I have been working on a comprehensive platform review for some time, I would like to share with you the tools I’ve used to evaluate social media platforms and what I believe you should be keen on and what you want to stay away from. In the section below I will share what you should look out for on any platform. A great example of a blockchain platform that meets all the requirements is the Steem blockchain and all its decentralized applications or dapps. **Checklist For Blockchain Platforms:** * Is It Actually Making Use Of Blockchain Technology? * Is Their Cryptocurrency Really A Cryptocurrency? * Does It Have One Or More Forms Of Monetization? * Can You Stake Your Cryptocurrency In The Platform/Can You Invest In Yourself? **Checklist For Any Social Platform (including many that you typically just see on blockchain and alternative platforms):** * Do They Have A Great Feature Set? * Is the Platform Easy To Use? * Does It Have A Mobile Application? * Does It Have A Good Design And Layout? * Is The Platform Transparent With Its Users? * Is The Platform Decentralized? * Is The Platform Censorship-Resistant? * Is The Platform Privacy-Focused? * Is The Platform Distributed? * Is There A Good Community On The Platform / Does A Community Exist? * Does The Platform Load Quickly And Run Smoothly? * Can You Advertise And Promote Your Content? Let me know what you think about this in the comments below and don’t forget to subscribe!

If you can save 65% of your income and invest all of it for 10 years, you can retire given your expenses stay the same. I am one year in and completely on track having grown my investments by $50,000 in the last 365 days. Let me share with you how I did this, the mindset I have, and the investing strategy I used. It was November 14th, 2019 when I started stock investing and at the time I had around $6,000 CAD worth of cryptocurrency. Since then I’ve managed to build my assets to over $56,000 in the past year. This isn’t to show off, this is purely to prove that it’s possible and to share with you some insights I’ve learned along the way. **This is a brief breakdown of my portfolio:** **Staking & Lending Crypto** – $4,908.27 **Growth Crypto** = $ 29,823.57 **Precious Metals** = $1,115 **Dividend Stocks** = $19,230.76 **Growth Stocks** = $1116.17 **Total** = $56,193.77 **I was able to achieve this with three simple principles. ** 1. Budget, track everything, cut costs where possible, and save your money only to be used for investing. 2. Invest for the long term in assets that have great fundamentals and a good track record. 3. Dollar cost average in by investing the majority of your income every paycheck. While my goal is 65% of my income invested over 10 years, you can adjust this to what works for you like 32.5% in 20 years which is much more realistic for the average person. I am frugal to a fault to be able to sustain my level of investing, but given the results, my methods have proven to be extremely effective. One very important thing to consider is that I was an amateur and quite frankly, I still am. This is very encouraging because if you’re thinking that is what is preventing you from investing, I can confidently say that being a financial expert is not necessary in order to grow your wealth. None of this video or blog is financial advice, but the best time to start investing was yesterday. The next best time to start investing is today. Most people want to get rich NOW, but 10 years isn’t a long time. If you can sacrifice most of the luxuries in your life and save wherever possible and then invest all of it, you can do this too. Some examples are cutting my own hair, watering down my beverages, not having a car, rarely eating out, buying $2.50 t-shirts instead of branded clothes, etc. I cover a lot of this in my saving 65% of my income series I recently started and my entire budget video. **Saving money #1:** https://lbry.tv/@ScottCBusiness:4/invest:c **Saving money #2:** https://lbry.tv/@ScottCBusiness:4/economics:6 **How I budget & save:** https://lbry.tv/@ScottCBusiness:4/business:3 I highly recommend everyone keep a budget and find creative ways to save money and practice financial minimalism. While I take it to somewhat of an extreme, I also enjoy myself occasionally and don’t recommend you sacrifice everything, but I do think most people can do a little bit more than they are already. A few luxuries and vices here and there are fine in moderation. I noticed I have a lot more microphone feedback without the extra pop screen, but it’s easier to see me and the backdrop, so let me know what you prefer. I may just have to get used to sitting further away from the microphone. Are you investing in crypto? Are you investing in stocks? How are you growing your wealth? What is the best strategy to growing your wealth? Let me know in the comments below and don’t forget to like, share, and subscribe as well! ***This is a LBRY first video meaning it shows up on LBRY at least 1 hour ahead of anywhere else.***

