While most DeFi projects are still using 'token issuance + incentives' to attract users, Spark's SPK airdrop mechanism has quietly entered the next stage: using airdrops to screen users in reverse.
Spark is not in a hurry to issue tokens, nor is it indulging in FOMO, but has designed a complex incentive system (Pre-Farming → Ignition → Overdrive), with only one purpose:
Find truly suitable 'investment-type DeFi users' for the Spark system.
1. What kind of users does Spark want?
From the design of multiple stages, it can be seen that the ideal user profile envisioned by Spark includes the following categories:
(1) On-chain depositor-type users:
Able to hold stablecoins like USDS, DAI, sDAI, sUSDC for a long time, and willing to use them in Spark's savings module.
(2) Leverage scheduling users:
Understand how to borrow USDS by collateralizing ETH-like assets, then return to the Spark savings pool for circulation to increase compound interest efficiency.
(3) Multi-protocol overlapping users:
Also participated in blue-chip protocols like Aave, Morpho, Pendle, Curve, and has actual interaction traces across multiple networks.
(4) Staking binding users:
Willing to lock and stake SPK obtained from airdrops, and willing to maintain a locked state for more than 2 weeks to enhance governance binding.
2. Why is this called a 'modeling experiment'?
Spark's airdrop system is essentially a distributed financial user modeling:
(1) Replace traditional KYC with behavioral scoring;
(2) Identify funding paths instead of 'who is the most active';
(3) Use governance binding to verify long-term trust willingness.
Compared to one-time rewards of 'issuing tokens → exchanging for money', Spark is more concerned with: Will this person continue to use Spark in the future? Will they become a stable depositor and governance participant in the system?
3. Airdrops are not just rewards but starting points for collaboration.
When you receive SPK and stake to participate in Spark's savings or liquidity mining, you have actually already:
(1) Opened a financial connection with the protocol;
(2) Joined Spark's governance points system;
(3) Became a collaborative node in the 'on-chain bank'.
The value of SPK is not just about how much it can be sold for in the secondary market, but whether it can become a long-term binding certificate between DeFi users and platforms.
4. Summary:
The design of the SPK airdrop is not flashy, but extremely focused on logic and selection. Spark is building a 'financial behavior recognition system'—attempting to grant governance rights, income rights, and participation rights only to those who truly save, borrow, and understand asset efficiency within the protocol.
This is not just an airdrop, but an 'account rating experiment' in the DeFi world.