Airdrops speculations thread

[fikrett]

Monad is a level 1 blockchain and since it does not have a testnet, it is necessary to perform activities in ecosystem projects in order to obtain the right to airdrop. Such projects include Wormhole,  Ambient, Elixir, Stargate, Marginfi, Balancer. This is not an exhaustive list, these are projects I was doing long before I knew about Monad, and which will also need to distribute (or have already distributed) airdrop to their early adopters.

There is an assumption that Monad will generously reward the participants of the Discord, but here I can not suggest anything, because I am not active in this social network.
 
https://www.monad.xyz

Thanks, I'll probably wait for the testnet then.

Can I ask how to get into Hyperliquid, or it's to no avail at the moment due to the ending of the activities?
Thanks and sorry for a question for a question

Most of the points for this season are earned through spot holding and trading activities. The exact formula for the point system isn't public and varies each week, but I've found that buying and holding $PURR — a memecoin launched by the devs — has been a decent strategy. Personally, I’ve been consistently earning around 100-200 points each week by holding ~100k of $PURR.

Keep in mind, though, there are only two weeks left in this points season, so if you're just starting now, you might not accumulate a substantial number of points. However, it's still worth checking out Hyperliquid. It's currently the leading perpetual DEX, surpassing older competitors like DYDX and Jupiter.

Hope this helps!

Interesting.
Didn't hear about it too, and when you said DEX with perps, I thought about Event Horizon for a moment, they position themselves as such as well, and there are more events to come
Thanks for info about HyperLiquid, appreciated!

[FortuneFollower]

I've heard a lot about Monad, but I haven't been following it closely. How to get involved? Is there a testnet available, or running a validator node?

Monad is a level 1 blockchain and since it does not have a testnet, it is necessary to perform activities in ecosystem projects in order to obtain the right to airdrop. Such projects include Wormhole,  Ambient, Elixir, Stargate, Marginfi, Balancer. This is not an exhaustive list, these are projects I was doing long before I knew about Monad, and which will also need to distribute (or have already distributed) airdrop to their early adopters.

There is an assumption that Monad will generously reward the participants of the Discord, but here I can not suggest anything, because I am not active in this social network.
 
https://www.monad.xyz

Only time will tell, but it sure does sound interesting.
I hope for everything best for everybody involved.
Marginfi sounds interesting, utilizing off-chain data is a common thing nowadays, as it seems.

[tokeweed]

The big anticipated ones are Hyperliquid,

Particularly excited about Hyperliquid. I'm really hoping the devs will release the token after Season 2 wraps up at the end of this month. If not, it looks like my points will be diluted once again 😅

Monad

I've heard a lot about Monad, but I haven't been following it closely. How to get involved? Is there a testnet available, or running a validator node?

Yeah some guys are already kidding around about a Season 3 is coming after the team somewhat botched Season 2.  But I'm cool with it tbh...  That's another chance for me to accumulate points.  The devs seem like they're holding them back the last 6 weeks or so.  We had a couple of good weeks at the start then nada...

As for Monad, there's no testnet or running a validator yet.  Just participate in their Discord and try to get the 'nad role'.  I've been asking itt how to get it but looks like nobody here is a nad as I'm not getting any replies.

Guys over there were airdropped 8k W tokens just for being a nad...  Must be nice. 

[tvplus006]

...As for Monad, there's no testnet or running a validator yet.  Just participate in their Discord and try to get the 'nad role'.  I've been asking itt how to get it but looks like nobody here is a nad as I'm not getting any replies.

Guys over there were airdropped 8k W tokens just for being a nad...  Must be nice. 

This role of Nads in the Monad Discord was very difficult to obtain. And since I remember, the number of participants who received this role and, accordingly, airdrop, was calculated by a hundred people. It was much easier to use Portalbridge several times and get an airdrop of the same size.

[FortuneFollower]

...As for Monad, there's no testnet or running a validator yet.  Just participate in their Discord and try to get the 'nad role'.  I've been asking itt how to get it but looks like nobody here is a nad as I'm not getting any replies.

Guys over there were airdropped 8k W tokens just for being a nad...  Must be nice.  

This role of Nads in the Monad Discord was very difficult to obtain. And since I remember, the number of participants who received this role and, accordingly, airdrop, was calculated by a hundred people. It was much easier to use Portalbridge several times and get an airdrop of the same size.

Damn, only a hundred.. Those people should be really lucky. Spikes the FOMO.

[tokeweed]

...As for Monad, there's no testnet or running a validator yet.  Just participate in their Discord and try to get the 'nad role'.  I've been asking itt how to get it but looks like nobody here is a nad as I'm not getting any replies.

Guys over there were airdropped 8k W tokens just for being a nad...  Must be nice. 

