A few months ago, I noticed that some cryptocurrency names sounded pretty indistinguishable from Pokemon names. That gave me an idea to create a non-functional "quiz" on Medium, seeing if people could tell the difference between the two. For example:


Well that Medium post ended up getting over 14k views in just a few days.

That inspired me to build a functioning Pokemon Or Cryptocurrency? quiz website. Not knowing how to code, I used Bubble to create it - making images and answer appear when certain buttons are clicked, showing the dynamic score at the bottom, allowing you to share your dynamic score on Twitter, etc.

I know it looks terrible, but it actually took me a few days and a lot of learning to put it all together. More than anything, it gave me an unbelievably deep appreciation for actual developers. Props to you guys.

I put the site on Product Hunt, and it ended up getting featured and collecting over 80 upvotes. Not bad for a dumb little quiz.

When traffic started coming in, I decided to "monetize" the site by putting a referral link to a Bitcoin faucet I have used before. The faucet is a legit operation, but won't make you a ton unless you hit one of the high numbers (but - hey it's free, so can't complain). I figured I'd throw the link on there and see what happens.

Lo and behold, a handful of people actually signed up via my referral link. Now I'm headed for an early retirement, funded by my Bitcoin nest egg!

JK I've made about $6 from the site so far. Better than a stick in the eye though.