passive crypto income 2025 I actually achieved vs what I thought would work

Chased passive income for like 2 years and here’s what worked versus what was bs, what worked was rental property after 18 months of active hell now finally passive, dividend portfolio took years to build finally at $80 monthly which isn’t huge but steady, youtube ad revenue is year 2 finally at $40 monthly after tons of effort

What didn’t work was dropshipping absolutely not passive despite what people claim, affiliate marketing way too competitive unless you have massive traffic, print on demand is race to bottom

What surprised me was crypto earning stuff since I thought all scams but found couple legit ones where you contribute compute or bandwidth while watching netflix on chrome, small money but actually passive unlike most things

Lesson is truly passive income either requires massive upfront capital or takes literal years to build or pays very little but requires zero ongoing work, gotta pick your tradeoff since there’s no easy passive income that pays well immediately despite what gurus claim

What actually worked for others here, tired of fake make $10k monthly passive posts that are lies