Topic: How much does an Airdrop cost? (Read 964 times)
The golden times of free money in crypto are gone. I came a bit late to the party as I joined this forum in 2016, but I still participated in airdrops and bounty campaigns back then, and some of them were very lucrative. The biggest I remember awarded 0.35 BTC for a few weeks of wearing their signature - that's more than $3500 today. Similarly, you could get something like $50-100 of value from airdrops at that time. But now the market is oversaturated with shitcoins, and altcoins generally are no longer interesting to investors like they used to be, so all these altcoin-related activities are becoming a huge waste of time.
Don't waste your time with airdrops. Most people just see oh free coins and want them. Only do real airdrops from actual projects. Some airdrops don't even exist and there will never be paid since there was never an intention on paying anyone in the first place.
Well here comes my answer, since the first day I've joined crypto space all the money I've ever made from crypto are from airdrops ,I join multiples of airdrops and I was able to make from 20$ - 200$ ,I think you got it all wrong ,some airdrops are worth your time
I seriously doubt you made $200 on an airdrop anytime in the past year. You joined the forum last month so you haven't been here long which doesnt mean you couldnt have participated in airdrops without be a member on this forum but the two usually go hand in hand.I know that Energi had a decent airdrop - actually earndrop and the coin is doing really good in terms of value, cant remember another airdrop that was worth the time.
Well here comes my answer, since the first day I've joined crypto space all the money I've ever made from crypto are from airdrops ,I join multiples of airdrops and I was able to make from 20$ - 200$ ,I think you got it all wrong ,some airdrops are worth your time
Airdrop is really big waste of time. You'll be doing airdrop for months, at the end you won't a damn after must data and task carried out. Airdrop is never encouraging, I won't advice someone I know to join it cos quite annoying and so much palaver in it
Honestly I think I agree with you concerning this topic. Most airdrops in recent times have proven to be total waste of time. Projects now uses airdrop has means just to fill their Telegram group with users. Most airdrops are now worth less than gas fees. But nevertheless you should still be on the look out for good ones. It might come in handy.
Even my reputation could be at risk since I do not know what they will do with those docs. They marked me as a customer through KYC, only to inflate their numbers, although I am not really their customer, this is all too dirty.
I think documents are very anxious for fraud project. You already said that you participated about 20 but you have got only 5. This also happens to me even I did more but I got mostly nothing but I don't like to join any airdrop which asks documents. But I am very concern those bounties where I submitted my documents but those were not legit.
In my opinion airdrops are just a share waste of time.
When I came into the cryptocurrency space newly I engaged myself in series if airdrops but the end result of most of them where worthless
When I came into the cryptocurrency space newly I engaged myself in series if airdrops but the end result of most of them where worthless
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Those were rare findings among a giant sea of trash Airdrops, which pays for less than 5 cents.
General rule: Airdrops are worthless. Sometimes they may become valuable, but just a few of them.
Hey,
i don't agree with you.
Maybe today you have to give away your privacy, but this wasn't always the case in the past.
I was there but missed on the NEM airdrop.
All you had to do is to use your Bitcointalk account and get 1.2 million XEM.
On of my friend kept his share (and still has it!)
Back in 2015 you could create a fake Facebook and claim 10 000 XLM
I still have mine (i sold 50% last January).
Recently you had the ELIXXIR airdrop (about 18 months ago) that at the top of last January was about 50k usd for free. No KYC was needed.
Those are just 3 examples among many where you didn't have to give any private details and you would get a high reward (sometime after years of waiting).
i don't agree with you.
Maybe today you have to give away your privacy, but this wasn't always the case in the past.
I was there but missed on the NEM airdrop.
All you had to do is to use your Bitcointalk account and get 1.2 million XEM.
On of my friend kept his share (and still has it!)
Back in 2015 you could create a fake Facebook and claim 10 000 XLM
I still have mine (i sold 50% last January).
Recently you had the ELIXXIR airdrop (about 18 months ago) that at the top of last January was about 50k usd for free. No KYC was needed.
