently, there is only 1 opportunity that I am permitted to share and would still say is in my “Top 3”; Freeway – others have ultimately failed or are in limbo. And there are some that are very new / early days and yet to prove themselves over a reasonable time (see bottom of post for info).

Up until 11th October 2022, Yieldnodes was here too, an opportunity that I had an excellent experience with since December 2020. However, due to events on 11th October, it will be some time before Yieldnodes is back — if they recover. More information in the Yieldnodes post.

My other ‘top' opportunities are private and I am unable to share here.

Outside of the monetary investment space, Print on Demand (aka POD — T-shirts etc), writing and publishing books / audiobooks are my Top passive forms of income for van life. 

They are ‘top' in terms of being passive once setup, however, although they do not require significant monetary investment (assuming you do all the work yourself) they do take a lot of time and effort. And they are much more passive long-term than operating a website, Twitter, Youtube channel or podcast.

#1: Freeway

Aubit’s Freeway provides 43% APY via their background asset management (something only previously available to the extremely wealthy).  Their vision is to democratise finance and make it possible for anyone to gain access to incredible returns, from as little as $1 – no minimum $investment and the ability to withdraw any time (depending your settings/choices).

Freeway is relatively new (ie. lots of room for $FWT growth ie increase in price) and deposits are held in a regulated brokerage*. Freeway is the only platform that holds funds in a regulated brokerage and offers fiat (USD/EUR/GBP.

*please read the full Freeway article for more information on their EU-regulated brokerage, Aubit Prime, and how it operates.

Freeway and their “Supercharger” products provide you with a self-compounding high yield on various assets, including USD and EURO. Cryptos are also available, inc BTC, ETH, BNB, ADA etc, however the best rates are currently for USD and EURO. 43% now and up to 50% in the near future!

You need to register an account and do KYC (yes; this is a regulated platform and KYC is required), then simply follow the instructions to make a deposit/buy.

The standard base rate is 20% (ie without any other requirements such as staking any $FWT!!) which is still much, much better than my ISA, stocks and shares or pension performance! 

There are various methods to increase from the base rate of 20% to 50%, including locking up your deposits for a defined timeframe, staking 5% of your holdings in $FWT tokens (which you will also earn on!!!) and being active, which is yet to be defined.

The company was founded by Sadie Hutton and Graham Doggart in 2019 as AuBit and is rebranding as Freeway during 2021/22.

I personally have a stack of $FWT and am moving a portion of profits from “high risk” endeavours to the platform regularly.  I see big things for Freeway and it feels really good earning such high return with a more minimal risk than other crypto-related opportunities.

Read my full article on Freeway here.

#2 & #3 TBC

At this time, I do not have a #2 or #3 , however I do have alternatives that are doing well and ones that have future potential. See below!


Other opportunities:

These have never been in my ‘Top 3' for passive income, but they are other investment-based opportunities I am in that have an ‘income' aspect or focus…

POKT Network (decentralized web3 API service) with PoktPool has doing well for me, however, the crypto markets have been shit recently…so whilst it is paying out, he token price has dropped significantly meaning there is little overall profit. Same goes for many token-based opportunities.

Newer things I'm testing as of late August 2022 are; Furio (similar to Drip), Wealth Mountain (high-yield stablecoin staking) and Automated Capital (auto forex trading). All three appear to offer excellent returns. Only time will tell – I'll keep each post updated in the coming months.

There are various yield-bearing stablecoins now on the market and whilst they won't earn you passive ‘income', they may keep you ahead of inflation. Read more on stablecoins with APY here.

Future opportunities:

Below are a few more opportunities that have a ‘passive income' element and that I'm bullish on but are not yet released, not yet generating income, or, are only generating a very tiny amount…

It has been announced that $DAG (Constellation) will facilitate “Co-Nodes”, something I imagine will operate very similar to POKTpool. This means there is an opportunity to earn passive income without needing a full node which is unaffordable for many (250,000 $DAG). Article coming soon.

Tangible DAO is a real-world marketplace for investable assets and yields such as property, wine, watches and gold. It only soft-launched in May 2022 and there are passive income opportunities to earn via revenue share within the marketplace, however, it is a longer term play ie. it won't earn much passive income for a few years.

