Original Title: My Airdrop Farming Plans for 2026...
Original Author: @defi_explora, a Core Contributor to Base
Original translation: AididiaoJP, Foresight News
Twitter is always saying that the best era of airdrops has come to an end, and 2025 will be another difficult year for airdrop studios, but that's not entirely true.
We've already seen this cycle play out time and time again. Every year, people complain about poor airdrops, getting exploited, and wasting their time.
Yet somehow, there's always a small group of people who manage to earn five to six figures each year—not just those with influence.
On-chain players are still earning significant profits. For example, @sam6170 earned over $600,000 from Hyperlane S2.
Those who participated in Lighter also earned five to six figures, and some even reached seven figures by the end of 2025.
This game is difficult, so you need to utilize all your advantages.
You can't win everything, so only invest what you can afford to lose, including your time, money, and energy.
Take out 80% of the profit, reinvest 20% or less (if necessary), and continue to enhance your advantages.
If you want to play this game, you need an advantage:
Influence on the X platform
· On-chain Skills
· Sufficient liquidity in
· Working hard on Discord
· Start early enough and persist consistently
Whatever it is, know your strengths and double down on them.
New Year Airdrop Project List
BaseThe BASE token has been confirmed. Wallets that interacted earlier will be prioritized. Contribute on X and the Base App to become a builder in the Base ecosystem.
Hyperliquid S2As CBB said, I believe in the invisible metrics. I have a target volume in mind, and at the same time, I'm focused on being an active wallet on hyperEVM.
HyperunitThis project is all about burning transaction fees. It builds spot volume using Hyperunit assets on HL and allows direct deposits through their interface.
ConduitAn infrastructure similar to Caldera, so the gameplay is the same. I will use its chains as much as possible, and if possible, I will provide liquidity on some chains and mention them on X.
Jumper: Do more cross-chain transfers to earn monthly XP. Check @sam6170's pinned post for the guide.
Project XTrade, provide liquidity, and earn points.
HumanoidRobotics, cost $0. Complete tasks, earn points, and refer friends.
NansenThe total number of wallets is about 7,000. I spent about $125 to get 2,000+NXP points.
AbstractI haven't taken this project seriously enough.
Ethgas is a term that may refer to theCost: $0, Raised $12 million in funding. The protocol calculates the gas fees you spend on Ethereum and rewards you with points. Join here:
EspressoSnapshot has been taken, and the airdrop is out. The token generation event (TGE) should be in the first quarter of this year, so it might be a bit late now.
DatahiveDePIN project, seed round raises $3.5 million, cost $0, register with your email.
Titan ExchangeSeries Seed funding of 7 million USD, an aggregator on Solana. It's basically for trading volume, my target is 1 million USD. By the way, it's on the Solana chain, so the transaction fees are friendly.
Codex: Still in a very early stage, an Ethereum stablecoin chain, the founder previously worked at Optimism, and has completed their guild tasks.
Polymer LabsIt's just an interoperability infrastructure project that has raised $26 million in funding. This project might require some on-chain skills and effort spent on Discord, and it's in my second tier list.
Layerzero S2The final answer for interoperability: ZRO's price remains healthy. The S2 airdrop may still not happen this year, but it will definitely come, so keep burning transaction fees.
Sentient AGI refers to Artificial General Intelligence that possesses consciousness or self-awareness.Their Kaito social activities are still ongoing, even though they released the inspector over 50 days ago. The token generation event (TGE) might occur in the first quarter of this year.
Soso Value S2Cost is $0, and they are allocating $30 million for the second-quarter airdrop.
Ink chainAn L2 chain built by Kraken. I did some on-chain tasks for them last year. It's in the third tier on my list.
Orbt protocolThis is another potential airdrop with zero cost, simply connect your X account and wallet to earn ORB points.
Rabby WalletThey hinted that the token is coming soon.
Kaito S2This project may never happen, but I'm still crazy enough to include it on my list because I can earn points just by being active on X.
MoonbirdsThis is one of the airdrops given randomly to Web 3 users. I have already claimed my "bird badge" for about 5 months. The token generation event (TGE) will take place in the first quarter of this year.
Pi SquaredPayment infrastructure, raises $12.5 million in funding.
Bungee cordBungee has been around for a while, and I occasionally use this interoperability project.
FluentTo be honest, this project might eventually launch a presale, and their founder has confirmed that the Fluent mainnet will launch in the first quarter of this year.
Seismic: A privacy infrastructure for fintech, they raised $17 million in seed funding. Get their Discord roles or contribute on X.
Encryption is the future.
We have heard it, we have said it, and we firmly believe it: cryptocurrency is the future of finance.
But for some reason, it doesn't feel quite right yet.
Don't just become one of those people who only complain about airdrops. Instead, optimize and position yourself to be among the few who can still earn five to six figures by the end of the year.
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