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The most undiluted take about the current state of airdrops Airdrops today are in a very strange phase. They are no longer simple reward moments for early users. They are now user acquisition and distribution experiments. And most people haven’t fully adjusted to that reality yet. 1) The golden era is clearly over 2020-2022 airdrops were honestly ridiculous. You could swap once, bridge once and sign up early and walk away with $3k - $20k+ (UNI, ENS, DYDX etc). Projects were: • heavily funded • competing aggressively for users • trying to bootstrap ecosystems quickly So distribution was very generous. Today, every project has seen that playbook. Very few teams want to repeat huge one-time airdrops to users who will just claim, sell, and move on. 2) Farming became too industrialized This is the biggest reason things changed. Airdrops are no longer curious early users exploring new tech. They are now organized farming operations. - Multi-wallet farms - Automation scripts - Identity spoofing - Incentive gaming - Entire Telegram groups coordinating behaviour Projects are reacting by shrinking allocations, adding vesting, introducing proof-of-human systems, and rewarding contribution instead of raw activity. So, some projects are just becoming more defensive. 3) Expectations are still stuck in the past This is the psychological mismatch. Users still expect: “If I grind hard enough I deserve life-changing money.” Projects now think: “If we give you $50-$300 in tokens, that’s already meaningful distribution.” That gap creates frustration, and frustration creates the narrative that airdrops are dead. They’re not dead. They got harder. 4) Attention farming replaced transaction farming This is a major structural shift. Before it was simple: bridge, swap, mint and vote. Now it looks different: People post, join spaces, build tools and moderate communities. Distribution is slowly moving from capital proof to social and builder proof. Projects increasingly want believers, contributors, marketers, builders and culture carriers. 5) Token economics also got worse Let’s be honest. Most TGEs now launch at very high FDV, with low float and heavy unlock schedules. So even if you receive an airdrop, price often nukes early, liquidity is thin and upside feels capped. Airdrops feel smaller partly because tokens themselves are structurally weaker at launch. 6) The real truth most people don’t want to hear Airdrops are still good. But they are now skill-based, timing-based, and narrative-based. Not just grind-based. People who understand cycles, build reputation, position early, and choose the right ecosystems are still making serious money. The average farmer copying guides is mostly getting crumbs. 7) Where I think this goes next We are entering contribution-weighted airdrops. - Reputation scores - Social graph signals - Onchain behaviour quality - Developer and creator rewards - AI-verified uniqueness Airdrops may start looking more like career ladders. ✅ My blunt conclusion Airdrops didn’t die. They matured and became harder. Free money disappeared and smart positioning became the edge. The real question now is not: “How do I farm more?” It is: “How do I become valuable to distribution systems?” That’s the real meta.

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