Another real-world project is FiscusDAO. Their specialist area is sustainable “project finance”, a massive opportunity and again lots of opportunity for passive income baked into their tokenomics. TBH, this project has been full of drama, however I've seen their transparency and progression. As of May 2022, I'm more bullish than ever. This one will take a bit of effort to understand but is 100% wor

Outside of the monetary investment space (primarily crypto and trading), Print on Demand (aka POD — T-shirts etc), writing and publishing books / audiobooks are my Top passive forms of income for van life. 

They are ‘top' in terms of being passive once setup, however, although they do not require significant monetary investment (assuming you do all the work yourself) they do take a lot of time and effort. And they are much more passive long-term than operating a website, Twitter, Youtube channel or podcast.

Monetary investments

When I started with crytpo passive income investments end of 2020, everything went pretty well until April 2022 when things started falling apart. The entire crypto market crashed, scams, exploits and failures were everywhere and the tokens and opportunities that were all earning decent returns (ie. something that was in reach of becoming reasonable “passive income” even without already being super-wealthy) that we invested in fell apart by October 2022. 

There is still small hope in some of them, but not much.

Whilst we're in a few private opportunities that appear to be doing well, we're not in a position to share a “Top 3” at this time.

Will aim to keep our passive income journal reasonably up to date (even if it is not every month) with news on what we're up to: https://vanlifeincome.net/private

Anything that can be shared publically will also usually be in the blog: https://vanlifeincome.net/income-and-crypto

Below is a comparison table of the top 3 “passive income” opportunities I'm most excited about for re-claiming my time and living life on my own terms! #freedom #vanlife

Each is in the cryptocurrency space (sorry folks; crypto just far is superior at the moment. If you're looking for non-crypto, try these: PoD, property, books & audiobooks – all are fairly passive and suitable for van life).

Unlike PoD, books, property etc, none of these opportunities provide income direct to your bank account – they are all blockchain or cryptocurrency-based.

The 3 are all very different in how they operate, however each provide you with the opportunity to create an extremely passive source of income.

  • Best risk-reward: YieldNodes (via server rental & masternodes)
  • Lowest risk: Freeway (via “stablecoin” & crypto 50% APYs)
  • Highest risk-reward: TBC

Rewards yielded from each opportunity can be exchanged other crypto such as Bitcoin which can then be exchanged be withdrawn to your local bank account. Or, you can spend the crypto directly via a crypto debit card, now available with many wallets and exchanges.

My top 3 ‘passive income' opportunities compared

These 3 opportunities are difficult to accurately compare like-for-like so, below the overiew table, I've written a few paragraphs on each and provided links to more in-depth reviews of my experiences.


Freeway

YieldNodes

#3 TBC

Reward system

APY: 20-50% (USD, EUR & crypto)

Profit-share
(average 11% monthly)

#3 TBC

Minimum cost to participate

Low – as little as you want!

Medium – 500 EUR (approx 600 USD) paid in BTC

#3 TBC

Crypto beginner-friendly

Yes

Yes

#3 TBC

Rewards currency

The deposited token/coin (+ FWT if you stake)

Euro. However withdrawals are converted and sent via $BTC or $SAPP.

#3 TBC

Rewards delivered

Daily; rates depend on APY.

Monthly; after profits have been collected and calculated.

#3 TBC

Can withdraw initial (or sell as an asset)

Yes

Yes, after around 7 months can withdraw deposit*

#3 TBC

Rewards withdrawal information

Anytime (depends on the notice period you choose: see full article).

Delayed. Request profit withdrawal by 15th to receive by 8th of following month. Initial can be withdrawn, after approx 7 months.

#3 TBC

Withdrawal cost

Only network fees – depends what you are withdrawing.

None.

#3 TBC

How to grow?

Do nothing (it automatically self-compounds!).

Set auto-compound percentage using a slider (compounds monthly)

#3 TBC

Cost to grow

Zero (it automatically self-compounds!).

Zero. No cost associated with auto-compounding as the funds are not removed.

#3 TBC

Speed to grow

N/A: automatically self-compounds daily (ie “fast” but lower returns than the other 2).

Monthly: option to automatically compound profits every month.

#3 TBC

Referral system

Yes – provides boost for you AND the person who uses your referral link.

Yes – basic affiliate program offering 5% CPA

#3 TBC

Security options

Login, 2FA (Google Authenticator).

