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Recently, airdrop interactions are really tempting but also scary. To be honest, the biggest fear isn’t missing out, but getting rekt: authorizing a malicious contract, signing an incomprehensible message, and having my wallet revert to zero overnight. My simple method is: use a separate wallet for each project, only keep enough gas for interactions inside, and never touch the main wallet; if I can set a limit for authorization, I do, and revoke immediately after use; before signing, I double-check the domain and the content to be signed, and I ignore any messages with “urgent claim / last day” wording as if they’re air.
As for FOMO… now everyone is talking about staking unlocks, token unlock calendars, and selling pressure. The more these topics come up, the easier it is to get caught up in emotions and rush tasks. I set a stop-loss for myself: how many interactions I’ll do for a project at most, and stop if there’s no activity for a while. Better to miss out than to gamble with time and risk. Anyway, airdrops are like lotteries; safety is the bottom line.