Airdrop Hunting Thread

[justdimin]

The second phase of the airdrop won't necessarily be as successful as the first. If the first round is successful, the second round becomes a plaything for whales. Based on experience, not many Phase 2 airdrops manage to surpass the success of the first airdrop. 
Let me guess, if Hyperliquid releases a second phase of the airdrop, you'll have to spend more money because the higher your trading volume on Hype, the higher your chances of getting an allocation.

The question is, can you compete with the whales if trading volume is the benchmark for accumulating points?

Right, phase 2 is just over hyped and loses it's actual monetary importance. Phase 2 might still roll out but I doubt if there would be any profits included. Phase 1 was a success for early airdrop hunters which is the reason why others who missed the Phase 1 are keeping an eye out. They would jump into Phase 2 as soon as it is live which will exceed the number of users but will also divide the allocation giving smaller gains. It is always profitable to be first in terms of airdrops. Once the hype is gone, profits will be gone too.

Competing with whales is not that easy. We don't just need huge trading volume but also the ability to misdirect the whales in order to make personal gains. Many have tried but lost so it is well recommended not to chase whales.

[asriloni]

^  Yeah, I heard Variational will be a good airdrop.  But I tried it for a little bit and I just can't enjoy trading perps over there like how I enjoy trading at Hyperliquid..

Hyperliquid has by far some of the best user experiences of all these perps dexs combined.  I'm just gonna stay and hope for the best. 

Yeah, Variational is gonna be a decent airdrop. It's now trading close to the 700m FDV at pre market, whch i believe it can surpass 1b FDV once it enter the major exchanges such as Binance and Upbit.

However, i know the UI and UX of Variational is not as seamsless as Hyperliquid. However, it offers opportunity to get pretty good sum of money by doing delta neutral.

If Variational offers 30% of supply for airdrop when it will be trading at 1b FDV. The total airdrop worth more than 300m, which is worthy to try. It's good to be an alternative trade for Hyper liquid.

[Barikui1]

I'm starting my own thread since the other airdrop threads are basically dead and the guys who started them don't care about them anymore and left.

I was basically the only one sharing info.  I feel like the rest were starting to hide and withold info.  Mmm that doesn't work if people stop sharing what they know.

Are airdrop still giving out anything significant?
Because the last few airdrop I did, the final outcome wasn't that encouraging, considering the kind of effort and work behind it, so since then, I disconnected from such activities believing that long gone are the days when airdrop where paying their participants well.
I can't really tell of airdrop outside telegram as of today, but the several ugly experience I had with the telegram mini games changed my perspective on airdrop generally, but it would really be interesting to know if their are still genuine airdrop projects out there.

[Warkop]

I'm starting my own thread since the other airdrop threads are basically dead and the guys who started them don't care about them anymore and left.

I was basically the only one sharing info.  I feel like the rest were starting to hide and withold info.  Mmm that doesn't work if people stop sharing what they know.

Are airdrop still giving out anything significant?
Because the last few airdrop I did, the final outcome wasn't that encouraging, considering the kind of effort and work behind it, so since then, I disconnected from such activities believing that long gone are the days when airdrop where paying their participants well.
I can't really tell of airdrop outside telegram as of today, but the several ugly experience I had with the telegram mini games changed my perspective on airdrop generally, but it would really be interesting to know if their are still genuine airdrop projects out there.

Some people have abandoned Airdrop projects, and I know of them due to inadequate payouts. Why is this? The results aren't commensurate with their efforts, and the results are disappointing. What you say is true; some earn, some don't. It's no wonder Airdrops are now worthless, and their projects care more about investors than their communities.

This trend is seasonal, just like in 2015/2016: Airdrops emerged, then faded, then bounties emerged, bounties faded, and now Airdrops are back again, now Airdrops are fading. We don't know what the next trend will be: whether bounties with a new system will revive like Airdrops, or whether there will be a more attractive trend than both.

[Ahli38]

I'm starting my own thread since the other airdrop threads are basically dead and the guys who started them don't care about them anymore and left.

I was basically the only one sharing info.  I feel like the rest were starting to hide and withold info.  Mmm that doesn't work if people stop sharing what they know.

Are airdrop still giving out anything significant?
Because the last few airdrop I did, the final outcome wasn't that encouraging, considering the kind of effort and work behind it, so since then, I disconnected from such activities believing that long gone are the days when airdrop where paying their participants well.
I can't really tell of airdrop outside telegram as of today, but the several ugly experience I had with the telegram mini games changed my perspective on airdrop generally, but it would really be interesting to know if their are still genuine airdrop projects out there.

Some people have abandoned Airdrop projects, and I know of them due to inadequate payouts. Why is this? The results aren't commensurate with their efforts, and the results are disappointing. What you say is true; some earn, some don't. It's no wonder Airdrops are now worthless, and their projects care more about investors than their communities.

This trend is seasonal, just like in 2015/2016: Airdrops emerged, then faded, then bounties emerged, bounties faded, and now Airdrops are back again, now Airdrops are fading. We don't know what the next trend will be: whether bounties with a new system will revive like Airdrops, or whether there will be a more attractive trend than both.

I personally believe that airdrops aren’t as profitable now as they were in the past, where there were so many airdrops that made it very easy to turn a profit simply by meeting a few relatively simple requirements to become eligible for rewards. But the current state of airdrops has changed drastically compared to before, where now it seems very difficult to make a profit from them or even to earn a decent return. I think project funding has a significant impact on the distribution of airdrop rewards. And the cake is getting smaller to be shared among the large number of participants joining these airdrops. On the other hand the massive number of participants who cheat during airdrops also affects the results. These factors make it difficult to get a return on airdrops that’s worth the effort. I’ve seen many people complain about these issues regarding the difficulty of profiting from airdrops. And they end up giving up on them afterward.

[leone77777]

Great to see this thread revived! Airdrop hunting in the bear market has been really rewarding - I've been tracking some interesting projects that are launching via DEX listings rather than traditional VC rounds. Will be sharing my findings here as well. Looking forward to the community's input on which chains and protocols are seeing the most legitimate opportunities right now.