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      "body": "> What’s after the DAOs apocalypse?\n\n\n![image.png](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmVR5xFtT47wooZXtiaDRw6j4gpBdJ37Q9KHBcyscMrMXs/image.png)\n\n**Disclaimer**: I am not a financial advisor. The content for this article is purely for educational/research purposes only and is merely based on my personal opinions.\n**Please note**: There will be affiliate links in this article. But it will only benefit both of us. If you do not wish to take part under my affiliate links, please feel free to Google them separately. Cheers!\n\n2021 has been a wonderful year for the defi industry, there is an ever-increasing number of people investing in defi. Therefore, with more people joining, more innovative and interesting projects also start to surface to attract all the investors’ money. And with the disastrous DAOs apocalypse, investors became more careful about their next investment, trying to find out the less risky but more profitable opportunity. With that, this will be my personal take on the upcoming defi trend for new investors to participate in.\n\n## Node-As-A-Service (NAAS)\nMany projects have started using node-like systems to attract investors without actually utilising node operation. Instead, these projects use an ETF-like system for their projects whereby funding from the investors is being used to invest in others Defi projects that will bring consistent high yield returns. These projects have different tier structures, each has fixed investment amount and fixed returns. The higher investors choose, the more returns they will receive.\nThe most well-known projects are StrongBlock, Thor Financial, Cubo Money and Comb Financial. These are the projects which I am currently keeping in view, I am a not financial advisor, and I have not invested in any of these projects. However, I personally think these projects are worth checking out as they are passing my personal Defi projects evaluation. \n\n## Algorithm Stablecoin\nSome of you might know it as Tomb Financial or Tomb Fork. The reason why it is called algorithm stablecoin is that the price of the governance token of the project is being pegged to the price of the chain token or pegged to USD via seigniorage. For example for tomb financial, the governance token is Tomb and Tomb will be pegged to the price of the Fantom token of the Fantom Opera chain via seigniorage. The protocol will adjust the supply of Tomb, which varies the price until it matches with the price of Fantom token and at the same time produces a profit for investors.\nSome of the notable algorithm stablecoin projects that I am currently keeping in view are Tomb Financial and ChargeDefi.fi. These developers really contribute a lot of their time and effort in building the projects, I do have a plan to invest my money in these projects in the future and I hope they find success as well.\n\n## NFT Games\nNFT Games or GameFi or Play-To-Earn has gained a lot of traction over the past year. Although it might not be as fun as the AAA title game, Gamefi has turned a boring defi yield farming application into a slightly more fun and engaging way to keep investors from leaving. Introducing NFT into their game, incentify investors to collect more NFT thus increasing their earnings and the cycle continues.\nHowever, I did not participate in any Gamefi projects but I am looking at certain few interesting games such as Defi Kingdom, Crabada and Zoo Crypto World. Perhaps in the future, I might consider joining after earning more money.\n\n## New Generation of Defi 2.0\nDespite the downfall of DAO projects, Defi 2.0 is still going strong with new projects such as Titano Finance. A new generation of defi 2.0 projects, this project uses high buying and selling fees to generate revenue for the project while providing high APY up to 102,483.58%, but keep in mind this high APY applies to a number of tokens, not the price. With more and new Titano Fork coming out like Libero Finance and Sphere Finance, investors should exercise caution before investing and not get attracted by the high APY.\n\n## Drip Network\nDrip network is kinda its own category, mainly because of its unique protocol. I have never seen any protocol similar to the drip network. Drip network has a fixed number of tokens and every time investors join the projects, the initial investment is burned, reducing the number of available tokens thus increasing the token value. With the 1% daily rewards, it is no surprise that more and more investors are coming to participate in this project. \n\n> In order to make $1 million, you need $5 million. — my friend\n\nHey if you like my article and would like to show some appreciation for my work. Please clap and follow me. I’m not gonna lie, I’m trying to hit 100 followers so that I can start monetizing my Medium post, I would appreciate your help! Thanks.\nAnd if you are feeling generous, please buy me a coffee at https://www.buymeacoffee.com/BarryGames",
