Your mention of earning cryptocurrency reminded me to ask you if you are aware of this:
https://steemit.com/steemit/@tipu/tutorial-claiming-byteball-airdrop-tokens-worth-of-usd10-to-usd160-for-free
?
If you do not oppose paying for votes, I suggest that you whitelist yourself at smartsteem and turbocharge yourself hard.
Power down and buy votes on your threads, the Byteball airdrop entitles you according to your reputation.
I worked very hard to get to a 60, but I rarely used the big bidbots.
Reputations 30-39.9 entitle you 10$.
Reputations 40-49.9 entitle you 20$
In my case (reputation 60) I got 80$ worth of Byteball, and if I could realistically get to 70 it would have given me double (160$), but it is hard for me to imagine myself climbing to 70 before the Byteball reserves are over (It has a limited final amount similar to Bitcoin, as opposed to STEEM)
Maybe I should have adhered to my own advise, since I am already powering down, and launch my reputation up for these extra 80$.