Airdrop knowledge archive
Understand eligibility, claims, and safety before connecting a wallet.
Airdrops can reward early users, communities, testers, and ecosystem participants. They can also attract fake claim pages, phishing links, wallet drainers, suspicious approvals, and misleading social posts.
70 airdrop pages
Built around practical questions: am I eligible, is this claim page real, what am I signing, why did the claim fail, and what should I do after receiving tokens?
Airdrops archive
Eligibility, claims, sybil rules, fake links, and wallet hygiene.
Each page explains airdrops from a safety-first perspective: how eligibility works, what snapshots mean, why sybil rules matter, how claims should be checked, and what users should verify before signing.
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Airdrop Basics
What Is a Crypto Airdrop? A simple explanation of crypto airdrops, why projects distribute tokens, and what users should check before joining or claiming. How Do Crypto Airdrops Work? Understand how crypto airdrops work, including eligibility, snapshots, claims, wallet checks, and token distribution. Why Do Crypto Projects Do Airdrops? Learn why crypto projects use airdrops for community growth, user rewards, decentralization, testing, and ecosystem incentives. Types of Crypto Airdrops A practical guide to different airdrop types, including retroactive, holder, community, testnet, staking, and points-based airdrops. Airdrop vs Presale Compare airdrops and presales, including how tokens are distributed, what users risk, and how wallet safety differs. Airdrop vs Rewards Campaign Understand the difference between airdrops and broader rewards campaigns, including points, quests, referrals, and activity incentives. Airdrop vs Token Incentives Learn how airdrops differ from ongoing token incentives, liquidity rewards, staking rewards, and ecosystem reward programs. What Is Airdrop Eligibility? Understand airdrop eligibility rules, including wallet activity, snapshots, holdings, tasks, volume, and anti-sybil filters. What Is an Airdrop Snapshot? Learn what an airdrop snapshot is, how it records wallet state, and why actions after the snapshot may not count. What Is an Airdrop Claim? Understand what it means to claim an airdrop, why claims may require gas, and what users should verify before signing.
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Participation & Wallet Hygiene
How to Prepare for Airdrops A safety-first checklist for preparing for airdrops without exposing your main wallet or signing risky transactions. How to Track Airdrop Opportunities Learn how to track airdrop opportunities safely without relying on fake links, copied posts, or risky claim aggregators. How to Join an Airdrop Safely A practical guide to joining airdrops safely by checking links, wallets, tasks, signatures, approvals, and claim rules. How to Check Airdrop Requirements Learn how to read airdrop requirements, including wallet activity, tasks, snapshots, minimum balances, and disqualification rules. How to Complete Airdrop Tasks Understand common airdrop tasks such as swaps, bridges, follows, testnet use, quests, referrals, and wallet interactions. How to Use a Wallet for Airdrops Learn how to use wallets for airdrops while reducing exposure to fake claim pages, risky approvals, and wallet drainers. How to Create a Separate Airdrop Wallet A safety-first guide to separating airdrop activity from your main wallet and reducing exposure to risky campaigns. Why You Should Not Use Your Main Wallet for Airdrops Understand why main wallets should be protected from unknown airdrops, claim pages, approvals, and social campaigns. How to Manage Airdrop Wallets Learn how to organize airdrop wallets, track activity, control approvals, and reduce confusion across networks and campaigns. How to Record Airdrop Activity Learn what to record when participating in airdrops, including wallets, tasks, networks, dates, links, and transaction hashes.
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Eligibility, Snapshots & Sybil Rules
What Is Sybil in Airdrops? Understand what sybil behavior means in airdrops and why projects try to filter duplicated or artificial wallet activity. What Is Sybil Detection? Learn how projects may detect sybil behavior in airdrops using wallet patterns, timing, funding links, and repeated activity. Common Airdrop Eligibility Rules A practical overview of common airdrop eligibility rules such as wallet age, volume, transactions, holdings, tasks, and community activity. What Is Wallet Age in Airdrop Eligibility? Understand wallet age as an airdrop eligibility signal and why older wallets can sometimes look more credible than new wallets. What Is Transaction Volume in Airdrop Eligibility? Learn how transaction volume may affect airdrop eligibility and why artificial volume can be risky or disqualified. What Is an On-Chain Activity Score? Understand how projects may evaluate wallet activity using transactions, diversity, volume, age, and protocol interactions. What Is Gitcoin Passport in Airdrops? Learn why some campaigns use reputation or humanity signals like Gitcoin Passport to reduce sybil farming. What Is Proof of Humanity in Airdrops? Understand proof-of-humanity concepts in airdrops and why projects may use human verification to reduce fake accounts. Why Airdrop Accounts Get Disqualified Learn common reasons airdrop accounts get disqualified, including sybil patterns, fake activity, missed tasks, and rule violations. How Projects Filter Airdrop Farmers Understand how projects may filter airdrop farming behavior using wallet links, activity patterns, timing, volume, and reputation signals.
