Academy
Side Hustle Ideas That Actually Pay
Eight side hustles, each operator's own published pay figures, and the subtraction the lists skip: the cut, the miles, the wait and the tax.
Zealy
The Zealy Blog
Actionable ideas, community stories, and field-tested playbooks for building participation that lasts.
Academy
How to Distribute Tokens to Active Members (NFTs: Not Yet)
Zealy cannot filter members by recent activity and cannot send NFTs today. The mechanism that works is a sprint — with the payout maths read from the code.
Academy
How to Run a Crypto Ambassador Program: Tiers, Pay and the Work Behind Them
Polkadot's published ambassador ranks and their 10,000 USDT top tier, a method for pricing the work, and how to assemble a program on Zealy's primitives.
Academy
How to Run an Airdrop That Doesn't Get Farmed
For the team running the airdrop: what farming detection actually catches, what paraphrasing walks past, and how to design rewards farmers stop wanting.
Insights
Best Crypto Apps for Beginners: Who Holds Your Money
Beginner crypto app lists compare fees and interfaces, not custody. What Coinbase, MetaMask and Zealy's own terms say happens if the company fails.
Academy
How to Earn Crypto Without Buying Any
Four routes to crypto you did not pay for — quests, learn-to-earn, faucets and staking — each checked against the operator's own current terms.
Academy
How to Drive On-Chain Activity, Not Wash Volume
What predicts fake on-chain volume is the reward design, not the chain. Plus what each Zealy verification method proves — and the part Zealy does not do.
Academy
How to Get Your First 1,000 Real Users for a Crypto App
Six Zealy campaigns with the cohort, window and starting base printed, the channel that failed for three months, and five case studies that don't add up.
Academy
How to Grow a Crypto Community From Zero, Phase by Phase
The phases of a community launch, each one dated against a real Zealy campaign — including the two-month number for what people do after the rewards stop.
Insights
Best Galxe Alternatives in 2026: What Each One Actually Costs
Six live Galxe alternatives compared on published prices, per-claim fees and wallet needs, read 12 August 2026 with Zealy's allowance rechecked 13 August.
Academy
How to Grow Followers on X for a Crypto Project: What Reach Costs
Three Zealy creator campaigns on X with published budgets, creator bars and reach, priced per 1,000 views — plus why bought followers don't move the number.
Insights
Zealy vs Galxe: What Each Platform Can Actually Do
Zealy vs Galxe compared capability by capability from both companies' current docs — including Galxe's Starboard shutdown and five things Galxe does better.