Ask HN: What were your best sources of passive income in 2017?

4 points by kernelv 8y ago ↗ HN

Side projects, affiliate revenue, apps, investing, other.

Previous 3 years:

2016 - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13150144

2015 - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10726489

2014 - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7094402

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mtmail 8y ago ↗

9 days ago there was a thread for 2017, too https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15869527 (didn't start with 'Ask HN')

jtnegrotto 8y ago ↗

Bought BTC in early July, cashed out recently at 600% my initial investment. Some of it's gone towards Christmas presents, and I'm going to put the rest into a side project for (hopefully) a more stable source of semi-passive income.