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      "body": "> Mistakes have been made, but we can learn from them.\n\n\n![image.png](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmYYTj7Ud8gLskNU2uHm47NB3utABTXtZA1WAKkJnrUisa/image.png)\n\n\n**Disclaimer**: I am not a financial advisor. The content for this article is purely for educational/research purposes only and is merely based on my personal opinions.\n**Please note**: There will be affiliate links in this article. But it will only benefit both of us. If you do not wish to take part under my affiliate links, please feel free to Google them separately. Cheers!\n\n> Degenerate — Refer to people who invest in crypto projects without doing their own research.\n\nWell, this is me, I am a Degenerate when I started investing in Decentralised Finance(Defi). The closest I have to invest in Defi is holding, buying and selling my Bitcoin. 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Especially if you are investing in Ethereum chain projects, the gas fees will eat all your profit away, or even leave you with a loss.\n\nBecause different chains have different gas fees cost, I would recommend investors take note of the gas fees and factor it into their P&L calculation. My strategy is to do action only if the profit is able to cover the gas fees, as there is no point claiming or withdrawing the profit if the gas fees eat away your profit.\n\n## Impermanent Loss (Double side or Single side staking)\nImpermanent loss is essentially investors participate in liquidity pool in hopes to earn transaction fees from all transactions in that pool. However, the token loses its value over a period of time, causing damage to investors money. This is worst off if the investors participate in double side staking such as BNB/CAKE, whereby both tokens suffer from the volatility of the market. I personally also suffer from impermanent loss, when I join pancakeswap liquidity pool.\n\nI would recommend new investors to participate in Single side staking or farming, or double side staking but one of the tokens is a stable coin such as BNB/BUSD. Although investors are still exposed to impermanent loss of single side tokens this will minimise the losses if the value drops. The best is to invest stable coin farming/staking such as BUSD/USDC, this will totally remove the impermanent loss at a cost of a lower APY.\n\n## Scam (Rug Pull, Ponzi, Pyramid)\nThe defi world is not as pretty as it seems, though there are many good projects there are also many scam projects as well. The goal of all investors is to find good and credible projects, while at the same time avoiding scam projects. I consider to be very lucky as I had yet to encounter any scam projects but I do get approached by them and almost got scammed, they wanted to access my metamask details, lucky for me I consulted the project community chat group and they help me realise the scam attempt.\nTips for new investors. When joining a defi project’s telegram channel, do not answer any phone calls from these “developers” or reply to their private messages. Because the REAL projects developers will not private message anyone, you can interact with them in the main chat group.\n\n## Fantastic projects and where to find them\nAs mentioned previously, there are too many good projects out there. But the main question is, where do you find them? When I first started, I only happen to know 2 projects, Pancakeswap and Sushiswap. But as we move forwards, more and more projects are popping out everywhere with more and more ridiculous APY to attract investors. My recommendation is to do your diligent research to find the most trustable projects out there. Personally, I research via Medium, Youtube, Dapp aggregator.\n\n## If the APY is too high, it is probably too good to be true.\nBeing a degen investor, all I wanted is to chase the APY. As the higher APY, the more money we can earn. And very often I will end up jumping from project to project which has the highest APY. Little that I know that APY does not really mean anything, the project is just using fake APY numbers to attract as many investors as possible but with no actual plan on how to sustain the high APY.\nLet’s take the recently DAOs apocalypse as an example, I invested a large sum of money in Hector Dao. This is a great project, they have a strong and wonderful team of developers behind it and although they are still strong. However, when as time passes they have to reduce the APY from 300,000% to 236% so that they can better sustain the project. No, I did not withdraw any money, because I still believe that they could recover and come out stronger in the future.\nTherefore, this could be a lesson for everyone including myself that chasing high APY does not guarantee you a good return. Instead, I would recommend investors look for a strong project with an achievable APY such as Drip Network.\n\n## Endnote\nThese are the few things that I wish I knew before investing in defi, I hope you guys are able to learn from this article and be more cautious when dealing with different projects.\n\n> To get rich, you have to be making money while you’re asleep. — David Bailey\n\nHey if you like my article and would like to show some appreciation for my work. Please like and follow me. I would appreciate your help! Thanks.",
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      "body": "> Make it rain with your drip.\n\n\n![image.png](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmaB5rJkSBukDmttBfDjjiPcue52R5BMfGtFX6jTtHTTcW/image.png)\n\n**Disclaimer**: I am not a financial advisor. The content for this article is purely for educational/research purposes only and is merely based on my personal opinions.\n\n**Please note**: There will be affiliate links in this article. But it will only benefit both of us. If you do not wish to take part under my affiliate links, please feel free to Google them separately. Cheers!\n\n## Quick Summary\nDrip Network is a Defi project created by Forex_shark and Team that lives on the Binance Smart Chain Network (BSC). It provides a fixed 1% daily return, up to 365% APR. This is not an auto-compounder project, instead, the user has the freedom to compound/hydrate at any time they wish. However, the drip network will charge 5% tax for compound/hydrate and 10% tax for reward claim to Metamask wallet. So please keep in mind before executing any action.