Counting in the image, there are a total of 132 phones. Assuming one machine farms 16 volume points/day + 2 balance points/day.

I. Initial capital

- 132 old phones (like IP X): About $150 x 132 = $20,000

- Proxy costs for changing IP for each machine

- Capital in wallets approximately $1,200 x 132 machines = $145,200

- Balance capital approximately $1,000 x 132 machines = $132,000 (taking 2 Balance points/day)

II. Volume farming capital

In the image, they farmed up to:

+ 21 points => Volume $2,097,152

+ 22 points => Volume $4,194,304

+ 23 points => Volume $8,388,608

I just asked a farmer with balance points of 2 points/day + 16 points corresponding to $65,536/day, they burn about $7 in fees/day => $105/15 days. If they don't win 2 airdrops, it's a loss.

If farming 17 points corresponding to $131,072/day, they burn about $14 in fees/day => $210/15 days. If they don't win 3 airdrops, it's a loss.

If the 132 phones farm at 16 points/day, it will cost about $14,000 in fees/15 days.

III. Profit and loss results

If according to the image above, the Chinese sorcerers spend:

- Initial costs: ~$300,000

- Volume farming capital: ~$14,000

Expected each machine has 18 points/day => 270 points/15 days, they will receive about 2.5 airdrops/15 days. Each airdrop $80 x 2.5 airdrops = $200/wallet.

=> $200/wallet x 132 wallets = $26,400.

Compared to the volume farming capital, the profit is nearly double, but to cover the initial costs, it takes about 6 months.

⚠️ Note

But this part, everyone needs to pay attention to in the left image:

- Balance Points are 4 points/day => Account has $100,000 or more.

- Farming volume over 20 points. For example: 21 points => Volume $2,097,152.

If the volume is 21 points like that, they burn about $210/day. In 15 days, they burn $3,150 to exchange for 315 points.

Assuming a Balance point of 4 points/day => 60 points + 315 volume points => 375 points, they have a chance to earn 9 airdrops/15 days, equivalent to 9 x $80 = $720 => Loss.

So why do they still farm?

- Recently, Binance discovered that you guys had created your own pools with Alpha Tokens, so they will incur much lower fees, allowing them to farm 21 points without losing $210 a day.

- Currently, Binance has banned this, so you can't do it this way anymore. Indeed, these guys have many tricks to evade the law.

People in MMO have many more tricks, for example, one Android phone but running multiple accounts through an emulator or headless cloud server phones. To farm, there’s an installation command for auto swap for all phones in the phone farm box.

I wonder if Binance has any solutions for this? If not, then the airdrops will all go to farmers, and the real users will end up with nothing => stop farming => the project won't airdrop anymore => Binance Alpha volume decreases => leads to a chain reaction.

I think soon Binance will have a new mechanism if they want to prioritize users. If only farming numbers for the chain or project, then farmers will be prioritized.