Great model — shows how an airdrop can be more than a giveaway. I could see myself applying similar ideas for my token later.

Somnia ($SOMI) Airdrop Strategy: From Wide Distribution to Lasting Network Effects
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Somnia’s community airdrop is designed less as a giveaway and more as a growth engine. By targeting testers, creators, developers, and power users, the Foundation distributes tokens directly to groups most likely to generate content, feedback, and apps—critical inputs for a consumer-scale L1.

🔹 Dual-track distribution: On-chain airdrops recognize early contributors, while exchange-facilitated campaigns expand reach. Binance, for example, ran a 30M SOMI HODLer Airdrop to BNB stakers, immediately followed by day-one spot listings. This sequencing solved the common “I received tokens, now what?” problem by pairing distribution with instant liquidity.

🔹 Engagement loop: Somnia’s Quest portal converts recipients into regulars through tasks, referrals, and leaderboards. Completing actions earns points, creating feedback loops where education, activity, and social growth reinforce one another. Referral mechanics raise the network’s viral coefficient by encouraging users to bring peers into active experiences.

🔹 Sustainable design: The Community allocation explicitly funds multiple waves of airdrops, while Ecosystem funds support builders and partners. Combined with Somnia’s fee model—50% of gas burned, 50% paid to validators—the airdrop-triggered activity later reduces supply and strengthens validator economics.

Speculative note: If quests and referrals succeed in activating creators at scale, Somnia could accelerate the flywheel where distribution fuels usage, usage drives burns, and burns increase token scarcity.

In short, Somnia’s airdrop is less about claiming and selling, and more about seeding participants, compounding engagement, and embedding growth into the token economy itself.