Recently, I’ve been farming airdrop interactions again, and my biggest takeaway is: don’t treat “more interactions = guaranteed profit” as a truth… Project teams can fight back pretty hard too—if they don’t give, they just don’t. My approach is pretty earthy: I only touch the protocols I’m willing to use long-term; if I can view the source code and/or contract permissions, I’ll take a quick look at least to understand how the funds are locked in. And if the interaction steps are so complex they feel like clearing stages—plus they keep urging you to rush and push through—then I basically treat it as an ad and skip it.

Also, don’t spam just to “look like real users.” You waste gas fees and time shuffling back and forth, and in the end the rules might take you out with a single “sybil,” and your mind just explodes. By the way, I’ve also been feeling a lot of resonance with retail traders lately complaining about MEV and unfair ordering—like, it’s obvious it was my confirmation click, but I still get clipped by someone sliding in ahead of me… Anyway, now I handle large amounts more slowly, split them into smaller chunks, and if I can avoid public pools, I do—so I don’t end up being used like an ATM. FOMO—sleep on it for a bit and it still won’t be too late.