How we made $100K trading CryptoKitties
Published in 2018, this chronicle by @loken17 details the mechanics of building a profitable, self-funded business without venture backing. Key verified financial milestone: $100K.
Core Principles for Independent Builders:
Charging customers from day one acts as the ultimate filter for building software that solves genuine, high-urgency problems.
Keeping fixed overhead low and leveraging lean infrastructure allows founders to stay alive until market tailwinds kick in.
Small, repetitive improvements in customer retention and conversion rates yield massive returns over multi-year horizons.
Community Debate Themes:
The community focused on B2B customer acquisition channels, cold email vs SEO distribution, and balancing full-time employment with side-project development.
CATEGORY Bootstrapping & MRR →
HISTORICAL ERA Cloud & Mobile Era (2014–2019)
COMMUNITY SCORE ★ 29 points
TOTAL DISCUSSIONS 11 comments
The title should probably reflect the Hackernoon title and say "trading" instead of "arbitraging". According to the article, although the arbitrage was also profitable, most of the money came from buying particular CryptoKitties early in the craze as an investment.
Ready for people to start using this digital collectible nonsense strategy on rarebits.io
In the case of Crypto All-Stars, the original website was deleted through a hostile takeover. But you can’t truly delete anything like that on the blockchain
I'm pretty sure that CryptoKitties are only successful because they are one of the few ways for criminals to directly deposit crypto currencies in larger quantities without using mixers to launder ransom payments from crypto viruses.
How I made $100 million playing powerball.
"How I lost my life savings on irresponsible gambling."
I CAN'T DECIDE IF THIS IS REAL OR AN AMAZING WORK OF SCI-FI FICTION.