Login, 2FA (Google Authenticator) or SMS

#3 TBC

Company/project age

AuBit 2019

October 2019

#3 TBC

When did I start participating?

January 2022

December 2020

#3 TBC

How to get started


Watch This Space!

The above table provides some ‘at a glance' information that enables you to loosely compare each opportunity.

Use your mouse or finger to scroll down the table and see all the comparisons – from minimum cost to participate and withdrawal fees to how ‘beginner-friendly' it is..

Below, I go into a little more detail. You'll also find links to individual in-depth posts on each.

YieldNodes

YieldNodes is a server rental and profit sharing opportunity based primarily on masternoding. If you're new to crypto/blockchain that won't mean much, but it's basically providing computing power for processing transactions and storage of blockchain ledgers. Fortunately, you don't need to know anything about that to participate!

It is a relatively new company 2019, small in size and the team are clearly working very hard and being very diligent in their communications. The minimum to participate is 500 Euro (approximately 600 USD) which is paid in Bitcoin (or Sapphire — a coin/token that is now owned by the Yieldnodes Decenomy team).

They have a simple method to deposit directly via either Bitcoin or with a bank card / transfer using third party services.

Of all three, their platform/service is the easiest to use (and easiest ‘concept' to understand!).

Yieldnodes has been delivering results since 2019. I discovered them in November 2020 and invested in December 2020. Yieldnodes take 15% of the profit they make and distribute the remaining 85% to its users. The profit since 2019 delivered to users is 11% per month average and, over my first full six months, this is almost exactly what I have received — there was a bumper 19.2% spike in February during the crypto bull run explosion and during the May/June crypto crash we seen a rather impressive 7.9% and 9.1% respectively.

The YieldNodes user experience is excellent, and whilst they have FAQs and are very responsive, you don't really need them as everything in the dashboard is intuitive. They also provide a concise monthly email report/news that breaks down the monthly profit and activities, which I love. If you register an account you will receive the monthly email report (ie. you do not need to deposit to receive it).

Yieldnodes is the most passive of all three opportunities — it has a simple auto-compounding feature built in; literally, set and forget. If you are not compounding (or are partially compounding) you can request to withdraw your monthly return each month.

* The other good thing about YieldNodes is that you can withdraw or liquidate your deposited capital after around 7 months (6 months + the month-ish ‘withdrawal request' timeframe). Note that a ‘compound' is counted as a deposit, and so the same withdrawal rules applies each time you compound. Obviously if you were to withdraw your initial, your monthly return would drop as you'd have less capital to earn from, but it's good to know AND it should be taken into consideration when assessing against other opportunities, such as the other two in this post!

However, the withdrawal process for Yieldnodes is the slowest and most controlled of all three; you can't just withdraw your profit-share as and when you please. The Yieldnodes business model requires them to carefully manage their hardware and coins, so to withdraw (which you can do monthly), you must submit your request before the 15th of the month and the withdrawal will be sent by 8th of the following month via Bitcoin or Sapphire. However, each week they update the dashboard with weekly profits made. Read more about my experience with Yieldnodes here, or head on over visit the Yieldnodes site (if you register, you will also be able to see the community audits; look for the link at the bottom of the left sidebar menu).

IMPORTANT: the minimum deposit for Yieldnodes is 500 Euro, sent via Bitcoin….be sure to send enough BTC to make sure that at least 500 EUR arrives in your account after network fees….it's rather annoying thinking you've sent 500-worth, only to end up with 498 in your account 😬 😡 🤦‍♀️ #doh! If in doubt, send a bit extra – it won't go to waste because you will be able to deposit it all 🙂

The above banner uses my referral link. You do not have to use it, and it makes no difference to you, however if you deposit using it, I earn a small commission 🙏.

Freeway

Aubit’s Freeway provides the best return for “stablecoins” via their background asset management (something only previously available to the extremely wealthy).  Their vision is to democratise finance and make it possible for anyone to gain access to incredible returns, from as little as $1 – no minimum $investment and the ability to withdraw any time.

Whilst the return is much lower than the other two in my Top 3, I’m sharing it as the APY is incredibly high for a “stablecoin” investment (and crypto too!), Freeway is relatively new (ie. lots of room for $FWT growth ie increase in price) and deposits are held in regulated brokerage* and are untouched; if you are risk-adverse, this is the one to go for.

