The simple explanation of airdrop is that the project side uses it as a marketing method to send tokens to participating players for free to attract more traffic. Of course, we will not explain the anti-fraud guide for airdrops here, but focus on the advanced tutorials for airdrops.
1. Basic tool preparation
Scientific Internet: xxxVPN
Wallet plug-in: Little Fox MetaMask wallet
Social tools: Twitter, Telegram, Discord
The appeal tools are all based on the premise of scientific Internet access. The wallet plug-in can be found in the Google store and added to the Google browser. The social tools can be directly searched by Google for the web version. For the specific use of the wallet and the registration and use of social accounts, you can search for tutorials by yourself.
It should be noted that different public chains use different wallets. For example, Solana uses Phantom Wallet and Tron uses Bobo Wallet.
2. What are the ways to participate in the airdrop?
For those domestic copycat disks, airdrops that can be received by filling in the address are not within the scope of the discussion. The easier it is to get, the less valuable it is.
Generally speaking, airdrops are mainly divided into three methods:
①Participate in interaction
Interaction, literally understood, means communicating with each other. Some web3 social projects, such as SocialDAO, require users to register and log in to associate with traditional social media. Later, players will be airdropped with corresponding tokens based on your activity in traditional social media. For example, Rabbithole is a skills training center on the blockchain. There are many projects in it. There is a high probability that airdrops will be proportional based on the user level or the number of participations.
In addition to this type of interaction, of course there are also interactions with decentralized exchanges, which require users to exchange, cross-chain, pledge, etc. It is best to form LP, such as Terraswap. There are also some DAO projects that participate in voting governance, such as the veteran governance platform Snapshot and so on.
②Participate in the test network
Testnet airdrop is a completely cost-free and time-consuming way. Some liquidity protocols or decentralized exchanges will first launch the test network for BUG testing before launching the main network. For example, the Rose Borrow testnet, a liquidity protocol on Aurora.
The test network and the main network are not interoperable. Tokens on the test network can be obtained directly from the faucet for free, and then a series of lending, exchange and other operations can be performed according to official guidelines.
The tokens on the test network have no actual value and can only be used on the test network. They are all free to receive. Some online transactions of test coins are purely for harvesting IQ taxes.
③Official community interaction
The official community generally involves reposting, liking, or some simple tasks. For foreign projects, the latest news is generally sent through Twitter, and the community is mainly discord. Especially for some new projects, you can join dis in advance, actively chat in it, and mix OG identity tags. There is a high probability that there will be a whitelist or airdrop to those who joined the community in the early stage.
