99% of airdrops are a waste of time, so don’t spend time on these 5 popular projects

Reprinted from panewslab
03/21/2025·2MAuthor: Atoms Research
Compiled: Tim, PANews
99% of airdrops are a waste of time.
Finding a real Alpha opportunity is the hardest thing to do.
Here are the popular airdrop projects I am not currently involved in.
Am I wrong? 👇
1. Base
- Entry too late
- "No coins" sounds a bit strange now
- Biennial airdrop mining often disappoints
- Just use this network directly, don't have any expectations.
2. Unichain
- I believe Unichain will have airdrops, because the reason is purely a precedent for $UNI airdrop based on Uniswap
- It's okay to make a few transactions to prevent FOMO
- Strictly speaking, this chain already has native tokens, and there may be reward plans in the future
It's no longer my priority.
3. Zero Network
Airdrop mining activities have stopped.
- The project does not require to issue tokens at all
- Rewards are concentrated on top users in the ranking list, and impact ranking requires high investment - there is no need to participate
- Current ecological activities are purely driven by speculation, and the project party has not clarified incentive rules.
- Can connect to the wallet and earn XP, but no need to deliberately mine
I use Zerion because it has excellent products, not for airdrops.
4. INK
Expectations for INK airdrops stem from hype on the Kraken exchange, but the official has made it clear that there is no plan to issue native tokens yet
Participating in the testnet task may alleviate FOMO, but don't expect too much
If the coins are not issued, it seems impossible to issue rewards - it is purely a market speculation at present
5. MetaMask
- MetaMask is already a top crypto wallet, there is no need to rely on airdrops to gain additional traffic
- The news that $MASK tokens were launched in the pre-trading market is purely market hype
- If MetaMask launches airdrops (such as vague qualification thresholds, small reward amounts or violent tokens) it may actually damage its brand.
- Just redeem normal, don’t expect anything.
If you are pursuing huge airdrop returns, then...Monad, Eclipse, Farcaster and other projects may be considered.