# Airdrops -

 Beginners Guide

**Published by:** [Ibrahim - @ikh011](https://paragraph.com/@ikh011/)
**Published on:** 2024-03-04
**URL:** https://paragraph.com/@ikh011/airdrops-beginners-guide

## Content

What is an Airdrop?Airdrop is basically a process of distributing tokens to the community shortly before or after listing. Farmers take profits after selling airdropped tokens on CEX/DEX.Why do projects airdrop?To build a strong and devoted community and “decentralise the network” in case of blockchain airdrop. That’s all you need to know.Do airdrops benefit the space?Airdrops is a healhty way to onboard new people on crypto and provide them with good opportunity to earn some $ in exchange of testing the network/dApp.Before we start, make sure you’re all set with a 👇🏼 🔹 Discord account 🔹 Twitter account 🔹 Web3 Wallet( Metamask/ Rabby/ Phantom/ OKX) 🔹 OKX or Binance accountFarming Airdrops 101📛 Farming airdrops is nothing more than contributing to a project you’ve selected 📛 We will split the farming stage into 3 sections( Testnet, Mainnet and a dApp/protocol)Common types of projects for airdrop farmingTestnet AirdropsAlmost free. Require time. Best choice for newbies/low banks I would like to start with the easiest airdrops, which are Testnet airdrops. The Biggest Previous Testnet airdrops:Aptos - $5000+SUI - $2000(even though it was a token sale)What do you need to know, before you start? There are so called “Faucets” which drip the testnet tokens to your wallet.You use these tokens to interact with dApps and pay for gas fees.They are also the easiest airdrops by the time spent. Let’s take a look at the requirements from the biggest testnet airdrops 👇🏼 🔹 Aptos - Fill in the form/ Run a node = get $5000 per account 🔹 SUI - Join Discord = get $2000 per account Aptos Airdrop Criteria You never know what will be the criteria for the airdrop, so make sure to do the activities below 👇🏼 🔹 Join the project’s discord 🔹 Interact with dApps in the ecosystem 🔹 Deploy a contract if possible 🔹 Run a node if possible 🔹 Complete every quests/campaigns available. Includes Galxe, Guild etc Testnet Airdrop CriteriaSome Testnet airdrops, like Scroll and Linea require Goerli ETH. You can get it here 👇🏼 Testnet Bridge - 10 gETH for 2$ on ArbtriumCoinbase Faucet (Import ur MetaMask into Coinbase) - 0.1 gETH daily for funded wallets(>0,0001 ETH)That’s it for Testnet airdrops, there isn’t anything else to do. Get ready for the biggest upcoming Testnet Airdrops 👇🏼 💎 Berachain 💎 Taiko 💎 Venom All guides are available in our DiscordMainnet Airdrops💎 A Layer2 network has launched on Mainnet, but doesn’t have a token? Prime example of a juicy upcoming airdrop! Previous successful Mainnet Airdrops 👇🏼Arbitrum - $3-10K per accountOptimism - $2-8K per accountStarknet - $2-5K per accountThis type of airdrops require you to spend some $ on gas fees. Fair to say that these airdrops are more profitable, since not everyone is willing to spend money for it → reducing the numbers of winners → more $ per wallet.Mainnet Airdrops often refer to Layer2 Networks on top of Ethereum First, you need to top up your wallet with some ETHTo spend less $ on comissions stick to the following way 👇🏼 Find a bridge, that allows you to transfer funds to the selected L2 (every project has their main bridge)Check which source chains are available → Top ur wallet up with ETH in selected network( via OKX, Binance)Transfer ETH from the selected network to the destination chain🪂 Congrats, you have your ETH on your “airdrop chain”. Now, we want to become eligible for the airdrop. Generally speaking, we just need to contribute to the chain to get the airdrop.These are the basic eligibility criteria/multiplicators for the Mainnet Airdrops 👇🏼🔹 Bridged funds to “Airdrop Chain”. Use the official bridge 🔹 Has conducted 10,25,50+ transactions on the “Airdrop Chain” 🔹 Has been active for 3,6,9+ months on the “Airdrop Chain” 🔹 Interacted with more than 5/10/15 smart-contracts 🔹 Has passed the Sybil Check 🔹 DAO Voter 🔹 Trading volume > $1000/$10.000/$25.000 Mainnet Airdrops Criteria Other multiplicators might include donating on Gitcoin/ holding ENS domain/Gitcoin Passport > 20 etc.dApps/Protocols💎 These types of airdrops use wider range of criteria and multiplicators, based on the services the project provide. Let me give you an example 👇🏼 Maverick - a DeFi AMM Protocol has recently airdropped their tokens to the eligible users. Let’s check the criteriaLiquidity Providing, by TVL and duration Providing Liquidity → Supporting the Protocol with your funds → ContributionAchieving Contributor or higher roles in Maverick Warrior Program Get your discord roles and participate in ambassadors program and related stuff. Sui has airdropped for only having a role in discord.Participation in Snapshot governance votes Once again, voting on snapshot is one of the most frequently used criteria for the airdropTrading volume using Maverick UI Since its an AMM, trading on the platform is fundamental to become a contributor.Holding Maverick MAVA NFTsMAV had their own NFTs, of course holding one would be a rational move. Same stuff again, you spend money to support the project → you are rewarded Generally speaking, DeFi protocols and dApps have their own “niche” criteria for the airdrop, always related to their service with some specifics.POINTSOne of the main airdrop criteria nowadays is “Points”, Each protocol with the points program is trying to incentivise users to keep using it to farm these points. Later on, these points will be used as the criteria for the airdrop allocation, so please always try to find a way to maximise points farmingCRITERIA EXAMPLES💎 Perpetual DEX Protocol (Drift, Orderly, LogX) - Trading Volume, Holding special NFTs, Months of usage, Amount of trades, Providing Liquidity, Ambassador/Contributor, Special roles in Discord 💎 Interopatability Protocol (LayerZero, Wormhole, Socket(Bungee)) - Amount of bridge tx, bridged volume, unique days/weeks/months of interactions/ amount of apps used/ amounts of source and destination chains, DAO voter, ambassador, special roles 💎 NFT Marketplace ( Tabi, Tensor, Magic Eden) - NFT Traded volume, NFT traded amount, months of usage, special roles, special NFTs, points!That’s why we 👇🏼Need to analyse the project. List all the basic forms of contributionJoin the Discord and check for the ambassador/contributor programs and rolesShow activity and spend some funds for our contributionWhere to find the best Airdrops?🔹 Lurkers DAO We have gathered all the best upcoming airdrops in our Discord Server 😤 🔹 Twitter You can never be the first one to discover a new project. That’s why you need to follow the best airdrop callers on Twitter. My Twitter List 👇🏼 💎 Ibrahim - Me 💎 CC2 - One of the best Airdrop callers. The best LayerZero alpha 💎 Smartec Vitalik - Good guy, a lot of alpha 💎 Kakashi - One of our airdrop callers. Consistent asl!Want to multiply your Airdrop profit 10 times? There is a thing, called Multiaccing. If you want to become REALLY RICH, you have to abuse the system 🥶. Multi accounting guide can be found in LurkersDAO

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