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Claim Safety
How to Claim an Airdrop Safely A practical checklist for claiming airdrops safely by verifying links, wallet prompts, gas, approvals, and claim contracts. How to Check an Official Airdrop Claim Page Learn how to verify an airdrop claim page using official domains, docs, social channels, and link consistency. What to Check Before Connecting a Wallet to an Airdrop A wallet connection checklist for airdrops, including official links, wallet choice, network selection, and asset exposure. What to Check Before Signing an Airdrop Message Understand airdrop message signing risks and what to check before approving signatures in your wallet. What Is Airdrop Signature Risk? Learn why airdrop signatures can be risky, how malicious signing prompts work, and how users can reduce exposure. What Is Token Approval in Airdrop Claims? Understand token approvals during airdrop claims and why unnecessary approvals can be dangerous. Should You Pay Gas to Claim an Airdrop? Learn when gas fees for airdrop claims are normal, when they are suspicious, and how to evaluate whether claiming is worth it. Why Does an Airdrop Claim Require Gas? Understand why airdrop claims may require gas and why that is different from sending funds to a scam address. Why Does an Airdrop Claim Fail? Learn common reasons airdrop claims fail, including ineligibility, wrong network, gas issues, contract errors, deadlines, and wallet problems. Why Is My Airdrop Token Not Showing in My Wallet? Understand why a claimed airdrop token may not show in a wallet and how to check contract address, network, and explorer data.
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Fake Airdrop Defense
How to Spot Fake Airdrops Learn common signs of fake airdrops, including lookalike domains, urgent claims, seed phrase requests, fake social posts, and malicious signatures. How to Avoid Airdrop Scams A safety-first guide to avoiding fake airdrops, phishing links, wallet drainers, seed phrase theft, and malicious approvals. Fake Airdrop Claim Page Warning Signs Learn the warning signs of fake airdrop claim pages, including wrong domains, vague claims, suspicious approvals, and urgent timers. Fake Airdrop Twitter Posts Explained Understand how fake social posts promote airdrop scams using copied branding, fake replies, impersonation, and urgent claim links. Fake Airdrop Discord DM Warning Signs Learn why airdrop links sent through Discord DMs are risky and how scammers use fake moderators, bots, and urgent claim messages. Fake Airdrop Telegram Group Warning Signs Understand fake Telegram airdrop group tactics, including impersonation, pinned scam links, fake admins, and support scams. Why Airdrops Should Not Ask for Seed Phrase Learn why any airdrop asking for a seed phrase is a scam and how seed phrase theft gives attackers full wallet control. Why Airdrops Should Not Ask for Private Key Understand why private key requests are always dangerous and why legitimate airdrops never need private keys. How Wallet Drainers Use Fake Airdrops Learn how wallet drainers exploit fake airdrop claims through malicious approvals, signatures, transfers, and urgency. What to Do After Clicking a Fake Airdrop Link A response checklist for users who clicked a fake airdrop link, connected a wallet, signed a message, or approved a contract.
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Points, Quests & Campaigns
What Is an Airdrop Points System? Understand airdrop points systems and how projects use points to track user activity before possible token rewards. How Airdrop Points Work Learn how airdrop points may be earned, tracked, adjusted, boosted, capped, or converted into future rewards. What Are Airdrop Quests? Understand airdrop quests, including social tasks, on-chain actions, testnet activity, referrals, and quest platform risks. What Is a Testnet Airdrop? Learn what testnet airdrops are, why projects reward testers, and what users should watch for during testnet campaigns. Mainnet vs Testnet Airdrops Compare mainnet and testnet airdrops, including activity costs, wallet safety, eligibility, and user expectations. What Is a Retroactive Airdrop? Understand retroactive airdrops and how projects may reward users for past activity before a token launch. What Is an Early User Airdrop? Learn how early user airdrops work and why projects may reward people who used a product before it became popular. What Is a Community Airdrop? Understand community airdrops, including rewards for members, contributors, moderators, creators, and ecosystem supporters. What Is an NFT Holder Airdrop? Learn how NFT holder airdrops work, including snapshots, holder eligibility, fake claims, and wallet safety. What Is a Staking Airdrop? Understand staking airdrops and how holding, staking, delegating, or locking assets may affect eligibility.
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After Receiving an Airdrop
What to Do After Receiving an Airdrop A practical checklist after receiving an airdrop: verify the token, check liquidity, review approvals, and avoid fake support links. Should You Sell Airdrop Tokens? A neutral guide to thinking about airdrop token selling decisions, liquidity, volatility, vesting, taxes, and risk. How to Check Airdrop Token Liquidity Learn how to check whether an airdrop token has enough liquidity before selling, swapping, or valuing it. How to Check an Airdrop Token Contract Learn how to verify an airdrop token contract address before importing, trading, or trusting the token. How to Check Airdrop Token Vesting Understand airdrop vesting, unlock schedules, claim windows, cliff periods, and why only part of a token allocation may be available. Why Airdrop Token Price Drops After Claim Learn why airdrop token prices may drop after claim due to sell pressure, low liquidity, unlocks, speculation, and market expectations. How to Avoid Dust Airdrop Attacks Learn how to handle suspicious dust airdrops and avoid interacting with scam tokens, fake claim pages, or tracking attacks. What Is a Dust Airdrop Attack? Understand dust airdrop attacks and why unknown tokens appearing in a wallet can be risky. How to Hide Suspicious Airdrop Tokens Learn why hiding suspicious airdrop tokens can be safer than interacting with unknown assets or scam token links. How to Revoke Approvals After an Airdrop Claim Learn why users should review and revoke unnecessary token approvals after claiming airdrops or interacting with unknown campaigns.