This role of Nads in the Monad Discord was very difficult to obtain. And since I remember, the number of participants who received this role and, accordingly, airdrop, was calculated by a hundred people. It was much easier to use Portalbridge several times and get an airdrop of the same size.

Oh really?  Just a hundred people holding the nad role?  So how do people get the role?  What do we have to do? 

But yeah, I think Monad is gonna have one of the most generous airdrops next year or prolly at the end of this year..?  Not really sure when they're TGE is.  So I'm just doing the best I can via staking W and PYTH which I really think could get you eligibility.  Dunno tho...  Don't do what I'm doing.  Lolol.

[tvplus006]

Oh really?  Just a hundred people holding the nad role?  So how do people get the role?  What do we have to do? 

In order to get the role of Nads in Monad, you need to give up everything, including your wife, and fully focus on helping newcomers to Discord. And then it is possible that the project management will appreciate your merits and assign you this role.

But yeah, I think Monad is gonna have one of the most generous airdrops next year or prolly at the end of this year..?  Not really sure when they're TGE is.  So I'm just doing the best I can via staking W and PYTH which I really think could get you eligibility.  Dunno tho...  Don't do what I'm doing.  Lolol.

Now it is very difficult to guess how generous airdrop will be, since we don't even know how many wallets are involved in this ecosystem. And the larger the number of, the less generous the airdrop will be.

[salad daging]

It seems like the airdrop of Mini-apps is more promising not because these kinds of projects always list on major exchanges like Binance and now Hamster Kombat announced that it will list on Binance on Sep 26th.
https://www.binance.com/en/support/announcement/introducing-hamster-kombat-hmstr-on-binance-launchpool-and-super-earn-4ff1ed79c8e44acfba1d8f4e5a23dd64?hl=en

After the success of Dogs, now Hamster Kombat is following suit, will Catizen do a listing on Binance too?

Like airdrops, testnets that have large funding may not be able to list on Binance while airdrops like those run on Telegram bots are able to penetrate major exchanges, is this because of the hype now? We know that Mini-app users are increasing after many successful projects there.

[tvplus006]

After the success of Dogs, now Hamster Kombat is following suit, will Catizen do a listing on Binance too?

Like airdrops, testnets that have large funding may not be able to list on Binance while airdrops like those run on Telegram bots are able to penetrate major exchanges, is this because of the hype now? We know that Mini-app users are increasing after many successful projects there.

It is almost 100% safe to assume that Blum will also receive a listing on Binance, after Binance Labs invested in this project a couple of days ago - https://www.bnbchain.org/en/blog/binance-labs-invests-in-five-exceptional-projects-from-bnb-chains-mvb-season-7-2 This is the first project of its kind that Binance Labs has invested in and it can be assumed that it will not be the last.

[Akbarkoe]

After the success of Dogs, now Hamster Kombat is following suit, will Catizen do a listing on Binance too?

Like airdrops, testnets that have large funding may not be able to list on Binance while airdrops like those run on Telegram bots are able to penetrate major exchanges, is this because of the hype now? We know that Mini-app users are increasing after many successful projects there.

It is almost 100% safe to assume that Blum will also receive a listing on Binance, after Binance Labs invested in this project a couple of days ago - https://www.bnbchain.org/en/blog/binance-labs-invests-in-five-exceptional-projects-from-bnb-chains-mvb-season-7-2 This is the first project of its kind that Binance Labs has invested in and it can be assumed that it will not be the last.

Maybe we need to congratulate those who work on this Hamster Airdrop and who are consistent, it's great because some time there were rumors that this champaign was a scam and was not accepted but it turned out they proved it and were even accepted on Binance for release.
For Blum, it is definitely listed on Binance, they also get funding directly from Binance for its development and there are quite a few Binance posts that point to the Blum project, most likely Blum will also be listed on Binance.

when I think about why Binance accepts this Hamster kombat to be traded on their exchange, the one that makes the most sense to me is, because they have many users participating, indirectly people will withdraw their airdrop tokens to Binance and Binance will have many new users again, because as far as I know, there are many lay people who follow this airdrop who don't know crypto so this is an opportunity for the exchange to increase their users.

[betswift]

After the success of Dogs, now Hamster Kombat is following suit, will Catizen do a listing on Binance too?

Like airdrops, testnets that have large funding may not be able to list on Binance while airdrops like those run on Telegram bots are able to penetrate major exchanges, is this because of the hype now? We know that Mini-app users are increasing after many successful projects there.

It is almost 100% safe to assume that Blum will also receive a listing on Binance, after Binance Labs invested in this project a couple of days ago - https://www.bnbchain.org/en/blog/binance-labs-invests-in-five-exceptional-projects-from-bnb-chains-mvb-season-7-2 This is the first project of its kind that Binance Labs has invested in and it can be assumed that it will not be the last.

