🧩 How Studios Dominate the Airdrop
Studio Accounts = High Volume
There are about 30,000 spots, with studios occupying roughly 20,000.
They don’t claim them all—only enough to ensure they capture most of the unclaimed share
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Unclaimed Slots Refill the Pool
The remaining 10,000 spots go unclaimed—but rather than vanish, those slots get replenished, typically scooped up by the same studio-controlled wallets
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Studios use this to reallocate claim rights, essentially expanding their take while appearing to claim less.
Crafty Claiming Strategy
Instead of one account claiming one drop, a single “studio” account can cherry-pick from multiple retail-eligible slots.
Suppose they pick the best 10,000 claims—that effectively means they’re using 10,000 studio accounts to claim 15,000 airdrops, if you do the math
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Retail Block-Out
With studios staying low-key, retail users may get cues that "'front row' accounts didn’t claim."
But in reality? Those are just different studio-controlled wallets never intending to claim, deliberately blocking real folks from getting in.
🧮 Rough Number Example
Total spots: 30K
Studio-controlled: 20K
They claim: Only 10K accounts
Unclaimed remain: 10K, which refill…
Result: Studios still end up with ~15K claims, spread across fewer wallets
🛑 Key Takeaway
🚨 Stop thinking “front row” = real users. It’s all managed.
Studios intentionally leave slots vacant to optimize total claims.
Retail users are effectively barred or marginalized—even if they do sign up.