Airdrop Discovery Guide: How to Efficiently Screen High-Quality Projects?
🔍 Discovery Channels
Official Ecological Channels:
Follow the official blogs/forums of mainstream public chains (such as Ethereum, Solana, Cosmos), as airdrops often reward early ecological participants.
Examples: Airdrops from Arbitrum and Celestia are distributed through ecological contributions.
Social Media Monitoring:
Twitter (#Airdrop, #DeFi), Discord (project announcement channels).
Tools: Airdrop Alert (aggregation platform), DeFiLlama (tracking new protocols).
On-Chain Data:
Use Etherscan or Dune Analytics to analyze active contracts and identify potential airdrops (such as new protocols with a surge in interactions).
✅ Evaluation Criteria
Team Background: Check the core members' resumes on LinkedIn/official website; be cautious with anonymous teams.
Token Utility: Is there a real use case (governance, staking, etc.), avoid purely speculative projects.
Community Activity: Number of members on Discord/TG, frequency of developer submissions (GitHub).
Interaction Threshold: High-quality airdrops usually require real product use (such as lending, LP provision), rather than just filling out forms.
💎 Recent Case: Starknet (STRK)
Why High-Quality:
Leading Ethereum Layer 2 project, team comes from StarkWare (strong technical backing).
Airdrop covers early users/developers, with tokens used for governance and paying gas fees.
Screening Logic:
2023 interaction testnet + mainnet contracts, meeting the “ecological contribution” standard.
🚨 Pitfall Guide
Beware of airdrops that require “paid participation” or ask for private keys.
Prioritize low market cap projects (FDV<100 million) to avoid being dumped by whales.
Summary: High-Quality Airdrop = Ecological Endorsement + Real Demand + Low Speculative Attributes. Stay active on-chain and focus on interactions with top projects!
