I joined cryptocurrency in 2021 based on recommendation from a friend. Since then, I focused mainly on trading in exchanges. By this I mean, buying in exchange and holding till price rises and I sell for a profit. I wouldn't say it was a bad experience entirely but it is a slow process that tests patience, wisdom and greed.
Nevertheless, I believe there should be more ways one can find opportunities of making money from blockchain technology in general; this is the reason for this thread. Kindly, give recommendations as to how one or what one can do to make income (passive or active) from cryptocurrency and blockchain technology.
Cryptocurrencies are not a get-rich-quick scheme, so the process will obviously be slow unless you choose to invest in HYIPs and pyramid schemes where you are promised big returns for doing nothing at all that too in a very short period of time, but what you get at the end is an empty wallet with broken hopes and dreams.
Other than trading, one can use DeFi protocols to stake cryptocurrencies to earn interest but that is an even slower process than trading itself, and it has higher risks as well since you never know when a project or a protocol shuts down with your funds staked in it.