Quote from: HabBear on February 16, 2018, 06:09:49 PM

Quote from: Alexander_Z on February 16, 2018, 01:33:26 PM

Airdrops are completely free, one does not earn the coins or tokens, but simply receives them.

Airdrops are not completely free. The definitoin of an Airdrop is commonly confused.

An Airdrop only occurs as the result of a hard fork attempt.

So to participate in an Airdrop you actually need to own tokens in the cryptocurrency that is target for the hard fork attempt, so technically it's not free. E.g., to have participated in the Bitcoin Cash airdrop you needed to own Bitcoin.

Does this help clarify?

So ICOs and Airdrops are very similar in the sense that that they relate to the creation of a new token. It's the path by which the developers wish to introduce the new cryptocurrency that makes the difference.

Below is a prime example of the misunderstanding many people have about Airdrops. The explanation below is not an Airdrop. The explanation below is describing compensation for work conducted for the new cryptocurrency. It's not an Airdrop.

Quote from: cryptoman1ac on February 16, 2018, 05:57:55 PM

Airdrops are free tokens/coins given to community members in exchange for their effort to promote the project or made it known to the larger community. Mostly done by referring/inviting friends and other people who might be attracted on the project and eventually invest with it. Airdrops are mostly given after the token sale so you really must have to wait for you to receive the tokens/coins you hardly earned by doing the required tasks.

I have already deleted it thanks for the clarification