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Oliver Jumpertz

14 Apr, 9 tweets, 3 min read

You don't know how to get into crypto or you simply don't want to spend any money? Do you still want a piece of the cake?

Here is a short 101 on how to get your hands on some crypto and even #BTC.

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1️⃣ Download Brave

The Brave browser is based on Chromium, and designed with privacy in mind. If you are unsure, Brendan Eich (yes, exactly, him) is the CEO of Brave Software Inc., the company creating the browser.

brave.com

2️⃣ Enable Brave Rewards

Brave blocks ads on websites by default but it comes with its own blockchain-based ad system. Instead of putting them everywhere on websites, however, they come in the form of system notifcations, sent by your browser.

You can let Brave show you up to five ads per hour.

For viewing those ads, you are rewarded with Brave's own crypto token: Basic Attention Token (BAT, ETH-based).

Those BAT can either be spent for paying creators on several sites (including Twitter) or saved by you.

Although I'd love if you spent those BAT on your favorite creator, you can still keep some of it for yourself. Your very first own crypto.

3️⃣ Create A Wallet

To get your hands on those BAT, you'll need a wallet. Brave recommends creating a wallet on Uphold.

Create an account there and then you can link your Brave Rewards to your Uphold account.

uphold.com

As soon as you finished that, you'll get a payout of the BAT you earned by viewing ads every month.

4️⃣ Okay, What About Those Precious #BTC Now?

Yea, I know, you are in here for the big money.

If you don't want to save or spend your BAT, you can also exchange them for #BTC, for example. And this is how you get your hands on some big crypto.

5️⃣ Attention!

Please be advised that, depending on where you live, you might have to pay taxes on your earnings. Hiding the gains you make by earning BAT from your (local) state authorities might be illegal.

I warned you.

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