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During the bear market, crypto airdrops made generational wealth for millions of users.
Will this meta continue to generate money?
Let's dive deeper
In 2024 crypto projects gave $4B to their users. That's more than half of the best year - in 2022 projects allocated $7.56B
Only Jupiter, Starknet, and Notcoin each distributed $1B in their tokens.
Looking at the full picture, the web3 made airdrops for $34B.
And that made some people millionaires
According to some Twitter and Telegram posts, people were able to earn:
• $1,000 on Notcoin(being fully active)
• $1,000 on Aptos(just by minting 1 NFT, took 10 seconds)
• $2,500 on Uniswap
• $3,000 on Wormhole
• $5,000 on Arbitrum
• $5,000 on Pacmoon
That took around 10 hours to focus on.
And generated over $17k 👀
Or even more
A good bank to start building generational wealth.
Possible to open a business or reinvest in the crypto.
But recently people started to criticize airdrops.
The new ones are not the same as they were.
• Taiko gave $0 to their testers, only to developers and GitHub members
• ZkSync had really strict rules, so not everyone was eligible
• Sei users got $100-$300 for being active for a year
• People have been waiting for some airdrops for over 2 years
That all kills the vibe of people. And makes them angry about getting less than $1k
Still, it would be fine if airdrops cost $0.
But no:
• I know people who put $10,000 on Blur
• I know people who put the same amount on Layer Zero
• Some top 5% ZkSync traders got 0 on their accs
• There are people in ambassador projects who spent 2+ years and never got paid
That's all done to fight against bots.
But hear me out - their protection system sometimes cuts off real users.
And that generates the negativity around airdrop meta.
Plus the user base grows. The same $1b could be distributed among 100,000 users in 2022.
Right now the same pool will get 500,000 people. So making even $1,000 becomes way harder
But still, the future is bright. Here's what I expect in the next 6 months:
• The airdrops of top projects.
• People's expectations won't be fulfilled, so they will cause more drama
• People will leave airdrop space. The true ones will be there still
• New projects will appear
• With a smaller user base, members will get more money. That can be even $10,000 in one acc.
• The new wave of people
• Cycle repeats
The airdrops are a good way to earn money.
But it requires a lot of patience. And sometimes investments.
Before staring at it, ask yourself 'Am I willing to take that risk?'. Since only the strongest will win here
That's the wrap
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