When I saw the Notcoin airdrop page with the 'claim airdrop' button flashing so much that it was hard to click, I was tempted to think, 'Just wait a few days to claim and then leave.' However, after I did some data statistics, I found that if you only accept airdrops without participating in governance or interaction, your hot and cold wallets will be marked by the system and subsequently filtered out of the reward range.
Specifically, I traced a wallet that only used it to claim airdrops, without voting, submitting proposals, or participating in discussions. After being marked, starting from the 6th day, the airdrop amount was reduced by 50%. This is a mechanism driving users away from 'decentralized farming,' pushing participants towards longer-term interaction.
I tested 5 wallets, comparing two behaviors: only 'claiming airdrops' versus 'claiming + participating in governance'. I found that the airdrop receipt rate for 'claiming + participating in governance' was on average 35% higher. This is a concise and efficient feedback mechanism that prevents bots from easily harvesting and leaving, instead genuinely filtering participants.
In writing this experience, I used on-chain scripts to capture the changes in parameters and rewards, and also verified the clarity of the transactions from the first three days. Some say this is not transparent? I say everything can be checked on-chain, and the parameters are right in the smart contract. They don't change, and that's just fine.
To summarize: Notcoin airdrops are not the end point, but rather the ticket for users to enter the circle. There is a somewhat quirky yet fair screening mechanism that makes the participants more genuine. This 'phoenix mechanism' provides much more than many projects that claim to govern their communities without any action.
