To be honest, airdrops are getting more and more cutthroat now. You’ll sometimes see a few million addresses at the start, and in the end each person only gets enough for a box-meal—some even end up paying gas out of pocket. A couple of months ago I got burned by a certain L2. I interacted for three months and they only gave me a few dozen U. After factoring in my time cost, it was a pure loss. Now I’ve learned my lesson: I don’t rush in with the trend. First, I check whether the token release curve makes sense, whether the lock-up period is long, and whether there are really real users. Otherwise, you’re just providing free labor for the project team.

Lately, all the new buzzwords—modular, the DA layer, and stuff like that—have developers around me talking with their blood boiling, but most people I know didn’t understand a word. My stance is: if you don’t understand the narrative, don’t touch it yet—unless you can clearly work out the cost-versus-reward reconciliation, don’t treat interaction like gambling. Anyway, my current principle is: control the cost per order, open multiple accounts with repetitions, don’t FOMO, and don’t leverage—stay calm.

What about you?