Let me ask you a very straightforward question. When was the last time you saw your crypto portfolio go up by double digits? The reality is that we have to face things here and looking at the current situation, it’s likely going to take some time before we return to truly spectacular green portfolios.
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ust like you guys, I’m also feeling the squeeze by the way. Now does that mean I’m frozen out of crypto markets or that I’ve given up absolutely not? Quite the contrary actually, I’m using this time to gather intel to make moves in preparation for the next big move upwards, and over the last few weeks we’ve researched everything about incoming massive potential airdrops.
In this article, I’m going to be walking you through 5 token airdrops and how you can increase your chances of landing and big with a few of them in particular.
Note: The whole content is converted from Altcoin Buzz’s “Biggest Crypto Airdrops To Get Rich! How to Claim? | Ethereum Layer 2 & More” YouTube video after requested the whole permissions.
Shade Protocol
Website: https://shadeprotocol.io/
This is a DeFi that’s decentralized finance protocol with a very important privacy aspect to it. Now, it’s built on the privacy focused Secret Network, which is a project that we’re big fans of. And really it’s not one but more like a set of privacy DeFi apps.
Their shade token whose ticker symbol is SHD is not just for transactions and governance. You can also use SHD to mint, the over collateralized private stablecoin soak. So think of the model for DAI. DAI, which is over collateralized with ETH and USDC. It’s similar here, but instead the twist is that it’s all private.
Given that context, we think there’s actually a huge market for practical apps just like this that take privacy very seriously. And this one because it’s on the Secret Network, that means you’re gonna need the Keplr Wallet to get the airdrop, but the Keplr Wallet is our go to recommend it wallet for all things Cosmos ecosystem so it’s generally just a good one to have either way, but in this case you will need it.
1- After that you number one go to their airdrop page, https://airdrop.shadeprotocol.io/
2- Connect your wallet
3- Claim your initial coins and open up the Shade dashboard
4- From there you have the chance to receive more SHD to use for sticking or minting silk to then use in lending or borrowing.
Their airdrop is very much task oriented, so the more you do the more you claim. For example, watch their instructional video check, add your addresses check, create a permanent which is a version of a signature for SCRT where you don’t have to pay gas check.
In other words each thing you do means more SHD token, and make sure you have ATOM or SCRT in your wallet in order to take full advantage of this airdrop.
Starknet
Website: https://starkgate.starknet.io/
Let’s spend a little bit of time now talking about Starknet airdrop. So, look without getting too technical, Starks that’s STARK. Those are similar but different to Snarks, SNARK both are methods of using zero knowledge proofs for security.
Zero knowledge proofs commonly known as ZK are used in different forms in some popular Ethereum layer two protocols Polygon for example, in particular, that uses ZK technology in a couple of different ways.
The security from zero knowledge is a big help when trying to get the speed and lower costs that an LTO needs to make it an alternative to Ethereum.
Therefore, before we get into the other projects with potential airdrops, let’s look at how to set yourself up to receive them on Starknet. Now, here’s what I came up with, along with the help of our crack research team.
1- So, first of all number one, bring some ETH over to Starknet. So, go to this website to bridge your tokens we’re on starkgate.starknet.io.
2- Since Starknet is EVM compatible, I would recommend one of three wallets you can use your favorite here you can use Metamask, the Argent Wallet if I were to pronounce that in French, it would be as or you can use the Braavos Wallet This is the native Starknet wallet.
3- Go to myswap.xyz, It is preferable here to use the Braavos Wallet and there are pools with ETH USDC and DAI. Since ETH USDC is the most liquid swap ETH to USDC back to ETH.
4- Use ASPECT to create your own NFT you can mint with Argent or Braavos wallets and when you mint your NFT here you’re using Starknet resources and you can migrate it over gas and minting fees here are super low.
5- Bridge your ETH back to your wallet of choice, my tip here for you is to leave some ETH on Starknet because it’s going to increase your chances of getting an airdrop as an active user.
All right, so with that context about Starknet out of the way let’s jump right into our strategy and continue along here with airdrop number two, which is the first airdrop from Starknet in the form of Brine Finance.
Brine Finance
Website: https://www.brine.finance/
Brine is a DEX, a decentralized exchange that lets you trade liquid pairs like BTC ETH USDC and USDT fast. The goal is to be as simple sleek and fast trading system for common trading pairs.
If you want to take part in this airdrop the key is to be on the lookout for their soon to be published docupaper. Now the Brine Discord group posted some ways to qualify for the airdrop, and they suggested that it’s going to be in this new paper. So bolo that’s be on the lookout.
Some other ways you could potentially qualify could be using the protocol to trade between BTC ETH, USDC and or USDT. Because after all, doing transactions to show the dev team what’s working is the most valuable help you can provide them.
Another possibility is joining their email waitlist and getting updates or number three providing constructive criticism or feedback and requests on the Discord channel, which is shown here.
It’s a really simple thought process in all actuality, these projects are new and the dev team needs people to test their apps. When you test it and also convert some tokens you are helping them, and they in turn want to help the people that helped them make their app better.
Mint Square
Website: https://mintsquare.io/
You can probably guess by the name that this is a place to mint, sell, and trade and FTS on Starknet. It’s a zk-roll up NFT marketplace in other words.
A couple of strategies you can try here to qualify for airdrops are to mint your own NFT. complete a transaction by either buying or selling an NFT, don’t forget by the way to like the pin tweet and you can also follow them on Discord, and you can join the official Mintsquare Guild. Really all of these increase your odds for eligibility.
While we’re at it, let us know when it comes to NFT minting whether you prefer ETH, SOL, maybe TEZOS or another chain to mint your NFTs, if it’s something that is reliable to you whether it’s out of the ordinary or not, let us know what your preferred chain is in the comments below.
Starkwap
Website: https://www.starkswap.co/
We have a layer two AMM on Starknet in the form of Starkswap. And right now the support for tokens and to test tokens LAN and BAR.
The four tokens are WBTC, ETH, USDC and DAI. So, you can swap these popular tokens in a way that’s easy, fast, and cheap. And there are a couple of strategies here that you can take advantage of including the fact that Starkswap has a faucet for LAN and BAR try to get these tokens out to the public.
Then aside from faucet, you can use your new land and bar to help provide liquidity to some of these Starkswap pools, you can make some swaps on Starknet, you can use Starkwap’s iron fleet products also to move tokens into and out of Yearn Finance.
Magnety
This is an asset management protocol designed to help the creation of hedge funds for small retail investors all with the transparency of being on chain of course, which is the major advantage.
You can set up your own portfolio or copy the portfolio of the pros. And they’ve just launched testnet, so they’re actively seeking people for their platform.
As with the rest of the entries on this list, nothing is for certain, but a few strategies here that we feel could help you qualify for airdrops include participating and completing in weekly community events, retweeting and writing articles or Twitter threads about the project. And if you write a blog, or perhaps if you’re a content creator making a quality video about the project, that likely helps your odds.
Finally, once again providing constructive criticism or feedback on the testnet channel on their Discord is likely something that they’re going to respond very well to.
There you have it, you’ve probably noticed a theme here, get involved, it behooves you to get involved, get active with these projects that you like, trade some tokens, share your experiences and help the developers improve along the way. You can qualify for an airdrop too in the process. That’s the whole idea. Best of luck.
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