Yes, in a classical airdrop model all the transaction are being carried by the sender. And the more massive the airdrop is - the larger are risks, that the token will be perceived by the system as spam. We have already described, why we are going away from it, in our article:
https://bountyhunters.io/blog/26That's bullshit. Perceived as spam by the system ? Is that a new thing ? Did you just come up with it ?
You send the tokens via the ETH blockchain... we receive them...that's it.
Any other system is either at the disadvantage of the user or just pure scam.
Either change your ways and go with a regular system or see your business tank.
I'm sick'n tired of all those bounty scams.
Well, we are never tired to explain «why»
From this sources your can learn why the traditional airdrop is doomed to become an anachronism soon (and this is not some kind of our fantasy, as you presumed):
1.Merkle Airdrop: the Basics https://medium.com/smartz-blog/merkle-airdrop-the-basics-9a0857fcc930«First things first: the term «traditional airdrops» refers to the widely used method of token distribution applied by the projects who try to promote themselves by intrusively sending out their tokens to thousands of addresses whose users are usually not even aware of the project’s existence. This method is considered as a spamming tactics: in most cases the amount of tokens sent to each address is so negligibly small that the users are not even capable of spending them since the commission rates applied by the exchanges are higher than the received sum. On top of it, users sometimes can’t even dispose of them — metaphorically these tokens can be compared to the throw outs off-loaded onto the community whose members are practically forced to store them on their wallets as a reminder of the project’s existence — till the end of time.»
2. Evolution of Airdrop: from Common Spam to the Merkle Tree
https://hackernoon.com/evolution-of-airdrop-from-common-spam-to-the-merkle-tree-30caa2344170«This approach consists in simply iterating over a large list of addresses and sending tokens to each of them. In decentralised systems, this push strategy is usually far from the best; it is expensive, generates security vulnerabilities and is, in fact, just spam. The disadvantages can be described in slightly more detail as follows:
Fees depend on the number of addresses and can be prohibitively large. In addition, at the time of distribution, the fees may increase, because the cost of the transaction increases as the load on the network increases».
3.
https://btcmanager.com/introducing-smartdrops-an-efficient-alternative-to-cryptocurrency-airdrops/ (this article introduces another Merkle-Tree based project)
«However, it has also been observed that users are merely accumulating digital tokens acquired in such airdrops and have little to no inclination to spend it. This has negative implications for the project as users are holding on to these tokens as an investment vehicle and also creating an artificial shortage in the open market.»
«It has been reported that around 80 percent of all users that sign up for receiving digital tokens are either a bot or spam accounts. Transferring a majority of these digital tokens to a few closed groups of users kills the primary aim of the airdrop. It is also tough for the team to measure returns from the airdrop or receive feedback about the platform or service.»
4.Merkle Air-Drops: Make Love, Not War
https://blog.ricmoo.com/merkle-air-drops-e6406945584d
So, I would like to suggest a friendlier way to scatter tokens with a wide distribution using redeem-based Merkle Air Drops.
- Deploy of any number of tokens in a single, cheap fixed-cost transaction
The receiver pays the gas*; which provides a bound on spam and dust as most people won’t pay a 12 cent transaction fee for 10 cents worth of tokens
- All token holders have access to claim and use their tokens immediately and do not need to wait for seed transactions
- Lost private keys and contracts without approve proxy methods do not waste blockchain state size with un-spendable balances or seeding transactions and do not waste ether
- Tokens are often only needed on-chain in specific circumstances, such as transferring; hodlers can keep them off-chain (or at the very least move them on-chain during dips in gas prices)
5. "Is your airdrop a distribution of securities?»
https://www.parrbusinesslaw.com/is-your-airdrop-a-distribution-of-securities/"We believe that Private ICOs that comply with Reg D on issuance but disregard the rules on secondary trading will be short-lived, as it is only a matter of time before SEC enforcement turns to this issue. The SEC is unlikely to see 50% compliance as a passing grade. Given the new environment, we think the approach of Private ICOs that rely on “lockup + airdrop” for distribution is too risky, and a more complete approach is needed.»
- They might as well ask their users for the keys to their houses and permission to rob them whenever it pleases them. It could be they are looking for other ways to earn money seeing that running bounties isn't what it used to be. All speculation on my part off-course, but this is very shady.
