Can you make money just by talking? Unveiling the new airdrop play of 'mouth mining' in the crypto space! ❤️

'Mouth mining' (also known as 'cloud mining') is a new type of airdrop method in the crypto space (especially in the Web3 domain), which refers to earning rewards by posting, commenting, or analyzing projects on social media, rather than the traditional 'mining' that requires on-chain interactions (such as trading, staking, etc.).

Core Features

1. Social Driven: Publish content on platforms like X and Discord to earn airdrops (such as Kaito's 'Yap-to-Earn').

2. Zero Cost High Yield: No gas fees or staking required, earning solely through content output, with some KOLs earning thousands of tokens from a single tweet.

3. Marketing Tool for Projects: By incentivizing user discussions to create buzz, attracting early interest.

Reasons for Emergence:

High costs of on-chain interactions (such as Ethereum gas fees of $5-$30), unstable returns.

Witch detection (such as Arkham) makes it difficult for ordinary users to obtain airdrops.

Project teams are more inclined to reward content disseminators to enhance buzz.

Future Trends

May evolve into 'InfoFi' (information finance), where influence is directly monetized, and even the emergence of a systematic 'communication DAO'.

'Mouth mining' signifies a shift in airdrop logic from 'proof of action' to 'proof of information', though controversial, it has become a key strategy for Web3 growth and may further institutionalize in the future.