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Do you know that Airdrops in the crypto and Web3 space are in various forms? Each with unique mechanics to incentivize participation and reward users.
Lets educate ourselves with some of the common types of Airdrop 🤓
🔹Retroactive Airdrops: Retroactive airdrops reward users for past actions or participation in a protocol, ecosystem, or community.
Example: In September 2020, Uniswap, a decentralized exchange (DEX) on Ethereum, distributed UNI governance tokens to every wallet that had interacted with its protocol before a specific snapshot date.
🔹SocialFi Airdrops: participants earn tokens by retweeting their posts, commenting on their Tweets, or simply sharing or posting contents and tagging the project or their token ticker.
example: boithebear is an example of socialfi airdrop.
🔹Testnet Airdrops: Users are rewarded by participating in a project’s testnet phase (pre-mainnet) by running nodes, testing features, or bridging assets and Contributing to network stability.
example: Plaza_finance
🔹Telegram Airdrops: Telegram airdrops involve users engaging with bots or mini-apps on the Telegram platform by completing tasks, referring friends, and occasionally spending Stars (Telegram’s in-app currency) to boost their rewards, often distributed as an airdrop.
examples: Notcoin (a tap-to-earn game) and Catizen (a play-to-earn game).
🔹NFT Airdrop: NFT airdrops are a distribution method in the cryptocurrency and blockchain space where non-fungible tokens (NFTs) are given away for free to eligible users, often as a promotional strategy or reward mechanism. Criteria to be eligible for NFT airdrops varies including; Holding a specific cryptocurrency or NFT from the same project, Participating in community activities, Being an early adopter or user of a platform and many more..This NFTs are most times tradeable on marketplace such OpenSea and Magic Eden.
Example: KaitoAI NFTs.
🔹Layer 2 Protocol Airdrops: With the growing adoption of Layer 2 solutions, projects like Arbitrum, Optimism, and zkSync have popularized airdrops rewarding early adopters. These typically target users who:
Bridge assets to L2 networks
Engage with protocol features
Maintain consistent activity over time
Participate in protocol governance.
What type of Airdrop excites you the most?
Do you know that Airdrops in the crypto and Web3 space are in various forms? Each with unique mechanics to incentivize participation and reward users.
Lets educate ourselves with some of the common types of Airdrop 🤓
🔹Retroactive Airdrops: Retroactive airdrops reward users for past actions or participation in a protocol, ecosystem, or community.
Example: In September 2020, Uniswap, a decentralized exchange (DEX) on Ethereum, distributed UNI governance tokens to every wallet that had interacted with its protocol before a specific snapshot date.
🔹SocialFi Airdrops: participants earn tokens by retweeting their posts, commenting on their Tweets, or simply sharing or posting contents and tagging the project or their token ticker.
example: boithebear is an example of socialfi airdrop.
🔹Testnet Airdrops: Users are rewarded by participating in a project’s testnet phase (pre-mainnet) by running nodes, testing features, or bridging assets and Contributing to network stability.
example: Plaza_finance
🔹Telegram Airdrops: Telegram airdrops involve users engaging with bots or mini-apps on the Telegram platform by completing tasks, referring friends, and occasionally spending Stars (Telegram’s in-app currency) to boost their rewards, often distributed as an airdrop.
examples: Notcoin (a tap-to-earn game) and Catizen (a play-to-earn game).
🔹NFT Airdrop: NFT airdrops are a distribution method in the cryptocurrency and blockchain space where non-fungible tokens (NFTs) are given away for free to eligible users, often as a promotional strategy or reward mechanism. Criteria to be eligible for NFT airdrops varies including; Holding a specific cryptocurrency or NFT from the same project, Participating in community activities, Being an early adopter or user of a platform and many more..This NFTs are most times tradeable on marketplace such OpenSea and Magic Eden.
Example: KaitoAI NFTs.
🔹Layer 2 Protocol Airdrops: With the growing adoption of Layer 2 solutions, projects like Arbitrum, Optimism, and zkSync have popularized airdrops rewarding early adopters. These typically target users who:
Bridge assets to L2 networks
Engage with protocol features
Maintain consistent activity over time
Participate in protocol governance.
What type of Airdrop excites you the most?