Hello to all the SteemitCryptoAcademy community, for me it is very pleasant to be part of this initiative because I know that all the knowledge acquired will be very beneficial for my personal growth.

I am deeply grateful to the teacher @wahyunahrul for his excellent class.

What do you think about Airdrop in cryptocurrencies?

I think they are an excellent option to promote and boost cryptocurrencies, because to be honest, receiving some kind of "benefit" without investing money tells you that you can get even more benefits by investing. So this attracts new people and investors, or at least they start to feel a little curiosity about it and little by little they start to get into the world of cryptocurrencies until they finally become big investors.

Of course, not everything is rosy with airdrops, because as mentioned in the class there are risks and scams that users can be victims of. That is why it is important to study the project behind the cryptocurrency that is being promoted to know how profitable it can be in the future.

How can we know about an Airdrop event in order to participate?

The deeper we are into this world, the more likely we are to find out about these events. Normally we do it through digital platforms that write information about the cryptocurrency world. It is necessary to keep informed, constantly reading about the latest trends and news.

In addition to this, if we have friends in this world, there is also a possibility that we can find out about these events because normally this type of events are managed under the dynamics of referrals.

A good option is also to follow the following platform Airdrops where they reflect the latest events that are coming up around the world.

It's all about staying connected with the cryptocurrency world.

Where are Airdrop events often held?

Airdrop events are given on trading platforms or digital media in charge of the distribution to users of tokens for free or only following some conditions that must be met to receive such benefit.

Regularly they are not activities out of the ordinary or requiring a lot of effort, it is usually associated with the type of airdrop to which it refers. It can be:

• Just registering with your name and mail to the provided website (standard airdrop).
• Holding a type of cryptocurrency until a deadline date (holder airdrop)
• Promote the cryptocurrency on common social networks like twitter, instagram, Facebook, etc. (bounty airdrop)
• Getting referrals to join the cryptocurrency event.
• Using a specific wallet, this in order to boost that wallet (airdrops with wallets).
• Being a user of an Exchange associated to the airdrops, because the cryptocurrency launch is managed through this one.

Are all Airdrop events free of scams? If not, how can we avoid scamming?

Nothing in the world is perfect and this is no exception. This is the tricky part of airdrops as we can expose ourselves to possible scams, as we can be asked for data that we innocently give and steal our information. Or ask us to deposit our money without any guarantees. In addition to that there are also the scams by referrals. That is why we must study who and what project is behind the cryptocurrency that is being launched.

In order to avoid this kind of bad luck, we can follow the following suggestions:

• Create a new wallet for this kind of events.
• Use antivirus if you are asked to download any software.
• Never provide a private key
• Do not use your personal email address when providing your data.
• Do not transfer your money to any account if you are asked to do so. The money you receive is supposed to be free.
• Do not use your private social network profiles to participate in airdrops.

Have you ever participated in a cryptocurrency airdrop event? If so, please explain. Meanwhile, if you have never participated but have heard of the Airdrop event, then explain. (Show proof with screenshot)

I want to start by saying that if I participated in an airdrop event but I HAVE NO PROOF, then I don't know if it will be valid ☹. I did it about three or four years ago, with a wallet called Byteball and the cryptocurrency was called Byte.

I found out about it through Steemit link as I remember there were many tutorials on how to transform that money to STEEM, SBD AND BTC which were the main cryptocurrencies I became familiar with.

At the time I couldn't believe how this free money worked, but I was very excited because the amount of money I received in dollars was more than I expected (I honestly don't remember).

Lastly, I fell for an airdrop scam called: Shibu Inu Airdrop, I just had to look for some referrals and wait for the launch date, but it all turned out to be a scam.

I hope that with all I have learned, this will not happen to me again.

Provide and explain an example of an airdrop event that happened and the airdrop was successful. Then give one more example that proved to be a fraud. (You are not allowed to take the example taken in question number 5)

Successful airdrop

VLX Tokens

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Failed airdrop

Coinsbit

This cryptocurrency offered 200$ for registration and 100$ per invited friend (this sounds very fanciful to say the truth).One caveat is that the registration email arrived in the spam folder.

It is reported on the bitcointalk.org platform as a scam.
According to some media it belonged to Valerii Solodovnyk and they accuse him of manipulating the volumes of his exchanges.

_Source

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Find an example of Airdrop events in progress, do an analysis showing that the Airdrop of your choice is good. (Screenshot required).

After several investigations I decided to choose Gooddollar. This project has a good backing as it was founded by the already well-known co-founder and CEO of eToro, Yoni Assia. The eToro platform was founded in 2007 and has approximately 18 million users.

So the fact that GoodDollar is a project done by Yoni Assia as part of his social responsibility program gives it a lot of credibility. The purpose of this project is to lessen wealth inequality by providing a basic income to anyone.
You can collect your tokens on a daily basis.

In order to access this cryptocurrency, facial recognition is required, which is the only aspect that has generated controversy among users. For it is assumed that the world of cryptocurrencies does not need this type of information.

Explain the steps to participate in the Airdrop of your choice. (Screenshot required).

First, we access the platform GoodDollar.

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Select the sing up option

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We will be redirected to another page where we will select "create wallet".

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We select the method by which we want to register, if by mail, facebook, or phone number. I recommend you to use the facebook option because the email never took it.

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I insert my phone number which I have crossed out for security purposes.

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I enter my full name

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Enter my email (which I did not manage to verify)

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Insert my facebook data that I crossed out for security reasons

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Select "Lest Start".

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I click on the "Claim" option to claim the tokens.

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I perform my verification of the face you request.

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I finally get my tokens

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Conclusion

These events called airdrop are a very beneficial tool for all of us who are venturing into the world of cryptocurrencies, because just as the project founders receive new customers, we benefit with "free" money helping us to generate more profits and greater financial freedom that ultimately that was the main objective of the creation of cryptocurrencies.

However, we must be very careful with malicious people who only seek to harm users.

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