There are so many blockchain social platforms out there that are awesome and so many more that are scams, shams, and full of spam. Let’s dive into what you should avoid. Recently I’d posted on Twitter in response to Whaleshares claiming to be a great blockchain platform saying it was a scam and they wanted proof. While I’m at it I figured I’d cover some other less than honest platforms and or ones you’re better off avoiding entirely. I will also briefly mention some of the platforms that closed down last year. Also, a quick shoutout to YouTube creators who are struggling with the new changes around commercial viability – check out LBRY, Steem, DTube, Bitchute, Gab, Flote, Cent, Cos.TV, UGetTube, OpenTube, TokenTuber, Minds, Uptrennd, and Sapien. On top of covering Whaleshares which is the main focus, I will quickly go over Weku’s failure, Bearshares outright resetting everyone’s holdings, and why DLive is a scam and you should avoid it. Here’s one of my main explanations about DLive: https://youtu.be/--ritc7liOw. This is everything I could find. Mind you, this happened over a year ago. Also note that Narrative was essentially a scam and is done: https://youtu.be/-XwkcdugEGQ and recently Hyperspace also closed down. The rest can be found in blog form: Steemit: https://steemit.com/dtube/@scottcbusiness/76h4vrz2or5 Publish0x: https://www.publish0x.com/at-scottcbusiness/blockchain-social-platforms-you-should-really-avoid-xvdqkd Let me know what you think about this in the comments below and don’t forget to subscribe!

You want to take full advantage of the social platforms out there that use blockchain technology or have crypto monetization, so here are the 8 platforms I used to make $2059.26 CAD worth of fiat & crypto in December as well as some insights on them. My total alleged crypto social media income earnings are now up to $14,783.26 CAD not including crypto appreciation after originally receiving it. **Timestamps:** *00:00 Intro 00:33 Social Media Metrics 06:10 Crypto December Earnings 14:30 Total Earnings 15:23 Reasons To Use Them 16:28 Outro* I’m committing to sharing these every month and linking you to my December metrics report PDF: https://www.filedropper.com/showdownload.php/blockchainlegacysocialmediametricsreport_4 or where you can normally find it on my Linkedin profile under featured: https://www.linkedin.com/in/scottcbusiness/. To briefly go over my social media results for December, I received around 12,320 engagements, 11,775 video views, 2,730 comments, 4,260 followers, and 526,170 impressions. **Now let’s dive into the earnings for December:** Publish0x – 28 BAT – $0.25 USD = $5.60 + 0.018 ETH – $1,102 USD = $19.84 USD + 28 AMPL - $0.89 USD = $20.42 USD earned from post rewards. That’s a total of $45.86 USD. Brave Browser – 6 BAT - $0.25 from ad rewards and creator donations for a total of $1.48 USD. LBRY – 7,225 LBC - $0.083 USD = $599.68 USD from user earnings, content earnings, invites, etc. Hive – 490 Hive - $0.13 USD = $61.25 USD from post rewards. LeoFinance – 361 LEO - $0.44 USD = $119.90 USD earned from post rewards. Read.Cash – 0.31338 BCH - $480 USD = $150.42 USD earned from post rewards. SoMee – 61,963 ONG - $0.005 USD = $309.82 USD earned from post rewards. DTube – 34.73- $0.27 USD = $9.37 USD earned from post rewards. 918 DTC = $247.86 USD earned from airdrops. That’s a total of $257.23 USD. YouTube - $34.96 CAD earned from monetization The grand total came to $1,621.46 USD which is about $2,059.26 CAD. December has been really great and earned me about double what I made in November. With crypto being as bullish as it is, the amount I made in the past has doubled or tripled and I estimate the earnings I make today will also appreciate quite a bit. LBRY continues to perform very well and consistently been by far my top earner, and now with it at over 8 cents, I expect my earnings to continue going up. I’ve stopped reporting on Minds, Steem, & Uptrennd due to withdrawal restrictions and earning a very small amount. Read.Cash has grown massively I’m getting consistently good rewards there especially with the value of BCH going way up. I want to get my earnings to about $1,500 CAD worth of crypto a month on average and keep it there, but I know that over time all my earnings will appreciate to a value well beyond that anyway. LeoFinance has been performing very well with Hive and now my top consistent earners are Hive with LeoFinance, LBRY, and Read.Cash. DTube earns me a good amount, but most of that comes from monthly airdrops so I’m not sure how consistent that will be. SoMee currently has withdrawals turned off again so I’m not sure if I will be able to get the value that I earn which is a recurring issue with SoMee. I will continue to share these reports every month to give you a breakdown of what my earnings are to be completely transparent and give you an idea of what you could do if you did the same as me. What are your income goals? Are you using any of the platforms I shared above? Is this useful and or encouraging for you? Would you like to see these reports every single month to get a better insight into crypto social profitability? Let me know what you think about this in the comments below and don’t forget to subscribe! ***This is a LBRY first video meaning it shows up on LBRY before it gets published anywhere else. If you’re not on LBRY, sign up and get started here: https://lbry.tv/$/invite/@ScottCBusiness:4***