I'm a developer but new to Rust and I'm learning Substrate, I have an idea that I want to implement and execute as a personal challenge. My plan is to create a chain with a very wide distribution through airdrop (95% or more of the supply). I was looking at the Ethereum address list and there are more than 60M accounts with 0.0001 ETH or more, there are about 45M accounts with 0.001 ETH or more, and there are 21M accounts with 0.01 ETH or more.
My plan is to use these addresses as part of the genesis block of the chain that I will launch, there are less than 1M Polkadot accounts, I might include them too, I'm also looking at other EVM chains that has a wide distribution to be included in the genesis. The goal is to have a very wide distribution in the genesis.
The plan is to create a relay chain with a very wide distribution and create other chains around it (shards). I'll take a look at Avalance also if I can take a snapshot of account balances. Right now I have ETH current state, ETH genesis, Polkadot current state. I have difficulty of taking a snapshot of other chains, so far ETH is the widest distributed I can see. If I am to launch an incentivized testnet right now, it will probably have 20 million or more accounts. Anyone with at least 0.001 ETH can claim their airdrop and interact with the testnet chain and explore it and they can be assured to be included in the mainnet.
Most of the chains I see have heavily unbalanced distribution, that's why I'm considering a very wide distribution.