# Breaking down why 99% of wallets received nothing from RedStone:

**Published by:** [Signal Compounders](https://paragraph.com/@fipcrypto/)
**Published on:** 2025-03-05
**URL:** https://paragraph.com/@fipcrypto/breaking-down-why-99percent-of-wallets-received-nothing-from-redstone

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99% of airdrop hunters got nothing from RedStone. ​ Even those with high RSG were ineligible. ​ Here's my breakdown of how the airdrop was designed to reward 'real users':Discord roles mattered most ​ RedStone stated that: "without roles, tokens could not be earned". ​ No matter how much RSG we earned, we would not be eligible for anything. Even though I participated in multiple campaigns, I was ineligible.RedStone prioritised: ​ Highly engaged community membersHigh-quality contributions ​ Content creation or being a RedStone ambassador was valued more. Here are some of the roles that were considered: ​ ❍ Deep Miner – for being one of the top engaged Miners ❍ Mentor – for introducing new Miners to the community ❍ 🧬 IRL – for meeting RedStone team members in real life ❍ ❄ Winter Miner – for participating in the Winter Campaign ​ I had these roles in Discord but it didn't count for anything.Ultimately, they valued community participation the most: ​Pure on-chain participation was penalised ​ Interestingly, RedStone considered those who only participated in on-chain activities (like me) as a Bad Miner.RedStone didn't want to reward users "based on how much capital they deployed to farm an airdrop". ​ I minted multiple Galxe OATs too, but they weren't considered.Instead, they rewarded time and genuine engagement. ​ Due to the difficulty of achieving these roles, it's likely that a small group of wallets received a large allocation each. ​ This airdrop serves as a timely reminder of the number one rule for airdrops: ​​Projects get to decide their rules for airdrop distribution ​ No one knows what criteria the project will use. ​ Given how Sybils are ruining airdrops: ​ A project identifies their real users and rewards them while filtering Sybils. If they care about their community. ​ There is no perfect formula to receive an airdrop, and the criteria always changes. ​ Just like how none of the L2s followed Arbitrum's formula. ​ This is the game we're playing with airdrops: ​ We have no control over our allocation, and can only hope that our contributions are valued by the project. ​ A project owes us nothing just because we interacted with it. ​ Each project sets their own rules, and we need to adapt accordingly. ​Moving forward ​ Does this change my strategy? ​ Nope, it's still business as usual. ​ I'm taking the L and moving on with my life. ​ There's no point in hurling insults at the team or being bitter with the outcome. ​ Being an active participant in a Discord server takes up too much time, and I'm personally not a fan of 'grinding' for Discord roles. ​ If you truly believe in the project, it could be a nice way to get rewarded for your contributions by helping the community. ​ But I still prefer being active on-chain: ​ I get exposure to different projects while building my on-chain footprint. ​ I didn't go hard for RedStone, and mainly participated in every on-chain campaign. ​ If other projects decide to use the same airdrop model and penalise pure on-chain activity too: ​ So be it. ​ It's impossible to get every airdrop, and there's always more opportunities available. ​ Eventually, a project will reward my wallet's on-chain footprint. ​ And that's why I believe participating in modular rollups is the best way to gain exposure for these drops. ​ I shared more in my strategy below: ​ https://x.com/FIP_Crypto/status/1877341951714013438 Thanks for reading! ​ If you want more like this: ​Follow me @FIP_CryptoLike and RT this postJoin my Discord server for more exclusive alpha: https://discord.gg/ESfXxgGHgR

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