\nClick [here](https://medium.com/@BarryGames/today-i-join-drip-community-b564d190e762) if you are interested to know why I joined Drip Network.\n\n## How to hydrate\n\n\n![image.png](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmSceGf8ZMCRWv5ZBR1j9LHGcCawacnKixv4d99HwUQkzU/image.png)\n\n\n**Step 1)** Make sure you have some drip Available. I have 0.1 Drip at this point of writing.\n**Step 2)** Locate and click on the “Hydrate” button.\n**Step 3)** Pay the gas fee and you are done!\n\n## Compounding breakdown\nEvery investor has their own strategy to reap the most out of their money. You can either compound daily, every other day or weekly. However, the most important thing to take note of is the **GAS Fees**.\n\n\n![image.png](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmNX6Sno4xF4X4EGy2NfXwohQfoAnkkJW9fv1XqMbaMfxk/image.png)\n\n\nThe above is the screenshot for my compounding my 0.1 drips. These are the gas fees (transaction fees) you gotta pay for any transaction that you do. Therefore, just make sure that your reward can cover the gas fees and leave you with profit. Apart from the gas fees, you will be taxed 5% for compounding, for example, my reward of $14.07 will be split among my drip deposit and protocol pool, where 95% back into my drip deposit and the remaining 5% will go into the protocol pool.\n\n## How often should you hydrate your drip to maximise the returns?\nLet’s do some calculations to justify how often should we compound. Let's assume starting with $1000 worth of drip, provided that the price of drip remains the same. And we will run 3 scenarios for a year, daily, every other day and weekly.\n\n### Scenario 1) Compound Daily\n- Initial balance = $1000\n- Before Tax, 1% = $10\n- After Tax 1% = 95% * $10 = $9.50\n- Average gas fees = $1\n- Total deposited at end of year = $31,536.10 — $365 = $31,171.10\n\n### Scenario 2) Compound Every Other Day (2 days)\n- Initial balance = $1000\n- Before Tax, 1% = $20 ($10 x 2 days)\n- After Tax 1% = 95% * $20 = $19\n- Average gas fees = $1\n- Total deposited at end of year = $30,739.83 — $182 = $30,557.83\n\n### Scenario 3) Compound Weekly (7 days)\n- Initial balance = $1000\n- Before Tax, 1% = $70 ($10 x 7 days)\n- After Tax 1% = 95% * $70 = $66.50\n- Average gas fees = $1\n- Total deposited at end of year = $21,551.79 — $48 = $21,503.79\n\nUnless you don’t mind spending hundreds of dollars on gas fees, the ideal situation would be to compound your returns daily, this will maximise your returns in the long run. However, if you are like me, who does not really want to spend so much on gas fees, I would rather compound every other day. As you can see from my calculation, the difference between daily and every other days isn’t much, only cost you about $1000.\n\n## Endnote\nThe frequency of compounding depends on the individual investors. Unless you are a whale or deposit $10,000 or more, I would strongly encourage you to claim today and compound the next day. Earn back the initial investment first before compounding every day.\n\nIf you are planning to join Drip Network, please join my referral below, I would really appreciate the help and let’s make money together.\n\n## How to join?\n### Step 1) Use the referral link ( Either mine or someone else)\n- Drip required a Buddy in order to start investing. But you have the freedom to choose who to be your buddy.\n- My referral link: drip.community/faucet?buddy=0x678EDFA56dc0D299f6ED58F0f095b14D2587aE86\n- Or you can copy and paste my buddy address in the “Get a buddy” section.\n- Buddy Address: 0x678EDFA56dc0D299f6ED58F0f095b14D2587aE86\n\n### Step 2) Buy at least 1 Drip from “Swap”\n- This project is in the Binance Smart Chain network(BSC), so get some BNB in your Metamask BSC network and swap for at least 1 drip. Drip is roughly worth around $150 USD at the time of this writing. So you need at least $160 USD to cover for Drip token + gas fees + all the necessary approval.\n\n### Step 3) Stake (deposit) your drip into the faucet.\n- After buying some drip tokens, head to the faucet and deposit your drip token.\n### Last Step) Think about the compounding strategy.\n\n> Never spend your money before you have earned it .— Thomas Jefferson\n\nHey if you like my article and would like to show some appreciation for my work. 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      "body": "> Drip my way to financial freedom!\n\n\n![image.png](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmZyJaLcgThoVqJzbVMP1CZpPqrjJgwnkaDMyK8B3dF3RN/image.png)\n\n**Disclaimer**: I am not a financial advisor. The content for this weekly outlook is purely for educational/research purposes only and is merely based on my personal opinions.\n\n**Please note**: There will be affiliate links in this article. But it will only benefit both of us. If you do not wish to take part under my affiliate links, please feel free to Google them separately. Cheers!\n\nTruth to be told, I discovered Drip Community was through Medium articles from other writers, great content by the way! And because of the Medium algorithm, My homepage kept getting recommended to Drip related articles which naturally caught my attention. Since then, I have been speculating on Drip Community for quite some time now. And today I have finally participated in their project.\n\n## Why didn't join earlier?\nThis is because of my Defi guideline to avoid scams. With so many influencers that kept promoting Drip, my first thought was it could be either a Ponzi or a Pyramid Scam. Hence, I decided to wait it out, give it a couple of months to see if Drip is really a scam.