In January 2021, Crypto Briefing released a list of 10 DeFi projects that may airdrop to early adopters. So far, three of the 10 listed have delivered tokens, bringing digital assets worth thousands of dollars to early adopters.
Last June, Instadapp was the first on the list to reward its early users. It airdropped 11,000,000 INST to Maker DAO, Compound and Aave users on Ethereum and Polygon. On-chain trading platform dYdX announced its token DYDX last August, then distributed 7.5% of all DYDX to its early users. Other than that, Paraswap airdropped 150 million PSP token to its active users though it officially announced no plan for an airdrop.
In June, Instadapp was the first to reward its early users on the list, airdropping 11,000,000 INST tokens to Maker DAO, Compound and Aave users on Ethereum and Polygon. Secondly, the on-chain trading platform dYdX announced its own token in August, dropping 7.5% of the total supply of DYDX tokens to early adopters. In addition, even though Paraswap publicly announced that it wasn't planning to airdrop, it still dropped 150 million PSP tokens to frequent users in November.
Of the seven projects that haven't airdropped users with tokens in 2021, some of them still look promising. MetaMask keeps suggesting that airdrops may be conducted, but has been elusive about who is eligible or when airdrops may occur. Other options, such as Zapper and DeFi Saver, are not hyping on potential airdrop, but are still likely to do one. Today in this article, I will give you a selection of high-quality projects that are most likely to be airdropped in 2022.
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zkSync
zkSync is a layer 2 scaling solution of Ethereum. It uses ZK-Rollups and is one of several Ethereum expansion projects we listed. Pioneer users can transfer ETH to the zkSync 1.0 mainnet, where they can mint NFTs or test dApps that are ready to be launched on the network.
In order to obtain potential airdrop eligibility, users can try transferring ETH to zkSync's mainnet wallet and exchange it on the UniSync testnet version of zkEVM.
It is worth noting that zkSync has confirmed that it plans to decentralize
through governance tokens, and many people speculate that the tokens will be distributed to early users through airdrops.
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Unstoppable Domains
Following the unexpected airdrop of the Ethereum domain name service in early November, there are increasing speculations about whether other blockchain domain name providers will follow a similar path.
Unstoppable Domains provides ".crypto" domain names on Ethereum and Polygon, similar to the way ENS provides ".eth" names on Ethereum. The protocol currently has no tokens, making it a major candidate for future airdrops.
Different from ENS, Unstoppable Domains only requires a one-time payment to purchase a domain name without renewal fees. If the it decides to issue tokens, Unstoppable Domain owners may all be eligible for future airdrops.
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Conclusion: Aside from token rewards, being familiar with these upcoming technologies is in itself an excellent educational investment. Although being an early user can be highly rewarding, those who do so should also be aware of the risks involved in using protocols that are still in the early stages of development.
In addition to the projects mentioned in this list, testing any other Ethereum scaling solutions or interoperability protocols next year may be a good choice to maximize the airdrop opportunity. In addition to Ethereum, other ecosystems such as Cosmos, Avalanche, and Solana may also bring rewards.