# How to get the LINEA AIRDROP

By [Prcrypto](https://paragraph.com/@prcrypto) · 2023-08-01

---

History does not repeat itself but it does rhyme.

![](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/319e75eb074418e03d20f56d29948e7d2469605bff77c0334bce6df01caa8def.webp)

Check the launch date, start positioning yourself for the airdrop, in this guide we will explore how you can be eligible for Linea token airdrop.

Why will they do an airdrop? 🧠
-------------------------------

1.  Precedence : Others have done same, the likely of Linea doing otherwise is very slim
    
2.  Decentralization : There are no other better ways to govern decentralized networks other than tokens
    
3.  VC exits : They can’t list on a stock exchange,so VCs need to be compensated
    
4.  Retrodrop : it is scratch my back, i scratch your back. Airdrops if not abused are great ways to boostrap and even sustain a network.
    

Bridging 🌉
-----------

![](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/014a734f3c864ac4834df50a913d459204dc9ad06c7fc28c6642df3c38fb51a4.webp)

Bridging tokens to chain can make you eligible, so what bridges are available for use out there.

[**_Linea official bridge_**](https://bridge.linea.build/) **_➡️_** [**_OmniBTC_**](https://app.omnibtc.finance/swap) **_➡️_** [**_Layerswap_**](https://www.layerswap.io/app) **_➡️_** [**_RhinoFi_**](https://app.rhino.fi/bridge?token=ETH) **_➡️_** [**_Orbiter Finance_**](https://www.orbiter.finance/?dest=Linea) .

Bridging to Linea once in a month is a good way to pass the bridging criteria.

Also as concerning bridging out, it is essential that one leaves a 7–14 days time period between the date of bridging in before bridging out,so as to avoid been tagged a sybil.

Dexes
-----

Decentralized exchanges are the heartbeat of blockchains, with low fees, one can swap and provide as much liquidity as possible.

![](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/78aeb7b79a3a9cdeeabcbc7e1948e140a79afc076846a2e35dc534789a11a5a7.webp)

[**Arbitrum**](https://l2beat.com/scaling/projects/arbitrum)\*\* launched 2021 may 30th, they did an airdrop in march 16th 2023( it took almost 2 years)\*\*

From the time Arbitrum launched on mainnet till the time they took a snapshot for aidrop, it was more than 52 weeks, supposing you conduct 3 distinct transactions every week for the next 52 weeks, you will have 156 transactions, so can adopt this strategy.

Another criteria was how many months one transacted, you would still have been eligible for this criteria if you employed the strategy above as well.

To increase your activity count,you can use

DeFi : [**_LeetSwap_**](https://linea.leetswap.finance/#/swap)**_💱_** [**_Meso protocol_**](https://app.mesprotocol.com/spot/ETH-USDC) **_💱_** [**_Symbiosis Finance_**](https://app.symbiosis.finance/swap?chainIn=Ethereum&tokenIn=ETH) **_💱_** [**_Lineaswap_**](https://lineaswap.build/swap) **_💱_** [**_Horizon Dex_**](https://app.horizondex.io/swap) **_💱_** [**_EchoDex_**](https://www.echodex.io/swap) 💱 [**_Syncswap_**](https://syncswap.xyz/)

_Lending_\* : [Lineabank](https://lineabank.finance/bank)\*\*\* [**_Peko Protocol_**](https://peko-protocol.vercel.app/lending)

Mint NFTs : Get a [**_domain name_**](https://app.lineans.domains/) , Buy and sell [**_NFTs_**](https://zonic.app/)

Wallet age
----------

Though not currently applied, wallet age may soon be a key criteria.

Transaction volume
------------------

![](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/2c759c27870de216d152377cb513e4cd8eeff313332900fac45892273b617bd6.webp)

Try and generate large volume, if you have $1200, you can easily conduct 100 tnxs, generate $100,000 volume but someone with $120 will have to toil.

Other possible addons
---------------------

1.  Be organic : Airdrops take a long time to happen. It is better to use the chain once per week for one year than conduct 52 transactions in one per day and not use it again. although both will give you 52 tnxs the former will position you for an airdrop more than the latter
    
2.  Donate to Gitcoin grants
    
3.  Create content about Linea and submit on their discord
    
4.  Vote on proposals
    
5.  Use your wallet on other EVM chains( this will reduce your chance of been tagged a sybil, if all your transactions are on Linea,it means you are a sybil airdrop farmer)
    
6.  Use Metamask services : Consensys is the parent company devloping both Linea and metamask, so you may never know 🤔
    
7.  Understudy other airdrops and do something similar : examples include [**_Optimism_**](https://community.optimism.io/docs/governance/airdrop-1/#global-filtering-criteria), [**_Arbitrum_**](https://arbitrum.foundation/eligibility) etc.
    

Friends, it’s a marathon not a sprint. Don’t faint

---

*Originally published on [Prcrypto](https://paragraph.com/@prcrypto/how-to-get-the-linea-airdrop)*