Airdrop Best Practices

• Have a clear objective: Clearly define what you hope to achieve with the airdrop. Common goals include rewarding loyal users, increasing brand awareness, driving product adoption, or distributing governance rights.

• Targeting genuine users: Airdrop to users who are likely to contribute positively to your project’s ecosystem, not just those seeking free tokens. Use comprehensive on-chain data and behavior analysis to identify genuine users.

• State the eligibility criteria: Clearly communicate how airdrop recipients are chosen. This can include factors like X number of interactions between Y date with the protocol, consistent activity, or contributions to the community through active participation in governance.

• Employ sybil detection mechanisms: Implement anti-Sybil techniques to ensure that tokens are distributed to real users and not multiple accounts owned by the same person. This can include analyzing source funding patterns and transaction behaviors.

• Educate the community on token utility: Educate recipients about the value and utility of the tokens beyond their immediate monetary value. This can be in the form of product roadmap, ecosystem growth, or how the project intends to monetize or build long term value for the broader industry. This can help reduce quick sell-offs and encourage longer-term holding and participation.

• Monitor and adjust tactics post-airdrop: Track the impact of the airdrop on user behavior and the token’s market performance. Continually assess the effectiveness in achieving its goals and learn from each deployment. Use insights gained to improve future airdrops and other community-engagement strategies.

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