In a laid-back approach to claiming airdrops, over seven weeks, with ten accounts, I earned a total of over twelve thousand, with each account earning at least a bit, and one account earned me 8178.
If you want to earn money by claiming airdrops, you must pay attention to witch prevention when opening multiple accounts.
Recently, when the Sign airdrop was announced, discussions about 'witch addresses being banned' have increased. The project teams are also becoming stricter in checking for witches.
The key is that I didn’t properly claim with these ten accounts; I even took a break for a while. The teacher reminded me in the group about claiming airdrops, and that’s when I remembered I had done this project.
With just a few accounts, I've earned enough for my little one's milk powder for half a year. My husband can no longer say that I'm doing something meaningless. I feel very confident and motivated now.
But actually, looking back, when I first started claiming airdrops, I didn't consider witch prevention at all, and I hadn't established that awareness. It was only later that I learned more and understood some principles, and realized how much luck was involved.
Back then, claiming airdrops could be said to be entirely without method, and I never expected to evade the project team's witch screening.
1. Manual operation throughout, without a fixed rhythm.
I really don't understand bulk scripting. Many projects I worked on didn't require any three-piece set. Opening multiple browsers is relatively simple for beginners; the teacher only needs to demonstrate twice for them to get it. Just pay attention to some small details.
I belong to the category of those with poor intuition; before operating, I have to pull up the recording to see how the teacher taught it, then follow along. Interactions are completely random; when I have time, I do a couple of claims, and when I don’t, I leave it alone. When the kids are restless, I can’t even be bothered to open my wallet all day.
2. The projects are mixed, and there are multiple chains, but I never stubbornly focus on just one.
Sometimes I start off quite interested in a project, but I lose patience midway through and switch to the next one.
The projects interacted with in one wallet are often a jumbled mess.
Looking back at my early operations, they happen to align with the 'behavior patterns that the project team hopes to see'.
The project's airdrop goals are to reward real users who contribute to the project, but this has also attracted many studios and script operators who create bulk interaction data for the sake of airdrops. Therefore, the project team needs to filter and select genuine users as much as possible.
How to judge if you resemble a 'real user'? The project team may look at these.
1. Is there bulk interaction behavior?
A batch of addresses performing the exact same interactions in a short time can easily be deemed as scripted. Scripted volume usually only mechanically fulfills the minimum interaction requirements. For instance, if 20 accounts have the same operation path from A→B→C→A at the same time, it can easily be seen as bulk operations by the same person.
The project team will select addresses that participated in interactions over a period and compare the consistency of interaction paths before and after to determine authenticity. Therefore, spacing out the time, staggering the steps, and allowing interactions to be random can make it appear more like a real user’s operation.
2. Do you widely interact across multiple chains?
If all accounts concentrate on just one chain or project, it will attract attention, and it doesn't seem like 'real usage'. A real user wouldn’t only play one project; appropriately trying out multiple projects and cross-chain interactions can enrich and naturalize your on-chain behavior. Thus, this explains why I have managed to claim airdrops by working on various projects and switching frequently.
In addition, they will look at:
3. Source of the initial wallet transfer, are there any associations between addresses, is the withdrawal path natural?
Whether the transfer is from a centralized exchange or if it is the same address distributing to other sub-addresses. Decentralized addresses are anonymous; while the addresses are public, it’s uncertain who owns them, but they are also transparent, as all transaction records can be publicly queried. Thus, based on on-chain behavior, one can find traces of associated addresses. Therefore, wallets should never transfer funds to each other. It’s best to withdraw all funds from exchanges to accounts; normal users also regularly withdraw small amounts and won’t conduct bulk operations. When aggregating funds, they shouldn't all be consolidated into the same address, and wallet addresses should be well-isolated.
4. Regarding IPs, I also want to share my thoughts.
At first, I didn't pay much attention to IPs, but later I found out that there aren't many projects that check IPs. Most use fingerprint browsers to implement the 'three-piece set' strategy for maintaining accounts. However, the mainnet project's interaction doesn't require this three-piece set. If you have a lot of accounts, I still recommend preparing some IPs. For someone like me who is taking care of kids while working on projects, time and energy are limited. Managing too many accounts can actually lead to problems. To save costs, sharing one IP among two or three accounts is fine. It can reduce the cost of creating accounts without risking total failure.
So how should beginners 'prevent witches'?
Understanding the principles clearly enables clearer actions. For beginners, my advice is:
Don't pursue scale; quality is more important. Instead of opening dozens of accounts to claim in bulk, it’s better to carefully nurture a few accounts and maintain a few naturally used accounts. Don’t just copy and paste dozens of accounts. We’re not a studio, so there's no need to create an 'airdrop matrix'. Initial operations are difficult and prone to errors, and it can easily lead to losses. Consider yourself a web3 player and start exploring and experiencing.
Do not trust 'quick scripts', three-piece set tutorials.
No matter how smart the script is, it can't compete with the data analysis capabilities of the project team. The key is that many times, once marked, the entire address history can be 'blacklisted'.
Tutorials are everywhere; the expensive part isn't the tutorial itself but understanding the essence of the matter so you know what to do. The biggest mistake with the three-piece set is that it is useless for mainnet project interactions and misleads people into thinking claiming airdrops is about 'quantity' (some studios rely on selling the three-piece set at high prices to make money).
Wallet management should be clearer.
I use these wallets quite often now:
MetaMask: A well-established wallet, easy to switch addresses, stable.
Rabby: Allows for interaction previews, high security; many times, I'm afraid of clicking on phishing sites.
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 of two, dealing with family chores and having limited energy, I’m not a tech expert and I don't expect claiming airdrops to make me rich. It’s just an attempt in the gaps of my life. However, because I don’t treat it as a 'task to accumulate', it naturally leaves 'traces of real user behavior'.
Claiming airdrops is becoming increasingly competitive, with a significant information gap. Many times, I simply don’t know which direction to take. Sometimes, I feel lost after following several rounds without any returns. That sense of helplessness can be very tormenting.
So now I focus more on stability and long-term accumulation, not seeking to get rich quickly but rather to steadily continue finding the right rhythm and maintaining a slow but steady flow.
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