I just made $1,024.94 writing on the STEEM blockchain. Here’s your beginner’s guide to doing the same.

David Kadavy
18 min readJan 18, 2018

In today’s media climate of collecting and selling eyeballs with “rage porn” and fake news, there aren’t a lot of ways to make a living doing thoughtful writing. Books are the most honest exchange of money-for-words there could be, but in the months or years between releasing my books, I personally have found myself waiting for a payday. Then, I discovered STEEM, the cryptocurrency that powers the Reddit-like social network, Steemit.

I joined Steemit about a year ago, and it has turned into a decent revenue stream in my business as a writer and podcaster. In 2017, I earned a modest $2,000 on Steemit. But, things are picking up. Last week, I cashed in more than $1,000.

I also cashed in nearly $1,000 two weeks ago. So I’ve already come close to surpassing my 2017 STEEM earnings. My account is currently “worth” almost $12,000. (I’ll explain in a bit why these aren’t earnings yet.)

Where does this money come from, and how can you get started making money for your writing on Steemit? I hope to show you the basics in this post.

Before I get started keep the following in mind:

  • It will never be easy to make money writing if you aren’t a good writer. Writing on Steemit will not…

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David Kadavy

Author, ‘Mind Management, Not Time Management’ https://amzn.to/3p5xpcV Former design & productivity advisor to Timeful (Google acq’d).