Author: Yue Xiaoyu

The users on the chain can be roughly divided into three categories: airdrop players, DeFi players, and trading players.

Airdrop Players: This type of player focuses on participating in airdrop activities of Web3 projects, and obtains token rewards at low cost or even zero cost. Their goal is usually to make short-term profits, often called "hair-fighting party".

DeFi players: This type of user is keen on DeFi, earning profits by providing liquidity, pledge, lending, arbitrage, etc., and pursuing more stable long-term returns.

Trading player: In fact, here we refer to meme coins players, mainly speculation, hoping to catch the golden dog and get rich.

These three types of user groups have very significant characteristics. I use the radar map to make a comprehensive comparison. You can see which type of players you belong to and which type of players you want to become.

The overall size is divided into 5 comparative dimensions: technical ability, risk preference, time investment, community participation and profit expectations.

The score range is 1-5 (1 lowest, 5 highest).

First, the conclusion is:

Airdrop player: The radar chart presents a shape that is biased towards "time investment", with medium technical capabilities and community participation, low risk preference and return expectations, forming a relatively balanced but inward-facing pentagon.

DeFi players: The radar chart highlights "technical capabilities" and "risk preferences", with high returns expectations, but low community participation and time investment, forming a graph that expands outward but narrows the bottom.

meme currency trading players: The radar chart strongly tends to "risk preference", "return expectations", and "community participation", with low technical capabilities, forming an overall outward-looking graph.

You can consider combining it with your behavioral preferences:

If you are a person with plenty of time and nothingIf you are a person with a low capital and risk appetite, then you are suitable for an airdrop player; if you are a technology-driven person, who likes research and has a certain amount of funds, then you can become a DeFi player; if you are a person who likes speculation, can withstand high risks and expects to get rich by trading, then you can consider becoming a meme coin player.

The following is a specific analysis:

1. Technical capabilities of airdrop players (3/5): You need to master basic blockchain operations (such as wallet usage, interactive test network), but you do not need to have an in-depth understanding of smart contracts or complex DeFi mechanisms.

Risk preference (2/5): The risk is low, because the investment cost is usually only time and a small amount of gas fees, and there is no big loss if there is no failure.

Time investment (4/5): It takes a lot of time to research new projects and complete tasks (such as Discord activities, test interactions) to ensure that airdrop opportunities are not missed.

Community participation (3/5): Active in platforms such as Discord and Twitter, but more to complete tasks than to deeply participate in community culture.

Return expectations (3/5): Expect to obtain considerable returns through airdrops, but due to the uneven project quality, the return uncertainty is high.

2. DeFi players

Technical capabilities (4/5): It is necessary to understand complex DeFi protocols (such as Uniswap, Aave), fund pool mechanisms and risk management (such as impermanent losses).

Risk Preference (4/5): Willing to assume higher risks (such as smart contract vulnerabilities, market volatility), but usually reduce losses by diversifying investment.

Time investment (3/5): It requires regular monitoring of the market and adjustment of strategies, but it does not require frequent operations like airdrop players.

Community participation (2/5): Focus more on personal gains than community activities, and the participation is relatively low unless governance voting is involved.

Returnover expectations (4/5): pursue a stable and high annualized rate of return (such as 10%-100%) and not very interested in getting rich in the short term.

3. Traders

Technical capabilities (2/5): Simple operation, only basic wallet and transaction knowledge are required, without deep technical understanding.

Risk preference (5/5): Very high risk tolerance, willing to participate in projects with a high probability of "zeroing back" and pursue the dream of "100 times coin".

Time investment (4/5): It mainly relies on market sentiment and hot spots, so it needs to sit and sweep the chain, pay attention to community dynamics at all times, and invest a lot of time.

Community participation (5/5): It is highly active in Meme coin communities (such as Twitter and Telegram), and promotes price increases through hype and dissemination.

Return to (5/5): It expects super high returns (such as a hundred times or even a thousand times), but the success rate is extremely low, and it is more of a gambling mentality.

Summary

No matter which type of player you are, there is no best, only the one that suits you the most, so you need to find the track that suits you the most.

For me, my learning path is:

From the initial airdrop players, you can also get profits while experiencing product learning projects;

To later DeFi players, further understand the protocol and on-chain operations, and earn profits by mining everywhere;

To today's on-chain trading players, catch up with popular narratives and look for wealth passwords on the chain.

My identity and positioning have changed many times, but what remains unchanged is that I have been constantly learning new things and constantly breaking through myselfThe limitations of the industry are striving to keep up with the pace of rapid development.

Find a track that suits you, and then move forward!