A journey to earning income online

I like so many others have tried to earn a income online with little or no success. My biggest down fall is the lack of start up cash to begin with, it takes money to make money. I for one don't have time for silly click ad programs or out right scam sites. So, I took the time to learn a bit of coding and made a app that I sold and still use myself that makes pocket change every month but, nothing that will earn enough to improve my financial standing. I have had no luck investing in penny stocks, both stocks I bought are at a loss.

The only thing that makes me any real income is dealing with Bitcoin in a few different ways. Earning $100+ monthly
1.) Mining and also renting out my mining rig which yields more profit
2.) Bitcoin buy low sell high however do to little funds profits are minimal
Other ways I earn is as follows:
1.) Swagbucks Android apps (yep, how many post have you seen about giftcard apps. My guess is, a lot.)
Well Swagbucks works for me as I don't bury my head in my phone so, it only makes sense to put that negitive money eater to work. With Swagbucks apps my phone pays for a portion of it's bill. I make roughly $20 and more if I remember to run the app often. Took me about a month in a half to gain $50 or so in Amazon giftcards that's with using one phone/tablet
I tried the phone farm deal but the 4 other phones I bought (very cheap and used) just were not up to the task,low end phones.
2.) Odd methods not worth mentioning