Yeah, I think Blum will be an interesting case due to it at least having some utility in the long run, and I believe in it delivering for its community.
Though, the referral system in it is like all others - and the biggest shillers would get the most points from the game basically.

[tokeweed]

Oh really?  Just a hundred people holding the nad role?  So how do people get the role?  What do we have to do? 

In order to get the role of Nads in Monad, you need to give up everything, including your wife, and fully focus on helping newcomers to Discord. And then it is possible that the project management will appreciate your merits and assign you this role.

But yeah, I think Monad is gonna have one of the most generous airdrops next year or prolly at the end of this year..?  Not really sure when they're TGE is.  So I'm just doing the best I can via staking W and PYTH which I really think could get you eligibility.  Dunno tho...  Don't do what I'm doing.  Lolol.

Now it is very difficult to guess how generous airdrop will be, since we don't even know how many wallets are involved in this ecosystem. And the larger the number of, the less generous the airdrop will be.

LOL nice...  So I guess a hundred people had to 'grind' hard for the role to get it.  GL to them and good job for snagging the role.

But yeah you're right...  The larger number of people trying to get eligibility, the airdrop tends to be smaller.  But nad role is just a hundred people and trying to get into the top 10% of stakers in PYTH and Wormhole prolly gives you that kind of 'eliteness' too.  And from what I've seen, not a lot of guys are doing it.  So if I'm right, it could pay off nicely.  Again, dunno tho...

[tokeweed]

Hey guys...  Anybody know a good enough VPS hosting service that's cheap for running testnet and validator nodes?  I'm preparing myself to get into Monad's testnet to run a node.  I might not get the nad role but it doesn't hurt to keep trying to get into other avenues to get eligibility for their airdrop.  I really feel it's gonna be a big one and a gateway for more airdrops in their ecosystem if you are eligible for Monad.

Like seriously...  I'm getting my stimmy.  Lmao. 

[ibuddy122505]

After the success of Dogs, now Hamster Kombat is following suit, will Catizen do a listing on Binance too?

Like airdrops, testnets that have large funding may not be able to list on Binance while airdrops like those run on Telegram bots are able to penetrate major exchanges, is this because of the hype now? We know that Mini-app users are increasing after many successful projects there.

It is almost 100% safe to assume that Blum will also receive a listing on Binance, after Binance Labs invested in this project a couple of days ago - https://www.bnbchain.org/en/blog/binance-labs-invests-in-five-exceptional-projects-from-bnb-chains-mvb-season-7-2 This is the first project of its kind that Binance Labs has invested in and it can be assumed that it will not be the last.

Yeah, I think Blum will be an interesting case due to it at least having some utility in the long run, and I believe in it delivering for its community.
Though, the referral system in it is like all others - and the biggest shillers would get the most points from the game basically.

A solid strategy from the Blum team would be fair enough after their successful TGE. With Binance Labs investing in this project, we're expecting the price to be high. What really matters is the market price for 1 Blum token. If it's good, even holding 2,000 Blum tokens will be valuable. I'm hopeful since the Blum Token airdrop is happening this September.

[libert19]

Hey guys...  Anybody know a good enough VPS hosting service that's cheap for running testnet and validator nodes?  I'm preparing myself to get into Monad's testnet to run a node.  I might not get the nad role but it doesn't hurt to keep trying to get into other avenues to get eligibility for their airdrop.  I really feel it's gonna be a big one and a gateway for more airdrops in their ecosystem if you are eligible for Monad.

Like seriously...  I'm getting my stimmy.  Lmao. 

https://contabo.com/en/ — I have used it before for running Zora node for couple months, experience was smooth. I haven't come across any competitor that offers same specs at prices of contabo (If anyone comes across one, do let me know too).

[TastyChillySauce00]

Hey guys...  Anybody know a good enough VPS hosting service that's cheap for running testnet and validator nodes?  I'm preparing myself to get into Monad's testnet to run a node.  I might not get the nad role but it doesn't hurt to keep trying to get into other avenues to get eligibility for their airdrop.  I really feel it's gonna be a big one and a gateway for more airdrops in their ecosystem if you are eligible for Monad.

Like seriously...  I'm getting my stimmy.  Lmao.  

https://contabo.com/en/ — I have used it before for running Zora node for couple months, experience was smooth. I haven't come across any competitor that offers same specs at prices of contabo (If anyone comes across one, do let me know too).

contabo is good for running node their plan are quite solid but their setup fee is such a PITA honestly everytime i forgot to renew VPS it means i'm paying setup fee and the setup fee is quite expensive for people that don't plan to run the VPS yearly like we the node runner.

but overall solid if we disregard that.

the plan from amazon and google cloud just drains the money if it's for running node, I wouldn't use them. i'm hoping monad testnet come in november so I can buy VPS for node with massive black friday discount.

