CHASING AIRDROPS

My first airdrop happened almost by chance (and the same for the second one). I performed a task on Steemhunt which earned me a few tokens I wanted to cash out and the only way I could do that was via Uniswap. This $5 transaction ended up turning into a $2000 airdrop.

The next airdrop I got was via Hive. Now for those of you who do not know Hive was airdropped to former members of the steem community after the split. So most people had an equal amount of Hive and steem in their account. It is quite surreal thinking about it right now, but most of my big wins in the crypto sphere have been through airdrops ( and occasional pumps). Nevertheless, I have never really valued airdrops.

My early days in the crypto space were marred by my taste for free internet money. I would perform a few tasks and submit my ERC20 address in hopes of some free money which never came, but that was not the worst scenario. In some cases, people got hacked and lost the money they had. So I had vowed to avoid airdrops-seeking activities, but that has changed.

Most of my activities outside Hive are geared towards seeking alpha. I have joined a few trusted groups, and playing the long game in terms of earning airdrops. I have done the maths and it is a safe bet. Landing a $2000-$5000 airdrop in a year is almost guaranteed if you put in the work, and to be frank, this is not something I can easily make creating content on Hive–which is more of a passion than a money-seeking endeavour.

Also, airdrops have become quite meaningful. For instance there are a few testnets I am currently using on Ethereum EVMs in which I give meaningful feedback. It doesn’t feel like chasing free money because I engage in some meaningful activity by exploring other chains and I believe this sort of exposure is necessary if you want to make it in the crypto space.

I believe in loyalty and seeing a project through to the very end. Luckily for me, I have found that one project–Hive. However, I also believe in exploring this vast untrapped land of crypto. This ensures that you capitalise on trends and reinvest in projects you believe in with the proceeds from your activities.

With that being said, it is almost important to note here that airdrop seeking can be a dangerous endeavour that exposes one to various hacks and should be avoided if possible. It also does not guarantee anything. Your time and energy spent might amount to nothing, so if this isn’t something you have the stomach for, it is advisable to ignore the airdrop space.

For me, airdrop-seeking is something I do in my spare time when I am not running my business or making content. I do not have any great expectations with this sort of venture, but if you know anything about the crypto space you will understand that ‘luck’ is a big factor in determining winners both in the long and short run. Cheers

I also went to use this opportunity to invite you to the leofinance adoption campaign on Zealy. You stand the chance of winning from the $10,000 prize pool. To join kindly click here and perform all the available tasks.

Here are also other Zealy campaigns I am currently exploring:

• SUISWAP
• ZETACHAIN
• OPENPAD

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