\n\n## Why I decided to join.\n### The first reason — Drip survived the apocalypse.\nAs we witness the crypto apocalypse, Drip surprised everyone by having a huge bullish run to the upside, even breaking to $100 per Drip. This really surprises me and also enticed me to dive deeper to know more about the projects.\n\n### The second reason — Pump and dump are impossible.\nAfter reading and understanding the concept behind it, I also understand how Drip withstands the apocalypse. The protocol did it by “burning” investor initial capital. You see, in most of the projects out there, investors are able to withdraw their initial investment at any point in time. Although some projects might have a lock-up period, investors can still withdraw their initial investment within a few days.\n\nThis is where Drip is set apart from others, your initial investment is complete burned/gone, there is no way you can withdraw your investment. If an investor can’t withdraw their money, and when the apocalypse came. The investor cannot panic sell and withdraw any money. This is a genius way to protect the protocol and prevent dumping of the drip price.\n\n### The third reason — Sustainable APY\nBy now we should have learned some lessons from the DAOs disaster; if the APY is too high, means the project is probably dead. Drip advertise as 1% daily returns, with 365% APR. APY varies depending on how often you compound your money. Personally, 1% daily is considered to be medium-range returns and it can be a good thing, the protocol is able to sustain in the long run and provide real passive income.\n\n## How to join?\n### Step 1) Use the referral link ( Either mine or someone else)\n\nDrip required a Buddy in order to start investing. But you have the freedom to choose who to be your buddy.\n\nMy referral link: drip.community/faucet?buddy=0x678EDFA56dc0D299f6ED58F0f095b14D2587aE86\n\nOr you can copy and paste my buddy address in the “Get a buddy” section.\n\nBuddy Address: 0x678EDFA56dc0D299f6ED58F0f095b14D2587aE86\n\n\n![image.png](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmUqdGQZfbUK3tdNzBNbfA89oaHbz1jGBNvW8faBNesNj9/image.png)\n\n### Step 2) Buy at least 1 Drip from “Swap”\nThis project is in the Binance Smart Chain network(BSC), so get some BNB in your Metamask BSC network and swap for at least 1 drip. Drip is roughly worth around $150 USD at the time of this writing. So you need at least $160 USD to cover for Drip token + gas fees + all the necessary approval.\n\n\n![image.png](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmd3qDJ1MmiJLBx4K4DRnKgkVj9NxvJ9G4w6TtKq7NRw8s/image.png)\n\n### Step 3) Stake (deposit) your drip into the faucet.\nAfter buying some drip tokens, head to the faucet and deposit your drip token.\n\n\n![image.png](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmb489xdN9UX31zXZz96Grs6DsKQj1Kxi9qKrkNScRHUhJ/image.png)\n\n\n### Last Step) Think about the compounding strategy.\nThis last part varies for every investor. Some like to compound daily and some like to compound once every 2 to 3 days. But always bear in mind the gas fee and tax every time you compound. 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      "body": "> Stop building other people’s dreams and start yours.\n\n\n![image.png](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmZNK3FyeQTXaLqEqbr3bwMf45pnVTHgoUrDsaqxB8hbW9/image.png)\n\n**Disclaimer**: I am not a financial advisor. The content for this weekly outlook is purely for educational/research purposes only and is merely based on my personal opinions.\n\n**Please note**: There will be affiliate links in this article. But it will only benefit both of us. If you do not wish to participate under my affiliate links, please feel free to Google them separately. Cheers!\n\n## Step 1) Invest half of the monthly salary to Defi.\n\nLook, this depends on the individual budget. Only invest what you can lose. Plan your money wisely, do not invest more than 50% of your money. What works best for me is that I’ll take my monthly salary minus all necessary expenses and take half of the remaining salary for investment, the other half will be personal emergency savings. Although this leaves me with not a lot of money for investment, at least I’m investing consistently every month and I believe one day my investment will pay off.\n\n## Step 2) Don’t put all your eggs in one basket.\n\nEveryone should know this concept by now. Do not invest all your money into a single project, spread the investment across multiple projects. Although every project will now have lower profit at least you lower the risk and in the case where one project dies (scam/rug pull), you still have other projects to earn and cover the loss. Currently, I’ve invested in10 Defi projects. Lucky for me, none of them turns out to be a scam. However, I am not risking extra money for a good project, every project will be an equal amount.\n\nResearch plays a huge part in my defi journey. Please Do Your Own Research (DYOR) before investing in any project. Always have an open mind to a new project, the reason being that these new projects might be an improvement over a certain project which can be even more beneficial for investors. \n\n## Step 3) Withdraw initial capital and compound the remaining.