Freeway is the only platform that holds funds in a regulated brokerage and offers fiat (USD/EUR/GBP…) rewards. Yes; your funds are as close to 100% safe as possible*!

*please read the full Freeway article for more information on their EU-regulated brokerage.

Freeway and their “Supercharger” products provide you with a self-compounding high yield on various assets, including USD and EURO. Cryptos are also available, inc BTC, ETH, BNB, ADA etc, however the best rates are currently for USD and EURO. 43% now and up to 50% in the near future!

You need to register an account and do KYC (yes; this is a regulated platform and KYC is required), then simply follow the instructions to make a deposit/buy.

The standard base rate is 20% (ie without any other requirements such as staking any $FWT!!) which is still much, much better than my ISA, stocks and shares or pension performance! There are various methods to increase from the base rate of 20% to 50%, including locking up your deposits for a defined timeframe, staking 5% of your holdings in $FWT tokens (which you will also earn on!!!) and being active, which is yet to be defined.

The company was founded by Sadie Hutton and Graham Doggart in 2019 as AuBit and is rebranding as Freeway during 2021/22.

I personally have a stack of $FWT and am moving a portion of profits from “high risk” endeavours to the platform regularly.  I see big things for Freeway in 2022 and it feels really good earning such high return with minimal risk.

Read my full article on Freeway here.

#3 TBC

StrongBlock was removed from my Top 3, mainly due to spreading misleading information, deceit and absolute lies….followed by silence. You can read more in the Strong nodes post, however Twitter is probably best to get the latest news and sentiment.

At this time, I do not have a replacement, however I do have alternatives that are doing well and ones that have future potential. See below!

In Summary

Here are links to more in-depth articles on each opportunity:

I encourage you to read up more on whichever opportunity interests you most — or all of them — and do some due diligence. Note that they are all very different and each have characteristics that mean the 3 cannot easily be compared ‘like for like'.

  • Best risk-reward: YieldNodes (via server rental & masternodes)
  • Lowest risk: Freeway (via “stablecoin” APYs)
  • Highest risk-reward: StrongBlock (via becoming a ‘node operator')⚠️

Ping me a message if you have any questions 🙂

Remember: these would all be deemed “high risk” opportunities. Please do your own research – nothing in this blog is financial advice!


Other opportunities:

POKT Network (decentralized web3 API service) with PoktPool and Beacon nodes (traditional masternodes) via Flits app are both doing well for me, however, the crypto markets have been shit…so whilst each of these are paying out, some of the token prices have dropped significantly meaning there is little overall profit.

Newer things I'm testing as of late August 2022 are; Furio (similar to Drip), Wealth Mountain (high-yield stablecoin staking) and Automated Capital (auto forex trading). All three appear to offer excellent returns. Only time will tell!

Future opportunities:

Below are a few “passive income” opportunities that I'm bullish on but are not yet generating income, or, are only generating a tiny amount…

It has been announced that $DAG (Constellation) will facilitate “Co-Nodes”, something I imagine will operate very similar to POKTpool. This means there is an opportunity to earn passive income without needing a full node which is unaffordable for many (250,000 $DAG). Article coming soon.

Tangible DAO is a real-world marketplace for investable assets and yields such as property, wine, watches and gold. It only soft-launched in May 2022 and there are passive income opportunities to earn via revenue share within the marketplace, however, it is a longer term play ie. it won't earn much passive income for a few years.

Another real-world project is FiscusDAO. Their specialist area is sustainable “project finance”, a massive opportunity and again lots of opportunity for passive income baked into their tokenomics. TBH, this project has been full of drama, however I've seen their transparency and progression. As of May 2022, I'm more bullish than ever. This one will take a bit of effort to understand but is 100% worth it!

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Disclaimer: As with everything on this site, this article is for informational purposes only and is not advice of any kind. I simply share my experiences and my opinions for information. I am not a financial adviser and I am not providing investment advice or financial or legal advice of any kind. Cryptocurrencies (and most business opportunities) are very high risk. Many of the opportunities I discuss exist in new, high risk and unregulated markets. Some methods require significant investment of time and/or relevant skills. Please do your own research (DYOR) and due diligence; do not blindly follow anyone!

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