"Free" is never actually free, unless part of it could be from nature (rain, sunlight, etc.) Handouts, subsidies, freebies, marketing giveaways, welfare, etc. all have a cost that's typically part of someone's budget. If that budget belongs to a government, that "free stuff" needs to be paid for, and that burden typically falls upon the taxpayers.
Now, move that discussion over to crypto, and you have coins being produced with Proof-of-Work, Proof-of-Stake, Masternode rewards, and things like Airdrops:
- As we all should know, Proof-of-Work requires computational power, which consumes electricity and the cost of the hardware.
- PoS and Masternode rewards are simply a function of the blockchain code and network participation, with minimal effort to run a wallet and a little more effort for Masternodes.
- As for things like Airdrops, these are typically budgeted by the token's dev team, specifically for marketing purposes.
The other part of this discussion needs to address the
value of these "free" things. When someone has something with inherent value or utility, is that value lessened if there was little or no effort/cost to receive it? If the "thing" has value but no utility, is there a reason to keep it or sell it? Is it the responsibility of the distributor of the "free stuff" to educate the recipient about its value and/or utility? In the end, there are going to be people out there that want "free stuff" regardless of its value or utility.
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