\n\n> Compound interest is the eighth wonder of the world. He who understands it, earns it; he who doesn’t, pays it. — Albert Einstein\n\nThis step is up to individual investors’ strategy. The ideal way to minimise risk is to withdraw initial capital once the project doubles your investment and compound the remaining. However, I am slightly more agree, I will only withdraw the initial capital once the project has 3x my investment. Next compound until you are satisfied with the returns, everybody wants to buy a Lambo, but don't be too agree. Please control yourself and withdraw some profit to pay yourself, enjoy the little things in life like buying a coffee with investment money. The main goal is to compound it until the returns are large enough to sustain you without working a full-time job.\n\n## Step 4) Keep track and manage the investment.\n\nCreate a spreadsheet to keep track of which projects you have invested in, your initial investment amount and further earnings. Always keep track of all your investment and manage it accordingly, withdrawing the initial capital if possible once the investment has doubled or tripled in returns. And on the plus side, it feels good to see your money growing as you keep track of it.\n\n## Last Step) Get other sources of income to fund your investment. (Optional)\nThis last step is optional. Only if you happen to have some free time, plus if you are extremely motivated. I would recommend to you find other sources of income to further fund your investment. Personally, apart from my full-time job, I am also a small-time eCommerce entrepreneur in Singapore, where I sell candles online via Shopee (An online eCommerce platform). All my profit will be funding my investment to further grow my portfolio. If I can do it, I am sure you will find a way as well.\n\n## EndNote\nThese are the steps that I will be following until I reach my goal. To quit my full-time job and live off freely with the investment. Set a manageable /achievable goal instead of the number of Lambo. Remember to start off small and slowly work your way up.\n\n> Don’t work for money; make it work for you — Robert Kiyosaki\n\nHey if you like my article and would like to show some appreciation for my work. Please clap and follow me.",
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      "body": "> From Centralised Exchanges to Crypto Wallets to Research Defi App.\n\n\n![image.png](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmcyTS4PSnq3aVCnJTYX8BBL5U86tnhorkE6wALbCsPi6r/image.png)\n\n**Disclaimer**: I am not a financial advisor. The content for this weekly outlook is purely for educational/research purposes only and is merely based on my personal opinions.\n\n**Please note**: There will be affiliate links in this article. But it will only benefit both of us. If you do not wish to participate under my affiliate links, please feel free to Google them separately. Cheers!\n\n## Crypto Exchanges. To convert Fiat money to Cryptocurrency.\n### A) CoinHako [Link](https://www.coinhako.com/affiliations/sign_up/LIMWEIXIA_806944)\n\nBecause I live in Singapore, I would use a local crypto wallet company to convert my fiat money (Singapore Dollars) to Crypto. 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Simply transfer your Solana token from FTX, a centralised exchange to the Phantom wallet to start investing in Solana Dapp. One of the Solana Dapps that I'm interested to participate in is Deltaone.xyz. The first delta-neutral yield farming vaults with no impermanent loss.\n\n### C) Terra Station Online Wallet. For Terra Chain Dapps\n\nPersonally, I only use Terra network for Anchor Protocol, Stablecoin farming platform which yields around 20% APY. After downloading and set up the Terra Station, you can head to Kucoin to purchase some UST (Terra network stablecoin), transfer UST to Terra Station and head to Anchor Protocol to start investing. Again if you wish to know the step by step, feel free to mention it down below and I will create an article guide.\n\n## Research. To find the best Defi App.\n### A) Defillama\n\nA DeFi TVL aggregator, where users can search for the most popular defi projects with the top Total Value Lock. 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      "body": "> Ultimately, the only way to find out is to invest and hope.\n\n\n![image.png](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmajpQt3RDsJvJuE3m5EnafyG4aPYT61uakFGWPjjbkdhD/image.png)\n\n**Disclaimer**: I am not a financial advisor. The content of this article is purely for educational/research purposes only and is merely based on own research.\n\nTo be honest, there is no definite answer to determine if the defi project is a scam or not, also it is entirely up to the individual investor to do their own research before investing in any defi project. The list below is essentially my personal checklist of what to look out for before investing in a project.\n\n## 1) Understand the project’s concept/goal by reading the Whitepaper\nFrom reviewing the website design to reading the project’s whitepaper, you can understand the project’s goal, know the team behind it and most importantly, gauge whether the team has really put in effort in planning, listing down all required information about the project and having a clear action plan on how to achieve their goals. For example, Hector Dao has a very clear roadmap for the project and the team will often provide updates by posting in social media channels to all investors. This greatly increases the trust among their investors — less likely to be a scam.\n\n## 2) Total Value Lock (TVL) and Market Cap\nTVL and market cap can say a lot about the project. Usually, the higher the TVL and Marketcap can signify more people has already invested in the project. Essentially more people are in the same boat with you, probably there will be a handful of “whales” who also invested a substantial amount as well.