Adopting a laid-back approach to airdrops, over seven weeks, with ten accounts, I ended up with a total of over 12,000, with each account having received some, the most being 8,178.
If you want to make money through airdrops, be sure to pay attention to witch prevention when opening multiple accounts.
Recently, when Sign airdrop came out, the discussion about 'witch addresses being banned' became more frequent. The project team is also becoming stricter in checking for witches.
The key is that I didn’t really work hard on these ten accounts; I even took a break in between. My teacher reminded me in the group about claiming airdrops, and that’s when I remembered I had participated in that project.
Just a few accounts earned enough for my baby’s formula for half a year, and my husband no longer says I’m doing something without a name. I feel very confident and motivated.
But actually, looking back, I didn't consider witch prevention at all when I first participated in airdrops, and I hadn't established that awareness. It was only after learning more and understanding some principles that I realized how much luck played a role in my success.
Back then, participating in airdrops was completely chaotic, and I never expected to evade the project's witch screening.
1. All manual operations, no fixed rhythm.
I really don’t understand what script batching is. For many projects, I don't need any three-piece set; opening multiple browsers is still relatively easy for beginners. The teacher can teach it twice, and you just need to pay attention to small details.
I consider myself to have poor comprehension; before operating, I have to pull up the recording to see how the teacher taught and then follow along. Interactions are completely random; I do it when I have time and leave it when I don't. When the child is restless, I often don't even bother to open my wallet.
2. Many projects, many chains, but I never stubbornly stick to one.
Sometimes I find a project interesting at first, but then I lose patience while browsing and switch to the next one.
The projects interacted with in one wallet are often fragmented.
Looking back at my early operations, I just happened to hit the 'behavior pattern' that the project team wants to see.
The goal of the project team’s airdrop is to reward real users who have contributed to the project, but this also attracts many studios and script operators who create interaction data in bulk just for airdrops. Therefore, the project team needs to filter and select real users as much as possible.
How to determine if you resemble a 'real user'? The project team might look at these.
1. Are there batch interaction behaviors?
If a batch of addresses performs the exact same interaction in a short time, it is easy to be regarded as a script. Script actions often just mechanically fulfill the minimum interaction requirements. For example, if 20 accounts all have the same operational path from A→B→C→A at the same time, it can easily be considered as bulk operations by the same person.
The project team will select addresses that have interacted over a period of time and compare the consistency of interaction paths before and after to make a judgment. Therefore, spreading out the time and staggering the steps, with interactions coming randomly, makes it appear more like real users operating.
2. Whether there are extensive interactions across multiple chains.
If all accounts are concentrated on just one chain or project, it will attract attention and doesn't seem like 'real use'. A real user wouldn’t only play one project; appropriately trying out multiple projects and cross-chain interactions makes your account's on-chain behavior richer and more natural. This also explains why I can get airdrops despite doing various projects and switching often.
In addition, they will also look at:
3. The source of the wallet's first transfer, whether there are associations between addresses, and whether the withdrawal path is natural.
Whether it is transferred from a centralized exchange or the same address distributing to other sub-addresses. Decentralized addresses are anonymous; the addresses are public, but it's unclear who owns them. However, they also have transparency; all transaction records are public and can be queried. Therefore, based on on-chain behavior, one can find traces of associated addresses. So, wallet addresses should avoid transferring funds to each other, and it's best for all funds to be withdrawn from the exchange to the account. Normal users also regularly withdraw small amounts; they won't be conducting bulk transactions. When consolidating funds, do not accumulate them all into the same address; wallet addresses should be well-isolated.
4. About IP, I also want to say something.
At first, I didn’t pay much attention to IPs. Later, I learned that not many projects check IPs; most use fingerprint browsers to implement the 'three-piece set' account nurturing strategy. However, the mainnet project interactions do not require the three-piece set. If you have many accounts, I still suggest preparing some IPs. For someone like me, who is managing kids while working on projects, my time and energy are limited. Having too many accounts can easily lead to problems. To save costs, sharing two or three accounts with one IP is okay; it can reduce the cost of account creation and won't lead to complete failure.
So, how should beginners 'defend against witches'?
Understanding the principles clearly allows for clearer actions. For beginners, my advice is
Do not pursue scale; quality is more important. Instead of opening dozens of accounts to participate in airdrops, it is better to carefully nurture a few accounts and maintain a few naturally used accounts. Don’t just copy and paste dozens; we are not a studio and don’t need to create an 'airdrop matrix'. Early operations are not easy and can lead to mistakes, which can be counterproductive. Consider yourself a web3 player and explore.
Do not trust 'quick scripts', the three-piece set tutorials.
No matter how smart the script is, it cannot match the project team's data analysis capabilities. The key is that many times once marked, the entire address history may be 'blacklisted'.
There are plenty of tutorials out there; the expensive part is not the tutorials but understanding the essence of things to know what you need to do. The biggest 'mistake' of the three-piece set is that it is useless for mainnet project interactions and makes people mistakenly think that participating in airdrops is about 'quantity' (some studios profit by selling the three-piece set at high prices).
Wallet management should be clearer.
I currently use these wallets more frequently:
Little Fox (MetaMask): An established wallet, convenient for switching addresses, stable.
Rabby: You can preview interactions, high security; often worried about clicking on phishing websites.
Ouyi Wallet: Supports multiple chains, making it more convenient for multi-chain projects, suitable for new projects/cross-chain operations.
Lastly, I want to say:
As a full-time mom with a second child, dealing with family chores and having fragmented energy, I am not a tech expert, nor do I expect participating in airdrops to make me rich. Participating in airdrops is just an attempt in the gaps of my life. But because I didn’t treat it as a 'task to complete', I naturally left 'traces of real user behavior'.
Now, participating in airdrops is becoming increasingly competitive, and there is a significant information gap; often, I simply don't know which direction to take. At times, I lose my sense of direction, working hard through several rounds without any return, and that feeling of helplessness is very tormenting.
So now I value stability and long-term accumulation more; I do not seek to get rich quickly but rather to find a sustainable small and steady rhythm.
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