[fikrett]

Hey guys...  Anybody know a good enough VPS hosting service that's cheap for running testnet and validator nodes?  I'm preparing myself to get into Monad's testnet to run a node.  I might not get the nad role but it doesn't hurt to keep trying to get into other avenues to get eligibility for their airdrop.  I really feel it's gonna be a big one and a gateway for more airdrops in their ecosystem if you are eligible for Monad.

Like seriously...  I'm getting my stimmy.  Lmao. 

https://contabo.com/en/ — I have used it before for running Zora node for couple months, experience was smooth. I haven't come across any competitor that offers same specs at prices of contabo (If anyone comes across one, do let me know too).

Thanks both to you and TastyChillySauce for the pros and cons of Contabo!
Never have run a node and it's interesting to see what underwater stones it has behind it.
For how long it's needed to be put in place to get the role from Monad, I wonder..

[tokeweed]

Hey guys...  Anybody know a good enough VPS hosting service that's cheap for running testnet and validator nodes?  I'm preparing myself to get into Monad's testnet to run a node.  I might not get the nad role but it doesn't hurt to keep trying to get into other avenues to get eligibility for their airdrop.  I really feel it's gonna be a big one and a gateway for more airdrops in their ecosystem if you are eligible for Monad.

Like seriously...  I'm getting my stimmy.  Lmao. 

https://contabo.com/en/ — I have used it before for running Zora node for couple months, experience was smooth. I haven't come across any competitor that offers same specs at prices of contabo (If anyone comes across one, do let me know too).

Thanks bro..  I almost didn't recognize your handle with your new sig on.  Curious, is that project any good for airdrops.    Been looking for something new after getting no activity with DFlow and Curvance.  Doing Bera testnet seems like it's useless now as it's for sure sybiled..  And I see some Galxe tasks but I'm pretty sure doing them is useless too as they're all low friction and easy to spoof.

Anybody know any Bitcoin based project that could airdrop?  What do you guys think of Botanix and Babylon?  Too late?

[libert19]

Hey guys...  Anybody know a good enough VPS hosting service that's cheap for running testnet and validator nodes?  I'm preparing myself to get into Monad's testnet to run a node.  I might not get the nad role but it doesn't hurt to keep trying to get into other avenues to get eligibility for their airdrop.  I really feel it's gonna be a big one and a gateway for more airdrops in their ecosystem if you are eligible for Monad.

Like seriously...  I'm getting my stimmy.  Lmao. 

https://contabo.com/en/ — I have used it before for running Zora node for couple months, experience was smooth. I haven't come across any competitor that offers same specs at prices of contabo (If anyone comes across one, do let me know too).

Thanks bro..  I almost didn't recognize your handle with your new sig on.  Curious, is that project any good for airdrops.    Been looking for something new after getting no activity with DFlow and Curvance.  Doing Bera testnet seems like it's useless now as it's for sure sybiled..  And I see some Galxe tasks but I'm pretty sure doing them is useless too as they're all low friction and easy to spoof.

Lol, been kicked out of btc paying one, so had to lay hands on new one, could pay 0 for all I know.

On airdrops, I'm playing spellborne religiously as they have said 10% of supply as airdrop for players, other than that missed farming usual.money pills, they have announced airdrop to pill holders.

[piebeyb]

It seems like the airdrop of Mini-apps is more promising not because these kinds of projects always list on major exchanges like Binance and now Hamster Kombat announced that it will list on Binance on Sep 26th.
https://www.binance.com/en/support/announcement/introducing-hamster-kombat-hmstr-on-binance-launchpool-and-super-earn-4ff1ed79c8e44acfba1d8f4e5a23dd64?hl=en

After the success of Dogs, now Hamster Kombat is following suit, will Catizen do a listing on Binance too?

Like airdrops, testnets that have large funding may not be able to list on Binance while airdrops like those run on Telegram bots are able to penetrate major exchanges, is this because of the hype now? We know that Mini-app users are increasing after many successful projects there.

Mini-apps are indeed promising at the moment and I am not being hypocritical about it, even we all see that to access active and more users is to use these Mini-apps which are done on the telegram app which is not held on other chat platforms, telegram users are also now much more increasing because these Mini-apps can be an alternative for people looking for extra money, that's what might make crypto markets like binance want to add this project, namely seeing so many users, of course it can benefit them too and increase traffic too, but still people would rather throw it away than buy and invest it. whatever it is, hopefully these Mini-apps will continue to survive and not just disappear.

Btw I prefer airdrops on testing the tesnet network compared to Mini apps, most of which prioritize the Leaderboard competing and benefiting parties who have many communities and buying bots like fake accounts, while the tesnet airdrop prioritizes activity and it is fairer in my opinion in its distribution.