#Alpha The rules have been updated again and again! This time, they are playing “blind box-style airdrops” directly, no longer revealing the specific projects in advance. As a veteran player who has been in Alpha for a long time, I think this adjustment is a double-edged sword for us ordinary players. Below, I will analyze the advantages and disadvantages of this adjustment, based on the current point rules, airdrop mechanism, and market feedback. If you have different opinions, feel free to leave a message in the comment section to discuss!
One. Potential Benefits: The Scales of Fairness Begin to Tilt
1. Unpopular Projects Usher in Spring
In the past, when the project name was announced in advance, players, like shrewd hunters, would only target projects with high expectations, such as AI and public chain projects. Unpopular projects were ignored. But with the new rules, all projects are “anonymized.” Neither studios nor retail investors can pick and choose in advance; they can only participate in all airdrops honestly. As a result, those overlooked unpopular, high-quality projects can receive uniform traffic and may even become dark horses!
2. The Advantage of Studios No Longer Exists
Studios used to rely on information asymmetry, early planning, hoarding relevant tokens, and performing specific chain transactions to take all the advantages. But now that the rules have been updated, their data mining and resource allocation efficiency has been greatly reduced. The gap between us retail investors and them has suddenly narrowed, and we can finally compete on the same starting line!
3. Point Competition is No Longer Intense
Each time you claim an airdrop, it consumes 15 points. Now that the project is unknown, players will start to hesitate. Some high-score users may choose to give up, which is equivalent to reducing the competitive pressure at the top. For example, if a user with 200 points doesn't claim, the threshold for subsequent airdrops may quickly drop to 185 points, giving low-to-mid-score players more opportunities. Isn't that great?
Two. Significant Disadvantages: Decision-Making Dilemma and Increased Risk
1. Blind Box-Style Adventure
Now, claiming airdrops is like opening a blind box, with no idea what's inside. It also costs 15 points, which is almost 1.5 days of activity cost. If you're unlucky and receive low-liquidity tokens, like ZKJ and KOGE before, you may start losing money as soon as you claim them. The average airdrop revenue recently is only 70U. If you encounter a bad project, the revenue may be less than 30U, which can't even cover the transaction friction. It's too loss-making!
2. Point Strategy Completely Disrupted
Previously, players could focus on accumulating points for high-value projects, such as PublicAI, which required 240 points, and plan in advance. But now, the rules have changed, and everyone has to “cast a wide net,” brushing more than 16 points every day to maintain a high score. However, this makes it impossible to allocate points accurately. Perhaps when a truly high-value airdrop is released, you won’t have enough points. Who can handle that!
3. Cumbersome Verification, Poor Experience
Some users have reported that frequent face verification pop-ups appear when claiming airdrops, and two verifications are required: a pre-check and a formal verification. In the absence of knowing the project's value, such a cumbersome verification process can easily lead players to abandon the operation. As a result, points are consumed in vain, with no gains at all. It's like losing both the bait and the fish.
Three. A Guide for Ordinary Players to Break the Situation
Analysis of Advantages
This rule adjustment is clearly aimed at “equalizing wealth.” The advantage of studios has been weakened, and low-to-mid-score players can more easily pick up the slack and obtain the remaining airdrops. Moreover, the project’s traffic distribution is healthier, and there will no longer be a situation where everyone flocks to hype up certain projects. The market environment has become more benign.
Analysis of Disadvantages
However, we must admit that this adjustment has greatly increased the decision-making cost for individuals. The benefits have become uncertain, and the risk of trial and error is also higher. Every time you claim an airdrop, it's like betting at a gambling table, with no confidence!
Suggestions to Break the Situation
1. Conservatives: Focus on the “Second Stage Reduced Points Airdrop.” The starting point for points in this stage is 200 points, using lower points to exchange for trial and error opportunities. Even if the project is not ideal, the loss is within an acceptable range. Players who seek stability can try it.
2. Radicals: Maintain the bottom line of 16 points per day and adopt a "full collection strategy." Anyway, rely on probability, collect more, and there will always be a few that can break even or even make money, believe in the law of large numbers, take a gamble, and a bicycle can become a motorcycle!
3. Tech-Savvy: Prioritize using Binance Wallet, which can reduce transaction friction. At the same time, use on-chain tools to monitor new project contracts, identify potential high-value airdrops in advance, and make early plans. With technology in hand, I have the profits!
This Alpha rule update is essentially an upgraded game between the platform and the studios. We retail investors have to find a strategy that suits us between increased fairness and information black box.