There are two major groups in the Web3 industry: those who speculate in coins and those who play airdrops.

Although there are fewer and fewer opportunities to get rich through airdrops nowadays, token distribution methods such as airdrops will always exist.

The entire Crypto industry is still in its early stages, and we are still among the early players, so we can still reap industry dividends through airdrops in the next two years.

For newcomers who have just entered the Web3 industry, airdrops are a good way to learn.

Because in the process of interacting with different projects, you can not only build your own cognition and methodology, but also have the opportunity to earn airdrops as positive feedback for learning.

So how do you get started with Airdrop?

No matter which field, newcomers can work from the three dimensions of Tao, technique, and weapon.

"Tao" is cognition, the cognition of the industry and the way of thinking. This requires long-term and accumulation before you can form your own thinking model.

"Skill" is methodology, a specific and practical method that can be broken down into different modules and abilities to guide our daily operations.

"Tools" are tools. Tools are used daily. If we want to do our job well, we must first sharpen our tools. Efficient tools can help us get twice the result with half the effort.

What is an airdrop?

When the project party issues tokens, it will distribute tokens to community members or specific user groups for free.

Why does the project side want to airdrop?

On the one hand, it is for the cold start of the project. Under the incentive of airdrop tokens, many wooly users will invest time or a small amount of money to participate in the product to complete the cold start;< /p>

AnotherOn the other hand, it encourages more people to participate in product development. The more people hold tokens, the more people will participate in using the product, the more prosperous the ecosystem will be, and the higher the token value will be, ultimately forming a positive cycle.

Of course, from a pure trading perspective, it is just to make a market. After the airdrop, the fund market will be even larger.

Then why do we want airdrops?

First of all, you must correct your mentality. Don't imagine that you can get rich through hair-raising, but accumulate the first pot of gold through hair-raising.

On the one hand, you can maintain market acumen, participate in more new projects, grasp the market development direction, and build your own project analysis capabilities; on the other hand, you can use " "Jinglu" earns a certain amount of income, which can be regarded as "Learn to Eran". Earning while learning provides positive feedback for one's own learning.

Finally, where is the airdrop?

The core has two dimensions: One is to choose a track. The Web3 industry actually has many subdivided tracks, so you must choose a track with a high ceiling. This is why the Layer 2 track often had big profits in the past, while pure application projects often had small profits. This is because the ceiling of public chains is higher than that of applications.

The second is to choose the leading event. No matter which track, you must focus on the leading event, and add another dragon or two at most. Many tracks basically have a double-leading structure. For example, in Layer 2, Arbitrum and Optimism are the absolute leaders; in the Inscription track, SATS and ORDI are the absolute leaders.

Okay, after understanding the above, you have basically established a basic understanding of airdrops.

However, this information is still far from enough. Global cognition and thinking models require long-term immersion in this industry to establish and require the accumulation of experience.

For Lu Airdrop, the most important two abilities are: project analysis ability and fund management ability.

(1) Project analysis ability

You must learn to research through a large amount of informationResearch and filter projects.

The most important thing is to target head projects: industry infrastructure and track leaders.

The criteria for judging head projects have many dimensions: team background, financing background, operating mechanism, technological innovation, product data, user reputation, etc.

Products that can bring user value and have decentralization goals (that is, they can issue tokens with high certainty) are worthy of airdrops.

The most important point is that you must experience the product yourself. When you have experienced enough products and a new product is placed in front of you, you will have a very good experience. Intuitive feelings and judgments.

Airdrop hunters are all in-depth experiencers of this industry.

(2) Fund management ability

There are many things to do here.

Anti-witch: A witch means one person controls many identities, so the project team will take a lot of anti-witch measures. For us, different wallet addresses need to be funded. Isolated and cannot have related transactions. (High-level isolation also includes device isolation, IP isolation, etc.)

Enrich on-chain data: interact with multiple chains, experience different products, and stay active.

Fund utilization efficiency: interact during times when network costs are low. One fish eats more. A certain amount of funds can do as many on-chain interactions as possible to reduce wear and tear.

Risk management: Especially for early-stage projects, the probability of running away or being attacked by hackers is very high, so funds must be segregated. For example, try not to put large amounts of funds into the project party's smart contract for a long time, and be careful to sign authorizations.

Cost control: Make cost calculations and divide them into Jinglu + Qianlu. Jinglu's wallet address will cost more network handling fees.

As can be seen from the specific process of Lu Airdrop, Lu Airdrop is a systematic project, which not only requires the establishment of project analysis capabilities, but also the need to understand the interactions on the chain. Systematic understanding of various scenarios.

The core is to find effective tools and information channels.

(1) Recommendation of commonly used tools:

DeFi analysis tool: Defillama, you can see the top DeFi applications of different public chain ecology.

Project background analysis tool: RootData , you can see the investment and financing status of each project.

Asset management tool: Debank, which can manage your own assets in one stop, with very complete asset coverage.

On-chain data analysis tool: Dune, You can find many valuable data dashboards

(2) Do the tasks:

No. Know which projects to pursue, these task platforms are the trendsetters

The most recommended one is Cryptopedia of OKX Wallet. It will select many well-known projects with airdrops and will provide additional prize pools. Therefore, I will participate in every event, and the actual rewards I received in the end were unexpected.

Wallet platform:

OKX Wallet’s Cryptopedia

Binance Wallet’s airdrop platform

Bitget wallet’s currency earning center

Task platform: -Galxe: Established mission platform

Layer3: Newly issued mission platform

RabbitHole: Ancient mission platform

QuestN: Emerging Task Platform

(3) Establish information channels:

Here I just give some ideas and share some Lu Airdrop bloggers that I often read. There are many Lu Airdrop teachers not listed.

Bing Frog@Ice_Frog666666: Sharing the way of thinking

Fengmi@KuiGas: Sharing practical experience

sanyi@sanyi_eth_: Emphasis on technical guidance

Hebi@hebi555: Detect early-stage projects in advance

zhaozhao@0xzhaozhao: Provides systematic methodology

Zhuifeng@ZF_lab: Summary and sharing of daily projects

无 Yan@WY_mask: Summary and sharing of daily projects

Prophet@Crypto_He: Summary and sharing of daily projects

Finally, the simplest thing is to take the first step, buy some digital assets, and then experience some decentralized applications. Only in this way can you have a personal feel for this industry.

You will never learn to swim if you just stand on the shore and watch. If you don't get into the water, you will never learn to swim.