99% of airdrop hunters got nothing from RedStone. Even those with high RSG were ineligible. Here's my breakdown of how the airdrop was designed to reward 'real users':
Discord roles mattered most
RedStone stated that: "without roles, tokens could not be earned". No matter how much RSG we earned, we would not be eligible for anything.
Even though I participated in multiple campaigns, I was ineligible.
RedStone prioritised:
Highly engaged community members
High-quality contributions
Content creation or being a RedStone ambassador was valued more.
Here are some of the roles that were considered: ❍ Deep Miner – for being one of the top engaged Miners ❍ Mentor – for introducing new Miners to the community ❍ 🧬 IRL – for meeting RedStone team members in real life ❍ ❄️ Winter Miner – for participating in the Winter Campaign
I had these roles in Discord but it didn't count for anything.
Ultimately, they valued community participation the most:
Pure on-chain participation was penalised
Interestingly, RedStone considered those who only participated in on-chain activities (like me) as a Bad Miner.
RedStone didn't want to reward users "based on how much capital they deployed to farm an airdrop". I minted multiple Galxe OATs too, but they weren't considered.
Instead, they rewarded time and genuine engagement. Due to the difficulty of achieving these roles, it's likely that a small group of wallets received a large allocation each. This airdrop serves as a timely reminder of the number one rule for airdrops:
Projects get to decide their rules for airdrop distribution
No one knows what criteria the project will use. Given how Sybils are ruining airdrops:
A project identifies their real users and rewards them while filtering Sybils.
If they care about their community. There is no perfect formula to receive an airdrop, and the criteria always changes. Just like how none of the L2s followed Arbitrum's formula. This is the game we're playing with airdrops: We have no control over our allocation, and can only hope that our contributions are valued by the project. A project owes us nothing just because we interacted with it. Each project sets their own rules, and we need to adapt accordingly.
Moving forward
Does this change my strategy? Nope, it's still business as usual.
I'm taking the L and moving on with my life. There's no point in hurling insults at the team or being bitter with the outcome. Being an active participant in a Discord server takes up too much time, and I'm personally not a fan of 'grinding' for Discord roles.
If you truly believe in the project, it could be a nice way to get rewarded for your contributions by helping the community.
But I still prefer being active on-chain: I get exposure to different projects while building my on-chain footprint.
I didn't go hard for RedStone, and mainly participated in every on-chain campaign.
If other projects decide to use the same airdrop model and penalise pure on-chain activity too: So be it.
It's impossible to get every airdrop, and there's always more opportunities available.
Eventually, a project will reward my wallet's on-chain footprint.
And that's why I believe participating in modular rollups is the best way to gain exposure for these drops.
I shared more in my strategy below:
https://x.com/FIP_Crypto/status/1877341951714013438
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