This half-year, I wrote an article reviewing how much money I made playing alpha in the first half of the year. I originally planned to wait until the end of the year to review the second half's earnings, but this article has received a good response recently, and the September airdrop was also very generous, so I couldn't wait to summarize how much airdrop I received in the third quarter.

First of all, I have to say that I, as a small retail investor, cannot be compared with many studios. I just honestly use the single number to brush, just like the big sister said yesterday, I am just a real user, using the universe with real KYC and face recognition, and I also manually brush the transaction volume. I spend a real hour on it every day, and I don't even grab the first phase of airdrops because I feel I can't compete with those studios using plugins.

Indeed, compared to many studios, what I’m doing may seem a bit foolish and slow, but fortunately the universe is taking care of real users like me. Although slow, I also received quite a few airdrops in the third quarter. Next, let's take stock of how much airdrop I received in these three months!

First of all, July, (July/August had too many studios, the threshold was very high, and the airdrops were very few; actually, I didn't get much. I received a total of 435 dollars in July.)

(1) July 1st 7360 BGSC, exchanged for almost 60 dollars

(2) July 3rd 1000 M, exchanged for also 60 dollars (but later after going online guaranteed 7 times. Missed out on 400 dollars)

(3) July 13th 4607 SPA, exchanged for 40 dollars, and also participated in the new pump, received 30 dollars (it surged later, everything sold was at a loss!)

(4) July 16th, missed out on 400 dollars due to not participating in the new tge rules of rion! Very regrettable! Generally, the first time a new rule is issued, there will be a large profit.

(5) July 17th 150 ERA. Exchanged for 135 dollars (the next day there was another surge, sold 150 dollars less!)

(6) July 23rd 200 YALA, exchanged for 50 dollars, plus completed the XNY task, received 60 dollars, pretty good, later the XNY task could basically earn 5-10 dollars every week.

After July, when it came to August, although the scores were high, I clearly felt that the amount of airdrop received at once had increased. In August, I received a total of 700 dollars.

(7) August 5th 1359 towns, 100 prove, received two in one day, exchanged for a total of 200 dollars

(8) August 8th 250 K, exchanged for 95 dollars

(9) August 19th participated in the pre-tge BAS, along with task completion, issued a total of 17000 bas, almost 120 dollars (of course still continued to sell at a loss, the next day it doubled, directly sold 100 dollars less)

(10) August 21st the new rules of AKE reached the first phase, exchanged for 65 dollars

(11) August 27th, received pre-tge btr, along with the tasks completed, exchanged for a total of 220 dollars (if sold earlier, there could have been 300 dollars, but I saw it too late)

However, the threshold for the second phase of the dolo on that day has already reached 260 points, it's too competitive. So I had already posted that I wasn't going to participate anymore and told my friends to pause on small amounts. But because my account has more funds, I can still compete, plus alpha changed the rules again, saying that only new targets launched within a month of trading would have four times the trading volume. So based on the new rules, I directly tried a strategy for the trading competition, which led to a bountiful September. In total, I received 2570 dollars in September.

(12) September 2nd 100 somi, exchanged for 60 dollars

(13) September 8th 200 open, along with tasks completed, exchanged for 230 dollars (but also sold at a loss of over 100 dollars). That day's open score had already dropped to 239 points. When I wrote the article, I was saying that I could clearly feel that studios were already leaving the scene, and the score would drop further.

(14) September 10th 7700 linea, exchanged for 200 dollars

(15) September 11th previously pre-tge holo issued, along with tasks completed, exchanged for a total of 500 dollars

(16) September 14th won the zen trading competition, issued 7400, exchanged for 75 dollars, should also have been countered by around 100 dollars, but the score was high, that day already had 236 points.

(17) September 15th 90 zkc, exchanged for 130 dollars, the score threshold is only 206 now.

(18) September 18th 100 bard, exchanged for 140 dollars

(19) September 19th and September 21st, because I was busy completing tasks, I received BAS and XNY, exchanged for a total of 90 dollars

(20) September 22nd, 60 river, exchanged for 150 dollars, won over saros, exchanged for 90 dollars (in fact, after deducting the high costs of the trading competition, I only made 20 dollars)

(21) September 24th, won the ptb trading competition, received 75 dollars (but in reality, it just covered the costs without profit or loss)

(22) September 25th 180 XPL, along with tasks completed previously, received over 400, totaling 660, exchanged for 520 dollars (again sold at a loss, estimated to have lost around 400 dollars)

(23) September 26th 100 mira, exchanged for 130 dollars (after going online, there was a surge, sold at a loss of 100 dollars)

(24) September 29th, 500 FF, exchanged for 250 dollars, won the zeus trading competition, issued 520, exchanged for 50 dollars. (In fact, it was countered, countered for 50 dollars)

(25) September 30th completed tasks and received 170 eden, exchanged for 170 dollars (finally not selling at a loss, halved after going online, it comforted me)

That's about it, July 435 dollars, August 700 dollars, September 2570 dollars, a total of 3705 dollars for the third quarter. (The profit from the trading competition hasn't accounted for the losses, and costs haven't been considered, but approximately 5 dollars a day is needed. However, my trading competition strategy can cover the costs)

If we deduct costs, an income of 3000 dollars in a quarter is definitely possible, after all, I also sold quite a lot at a loss. This income is for a single account; if there are more family members, it could be doubled, even tripled, which is much more than the income of many jobs, after all, it only takes 1 hour a day.

In addition, everyone can see that what I received were not the first-phase targets, but second-phase or TGE targets, so there isn't a situation where ordinary people can't grab them.

So, the alpha tasks are truly a benefit given to us ordinary retail investors by the universe, and also a dividend of this era. I remember in the past two years, some so-called KOLs have been saying that the big market has reached its peak, there are no fluctuations, and there are no dividends in this circle. I actually find these statements very unpleasant. Since I entered this circle, NFTs, GameFi, and various hot topics have emerged endlessly. As long as you keep learning, there will definitely be opportunities to seize.

Just like this time with alpha, maybe we didn't catch the bull market of the previous years, but alpha has also given us retail investors a path, a path that doesn't require high leverage contracts, a path where just a little effort can significantly improve our lives. Perhaps, indeed, we are not making as much as before, nor as quickly as before.

But I still believe that as long as you persist in doing something with long-term positive expected value, you will definitely become rich slowly!!!