\n\nPersonally, I would look at the TVL more than the market cap, as TVL directly mean the total number of value being locked/invested in the project. Market Cap is directly linked with current supply multiplied by the price, and it varies from project to project, to me market cap can’t justify the project creditability.\n\n## 3) Review from others\nThis is rather important, reviews can make or break a good project. For me, I would like to see good reviews mixed with a few negative reviews, because there is no project out there that is 100% filled with good reviews, the chances of them “buying review” is higher than actually from the real investors. If possible, look for reviews from all other social media sites, ask the communities or even look into the youtube comment section.\n\n## 4) Wait it out\nScams projects don't last long, just look at the recent Olympus Dao fork scams. Most of the rug pull happens within a month after release. So in some cases, you just have to wait it out for the scams project to the surface and you have successfully avoided scams!\n\n## 5) Invest and Hope\nUltimately, there is only 1 way to test if the project is a scam or not; just invest an amount to test. If the projects really turn out to be scams and rug pull all your money, at least you only lose a small portion. Don’t be greedy by the fantastic APY, the higher the APY the more dangerous the project. And if the project turns out to be good, then you can invest more money into it.\n\n## EndNote\nPlease do your own research before investing. There are too many projects out there, do not be afraid of missing out, slowly take your time to find and filter out the best project out there. A good project will last for many years, missing out a few months is nothing compared to the long term goal.\n\n> Rule No.1 is never lose money. Rule No.2 is never forget Rule No.1 — Warren Buffet\n\nHey if you like my article and would like to show some appreciation for my work. Please clap and follow me. Thanks!\nAnd if you are feeling generous, please buy me a coffee at https://www.buymeacoffee.com/BarryGames",
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      "body": "> Ultimately, the only way to find out is to invest and hope.\n\n\n![image.png](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmajpQt3RDsJvJuE3m5EnafyG4aPYT61uakFGWPjjbkdhD/image.png)\n\n**Disclaimer**: I am not a financial advisor. The content of this article is purely for educational/research purposes only and is merely based on own research.\n\nTo be honest, there is no definite answer to determine if the defi project is a scam or not, also it is entirely up to the individual investor to do their own research before investing in any defi project. The list below is essentially my personal checklist of what to look out for before investing in a project.\n\n## 1) Understand the project’s concept/goal by reading the Whitepaper\nFrom reviewing the website design to reading the project’s whitepaper, you can understand the project’s goal, know the team behind it and most importantly, gauge whether the team has really put in effort in planning, listing down all required information about the project and having a clear action plan on how to achieve their goals. For example, Hector Dao has a very clear roadmap for the project and the team will often provide updates by posting in social media channels to all investors. This greatly increases the trust among their investors — less likely to be a scam.\n\n## 2) Total Value Lock (TVL) and Market Cap\nTVL and market cap can say a lot about the project. Usually, the higher the TVL and Marketcap can signify more people has already invested in the project. Essentially more people are in the same boat with you, probably there will be a handful of “whales” who also invested a substantial amount as well.\n\nPersonally, I would look at the TVL more than the market cap, as TVL directly mean the total number of value being locked/invested in the project. Market Cap is directly linked with current supply multiplied by the price, and it varies from project to project, to me market cap can’t justify the project creditability.\n\n## 3) Review from others\nThis is rather important, reviews can make or break a good project. For me, I would like to see good reviews mixed with a few negative reviews, because there is no project out there that is 100% filled with good reviews, the chances of them “buying review” is higher than actually from the real investors. If possible, look for reviews from all other social media sites, ask the communities or even look into the youtube comment section.\n\n## 4) Wait it out\nScams projects don't last long, just look at the recent Olympus Dao fork scams. Most of the rug pull happens within a month after release. So in some cases, you just have to wait it out for the scams project to the surface and you have successfully avoided scams!\n\n## 5) Invest and Hope\nUltimately, there is only 1 way to test if the project is a scam or not; just invest an amount to test. If the projects really turn out to be scams and rug pull all your money, at least you only lose a small portion. Don’t be greedy by the fantastic APY, the higher the APY the more dangerous the project. And if the project turns out to be good, then you can invest more money into it.\n\n## EndNote\nPlease do your own research before investing. There are too many projects out there, do not be afraid of missing out, slowly take your time to find and filter out the best project out there. A good project will last for many years, missing out a few months is nothing compared to the long term goal.\n\n> Rule No.1 is never lose money. Rule No.2 is never forget Rule No.1 — Warren Buffet\n\nHey if you like my article and would like to show some appreciation for my work. Please clap and follow me. Thanks!\nAnd if you are feeling generous, please buy me a coffee at https://www.buymeacoffee.com/BarryGames",