Those are just 3 examples among many where you didn't have to give any private details and you would get a high reward (sometime after years of waiting).
i have been doing airdrops, and bounties, but not for long. at first it was like all ok. but then i saw, its so many of them, how should i know which is good and which not, how to not waste time on bad ones. i mean im not some broker, how should i know this all. and then some of my friends got scamed. on telegram some dude keeps poping offering to make fast btc, just give him etc wallet. then the companies asking for photos of id. and then, when regestering on their sites type email and pasword. and i thought, well, i cant alwayas keep making up new paswords. also there will be people who will use the same email and pasword on etc walet and on sites, and if those sites still info and pass the tokens to them self, then what, nothing. so i started slowly, to read ico rewievs, still not sure what im doing, but i guess its important to stard doing something while being vigilante and think twice are and which info about yourself you are gonna send to which site.
Yes, I agree. Using the same password in each website and the same e-mail is dangerous.
Personally, I would just join an airdrop or a Bounty that pays in tokens for a project which I would invest in the ICO.
There are now many projects that have created airdrop. They request to send an ETH amount to their contract and will receive some tokens. After checking, I found 2 smart contracts of this project are designed quite similar and there are some people who have deposited their money to receive the shit token.
These are 2 smart contracts fake fork projects:
BytomGold: 0xb2c2dc3697467676907c225b12989f08123c3d69
Vechain Classic: 0xd95b501353acd941d65f1321bd336bb96192be5a
These are 2 smart contracts fake fork projects:
BytomGold: 0xb2c2dc3697467676907c225b12989f08123c3d69
Vechain Classic: 0xd95b501353acd941d65f1321bd336bb96192be5a
To receive this, we have to be a member of the site and send 0.0028 eth. and finally I have to go to KYC. I am surprised know what I am.
If an Airdrop requires you to send them money and your personal data, avoid it by all means. Seriously. I don't get why people are that careless with their data.
Those "airdrops" which ask for money are all scam.
Many influent people in the crypto community, such as Vitalik Buterin (https://twitter.com/vitalikbuterin) are using their name on Twitter as "Vitalik Non-giver of Ether", so people can avoid those scams easier.
To receive this, we have to be a member of the site and send 0.0028 eth. and finally I have to go to KYC. I am surprised know what I am.
If an Airdrop requires you to send them money and your personal data, avoid it by all means. Seriously. I don't get why people are that careless with their data.
Ive participated in airdrops before and its worth my time, and you will get some amount of rewards unlike today its now a waste of time, almost everyday you will see new airdrop that will waste your time.
the guys are launching a $ 1 airdrop and people are constantly joining. it will never be $ 2 when it comes out to a $ 1 coin market. I write that you should not attend when I see you. and even the bounty is becoming so bad. I joined 4 weeks twitter bounty. I earned 4 tokens. To receive this, we have to be a member of the site and send 0.0028 eth. and finally I have to go to KYC. I am surprised know what I am.
Worse than airdrops is only faucets.
Airdrops are worse than faucets. With faucets you're guaranteed to get paid and usually in the most common cryptocurrency: Bitcoin. Additionally, faucets don't care who you are, they only need a destination wallet for payouts.
Faucets are getting so good that freebitcoin is paying 4% APR interest on all deposits over 30,000 satoshi. They're actually doing it right!
The worst thing I hear from beginners is when they talk about having to buy into an airdrop. These devs just prey on the newbies to pump a coin for a minute that will end up in the rubbish bin!
It's kind of like facebook - if it doesn't cost you anything, then YOU are the product.
I had to agreed with your consice explanation and I have found quite interesting fact about the phrase "You are the product". It is firstly appeared 1986,in a speech where President Reagan addresses to the nation on the campaign against drug abuse 
Only you are leader and make many referral, do airdrop will effect. If you do it alone, it waste time so much, some project scam, some project give us a little bit money not enough for fee > In general, it waste time and not effective.
> In general, it waste time and not effective. It's kind of like facebook - if it doesn't cost you anything, then YOU are the product.
Yeah, this is true.
And people are giving their data freely. It costs much more than an airdrop
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