CryptoNinja = Jojo Circus Boy? That dude was Bitcoin 1.0
I dunno who he is. Look, it's worth explaining, so I will explain. I run a site that has no ads, doesn't mine crypto in the background, and doesn't sell a physical product. There used to be a faucet where you could get 2 free Bitcoin ... aaaaand it's gone. But it did exist and it was legit. Faucets today, give away much less, obviously, but they still work. The people that run them make very little money serving ads and I guess you also get paid by Google for solving captchas (rumored to be part of their AI data collection), so these relatively simple sites are able to make a little bit of money, giving away cryptocurrency, which they hope becomes used by more people, because they are highly invested in it. So, not a scam. You can actually get some free Bitcoin, right now.
Now, my site, lightweight pages, no pop ups, running on a supercache, should be pretty snappy, makes it easier to deal with claiming from multiple faucets. How do I make money? Referral links. The faucets pay a tiny percentage as a referral fee. Here is an example (should not violate TOS as it is not working):
http://moonbit.co.in/?r=1f73dcf5bfb6
You can see from the code a referral number is injected into that URL. Theoretically, if a million people go to that faucet, and are served ads and solve captchas, the person who referred them could make a lot of money.
Now, there are scams and ponzis out there, we are talking about an unregulated market still, it's the wild west, for sure, and you have to be smart. Bitconnect is the biggest one, just has got to be a scam. I don't have proof, but I don't promote it. When Bitcoin corrects ... Bitconnect might just totally vanish, leaving it's youtuber promoters looking bad, with angry fans. A lot of people have made a lot of money with Bitconnect but I don't promote it, because I think it is a scam. Lot of scams I could list on my site, make a quick buck, but ... not how I roll. Sierrahash, thebitgoldmine, lotta scams out there, you wont find them on my site.
Thanks for the opportunity to clarify.