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      "body": "> Ultimately, the only way to find out is to invest and hope.\n\n\n![image.png](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmajpQt3RDsJvJuE3m5EnafyG4aPYT61uakFGWPjjbkdhD/image.png)\n\n**Disclaimer**: I am not a financial advisor. The content of this article is purely for educational/research purposes only and is merely based on own research.\n\nTo be honest, there is no definite answer to determine if the defi project is a scam or not, also it is entirely up to the individual investor to do their own research before investing in any defi project. The list below is essentially my personal checklist of what to look out for before investing in a project.\n\n## 1) Understand the project’s concept/goal by reading the Whitepaper\nFrom reviewing the website design to reading the project’s whitepaper, you can understand the project’s goal, know the team behind it and most importantly, gauge whether the team has really put in effort in planning, listing down all required information about the project and having a clear action plan on how to achieve their goals. For example, Hector Dao has a very clear roadmap for the project and the team will often provide updates by posting in social media channels to all investors. This greatly increases the trust among their investors — less likely to be a scam.\n\n## 2) Total Value Lock (TVL) and Market Cap\nTVL and market cap can say a lot about the project. Usually, the higher the TVL and Marketcap can signify more people has already invested in the project. Essentially more people are in the same boat with you, probably there will be a handful of “whales” who also invested a substantial amount as well.\n\nPersonally, I would look at the TVL more than the market cap, as TVL directly mean the total number of value being locked/invested in the project. Market Cap is directly linked with current supply multiplied by the price, and it varies from project to project, to me market cap can’t justify the project creditability.\n\n## 3) Review from others\nThis is rather important, reviews can make or break a good project. For me, I would like to see good reviews mixed with a few negative reviews, because there is no project out there that is 100% filled with good reviews, the chances of them “buying review” is higher than actually from the real investors. If possible, look for reviews from all other social media sites, ask the communities or even look into the youtube comment section.\n\n## 4) Wait it out\nScams projects don't last long, just look at the recent Olympus Dao fork scams. Most of the rug pull happens within a month after release. So in some cases, you just have to wait it out for the scams project to the surface and you have successfully avoided scams!\n\n## 5) Invest and Hope\nUltimately, there is only 1 way to test if the project is a scam or not; just invest an amount to test. If the projects really turn out to be scams and rug pull all your money, at least you only lose a small portion. Don’t be greedy by the fantastic APY, the higher the APY the more dangerous the project. And if the project turns out to be good, then you can invest more money into it.\n\n## EndNote\nPlease do your own research before investing. There are too many projects out there, do not be afraid of missing out, slowly take your time to find and filter out the best project out there. A good project will last for many years, missing out a few months is nothing compared to the long term goal.\n\n> Rule No.1 is never lose money. Rule No.2 is never forget Rule No.1 — Warren Buffet\n\nHey if you like my article and would like to show some appreciation for my work. Please clap and follow me. Thanks!\nAnd if you are feeling generous, please buy me a coffee at https://www.buymeacoffee.com/BarryGames",
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      "body": "> Quick answer: Social Media.\n\n\n![image.png](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmTzFF7mNMWgjLMiQLiHyPzZ39vwcn4VXrzCcbE88NF3SL/image.png)\n\n**Disclaimer**: I am not a financial advisor. The content of this article is purely for educational/research purposes only and is merely based on own research.\n\n** Things to note**: My research is **NOT** about the next Crypto Gem, such as the next Bitcoin/ETH/Dogecoin. But on the next Defi Dapp Gem and where to find them. I’m all about earning money in the fastest way, and I firmly believe that a good Defi Dapp can go a long way by bringing profit consistently. You can reap from both token capital gain as well as the high interest earn.\n\n## 1) Medium\nMost of the Dapp developer has chosen Medium to post their project’s roadmap and the future plan/updates details. You can easily access and read the updates, understand the terminology or concept behind the project and most importantly, you can tell if the developers are genuinely putting effort into developing the Dapp by reading their detailed Medium article.\n\nNot to mention there are retail investors such as myself who will often post Medium articles on the interesting projects they have invested into. At the same time trying to earn affiliate links from readers. If you are new to the Defi world, I would recommend you to just take your time and read as many articles as possible in Medium to understand the concept and explore the different Dapp out there.