Honestly, airdrops are becoming more difficult to farm, especially the popular ones. I’m starting to get concerned. The Eigen airdrop was great, I ended up with over $2K just for using the network, without even knowing about the airdrop in advance. It wasn’t as hyped, so not many people were prepared for it.
The more people that prepare for these airdrops, the smaller the rewards. Take Get Grass, for example, they used my internet 24/7 for months, and in return, I got 6 cents... I’m frustrated. I saw it trading in pre-market at $0.96, and if it lists at $1, my 6 Grass would be worth $6. Sure, it’s free, but it hardly feels worth the effort.
I’ve been involved since epoch 3 and honestly expected a bit more. Does anyone share similar thoughts with me or you are all bullish?
First, these airdrops are just like some giveaway to the community of the projects that have used or liked them. Doing some stuff, tasks, doing transaction on their network and the rewards are on their own native token. Lucky you are that you've got $2k for Eigen when many did missed that or they've probably seen and heard of it but did nothing.
Those that have a lot of participants like millions, expect that you'll get peanuts from them. That's why those that are into airdrops are hunting those that have tasks regards to the network and testnets. That's more rewarding because it requires some fund too and the more you transact and spend on their networks, the bigger potential rewards that the participants will get. But don't get me wrong, there's no guaranteed with that and just remember that airdrops are like hit or miss.