A few things from YouTube's own documentation that I don't see covered yet. On the money question nobody answered: getting paid runs through AdSense, and yes, identity verification is part of it - once your earnings reach the verification threshold you confirm your personal info and submit documents (there is a 45-day window), and after that a PIN is mailed to your payment address which you have to enter before any payment is issued. On starting over: be careful with the advice above to just create a new account with fresh details (Koma, Nikolaj Poulsen). YouTube's termination policy says that if your channel is terminated you are prohibited from using, possessing, or creating any other channels, and that covers new channels you create or acquire - so a fresh channel made to bypass a termination can end up terminated as well. There is an official path worth checking first, and it is fairly new: YouTube is piloting a "Request new channel" option for terminated creators. You sign in to YouTube Studio on a computer with your previously terminated channel and look for the option. It is only available at least one year after the termination date, not for copyright-infringement terminations or Creator Responsibility policy violations, and it is a gradual rollout so the option may not show even if you qualify on paper. The decision comes by email after they review things like how severe or persistent the past violations were. Since your termination was in 2022, the one-year bar is behind you, so this is the first thing I would look for. On appeals, also worth knowing that YouTube limits them to two within one year of the termination date, which is worth weighing against your timeline before following Alessandr's appeal suggestion again.