\n\n## 2) Youtube\nIf you don’t like to read or prefer visual and audio information. Youtube will be the perfect place for you to source the best and interesting Defi projects. I do not have a Youtube channel but perhaps in the future, I might create one. If you do not know which Youtuber to subscribe to, the list below might help, these are some of the YouTubers that I personally subscribe to because of their genuine motive, to help everyone earn steady passive income.\nCrypto Phil Passive Income\nDefi Donut\nHidden Gem Network\nJesse Eckel\nTactical Investing \nThe Calculator Guy \n\n## 3) Dapp.com / DappRadar.com\nEssentially these website allows users to explore the hottest and the most interesting Dapps in the market. However, please be cautious while exploring as some of them might turn out to be scams, so please Do Your Own Research.\nYou can filter by the different chains as such (BSC, Polygon, Avax) or even filter by the most Total Value Lock (TVL). Feel free to tweak the setting to explore more. \n\n## 4) Twitter / Telegram Channel / Discord Channel\nAssuming you have found several interesting Dapps to invest in, but before joining. I would urge you to join their social media account and talk to the developers and the communities before investing, get to know how the Dapp works, find out what is the best strategy to get the most profit and make new friends perhaps.\n\nAnother way for you to find different Dapps is to ask the communities which projects they personally aped into. They might recommend you some hidden gems and earn money together.\n\n## EndNote\nFinding a Defi project is not difficult, but finding a good Defi project that gives high returns in the long term is extremely difficult. I hope the options above allow you guys to find good Defi projects over there. In future articles, I will share how to prevent Defi projects scams and rug pulls, and share some of the projects that I have invested in. Let’s earn money together.",
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      "body": "> Decentralise Finance has opened my eyes to a whole new world of passive income.\n\n\n![image.png](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmUXWfGY2iXc52NFPumqSEyr9em1h5dVLeNuYLfaCuUPSA/image.png)\n\nLet’s be honest, we have been chasing money for our entire life. When you come across something more lucrative, you will definitely dive into it. Grateful enough, I am very fortunate to be exposed to the decentralise finance (Defi) world, where there is an endless possibility of gaining more income. In this article, I will explain my reasons on why I’m ditching forex for defi, and perhaps my future plans for defi.\n\nJust some personal backstory, my full-time job requires me to work from 9 am to 7.30 pm daily, after which I need to spend time with my side hustle and housework. Finally, at the end of the day, I am only left with about 1 hour for my investment/defi/forex trading.\n\n## Reason 1. Defi has a much higher income yield than forex.\nThose who actively participate in defi project would know the defi can reap from 20% to 10,000% annualized yield. This is way higher than our traditional bank interest and also to some extent, higher than my Forex trading yield, which at most is a 40% yield. Imagine starting off with $500 for both forex and defi and by the end of the year, defi project could have increased 10 to 100x the initial capital while my forex would at best increase by 2x.\n\nDefinitely, there will be risks involved in participating in defi projects such as token value drops, Rug Pull or Ponzi scheme. But as long as you do your own research, I believe all these risks can be minimised and maximise your profit.\n\n## Reason 2. Defi requires lesser time to manage.\nThere are many ways to earn in the defi world. You can either stake, yield farm, lend your crypto out or even become a liquidity provider. However, before you participate in any defi project, it is highly recommended to conduct in-depth research. Although doing research requires more time but once you are done staking or yield farming, there is pretty nothing much for you to do except for checking in once in a while and/or withdrawing your money from the project.\nAs for forex, we always have to do conduct technical and fundamental analysis before every single trade. At the same time, we also have to constantly manage the trades like moving the stop loss to break even or/and taking a profit. On top of this, we always have to evaluate the trading strategy every now and then to properly fit the market and maximise the profit gains.\n\n\n## Personal Note\nI understand some of you guys may take trading Forex as a full-time job while investing in Defi as a passive income stream. I respect you guys as that is my dream as well! However, because of my situation, I only have the time to either do research for defi or conduct technical analysis/execute trades for my forex. But as you already know, I have chosen defi over forex just because of the lucrative point.\n\n## Future Plans for defi.\nMy plan is rather simple. Research and find interesting Defi projects from Youtube, Medium, Twitter, and individual project’s whitepaper. Using my full-time job to fund these projects until I am able to hit $1million. In the future medium post, I will be introducing projects that I planning to join or have already joined, and let’s make money together!\nIf I cannot do great things, I can do small things in a great way\n\nHey if you like my article and would like to show some appreciation for my work. Please clap and follow me. Thanks!\nAnd if you are feeling generous, please buy me a coffee at https://www.buymeacoffee.com/BarryGames",
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