A Beginner’s Guide to Airdrops: Tools, Websites, and Anti-Sybil Strategies

What is an Airdrop?

In the cryptocurrency world, an Airdrop is a method used by project teams to promote their products and attract early users. It involves sending tokens or NFTs to specific user wallet addresses or accounts.

As a real user, by experiencing the project’s product, participating in test tasks, holding NFTs, or staking tokens, you help the project team verify the feasibility of their ecosystem. In return, the project will airdrop corresponding digital assets to you after their mainnet launch, which can be understood as a “free reward.”

Types of Airdrops

Currently, there are four main types of airdrop projects:

Web3 Interaction Airdrops: Performing operations such as transfers, staking, trading, adding liquidity on testnets or mainnets to leave “real” usage traces.
Asset Holding Airdrops: Projects require users to hold specific project-related tokens or NFTs to participate in the airdrop.
Infrastructure Airdrops: Deploying nodes, contributing computing power, or running validator nodes to earn points or point records.
Community Activity Airdrops: Participating in community activities on platforms like Telegram, Discord, Twitter to get whitelists or points.

Currently, the first type is the most common, where you interact with blockchain tasks via your wallet to earn rewards. This airdrop model is low-cost and highly operable, suitable for participation with multiple accounts.

How to Find Quality Airdrop Projects?

The first step in participating in airdrops is to find projects that are likely to offer airdrops and are worth interacting with. Here are some recommended platforms and websites:

Airdrop Aggregator Platforms: Such as @AirdropBob, @Galxe, @DappRadar, @Galxe Passport, Movement Labs, ZKFair, etc. These websites collect airdrop tasks and tutorials.
Project Official Websites & Testnet Tasks: Many projects will first release interaction tasks on their testnets, completing which gives you a chance to receive airdrops after the mainnet launch.

Airdrop information is constantly updated. Using aggregator platforms can help you obtain more comprehensive project information in a short amount of time, reducing information asymmetry.

How to Assess if a Project is Worth Farming Airdrops?

1. Fundamental Analysis:

Use ROOTDATA to explore the project’s:

Current funding situation (whether well-known VCs are involved)
Founder and team background
Whether it has real-world application scenarios
Whether it has a certain level of activity on Twitter, Google, GitBook
Which track the project belongs to (DeFi / AI / Meme / GameFi, etc.)

2. On-chain Data Analysis:

Use Defi Llama to check:

On-chain active transaction data
Total Value Locked (TVL)
User address growth trends

These dimensions help you determine if the project is attracting real users and capital investment. The higher the potential future value of its token, the more worthwhile the airdrop is.

Essential Tools for Airdrop Farming

To efficiently participate in airdrops, you should prepare at least the following basic tools:

1. Web3 Wallet (MetaMask, etc.)

Mainstream Recommendation: MetaMask wallet
Multi-chain support, strong compatibility
Can interact on testnets without consuming Gas fees

Note:

It is not recommended to use too many wallets (e.g., Trust, TokenPocket, Math), as it can lead to fragmented management and missed airdrops.
You can use multi-sig wallets or other encrypted wallets to enhance asset security.

Participating in airdrops often requires binding accounts to verify real user identity, so have the following accounts ready:

Google Mail (Gmail)
Twitter
Telegram
Discord

3. SMS Verification Platforms

For bulk registration, phone numbers can be a bottleneck. You can use the following SMS verification platforms to register social media and exchange accounts:

sms-activate
sms-bus
sms-man

Some users also choose to directly purchase pre-registered email/social media accounts as “digital social kits.”

Anti-Sybil Attack Strategies: How to Do Multi-Account Operations?

Blockchain projects often detect multiple addresses with similar behaviors, characteristics, or simultaneous operations to prevent Sybil Attacks. If you plan to use multiple accounts for multiple airdrops, avoiding detection is key.

1. KYC Detection (Binding Exchange Wallets)

Some projects may require you to bind an exchange account directly (e.g., OKX, Huobi), so you might need to register multiple KYC’d exchange accounts.

If you prefer not to do it yourself, you can find studios that offer such services.
A common solution is to use the “Sub-Account” feature of exchanges to manage multiple wallet addresses uniformly.

OKX Generating Multiple Deposit Addresses Example

Log in to your OKX main account > Select “Switch Sub-Account” in the top right.
Create a sub-account, enable deposit permission.
Each sub-account can generate up to 20 chain addresses.
Switch between sub-accounts and select different addresses for operations to avoid cross-address traces.

2. Multi-Address Linkage Detection

Blockchain address interaction behaviors are publicly viewable. For instance, if you:

Deposit funds into address A, then transfer to address B.
Use the same browser or IP to operate multiple wallets simultaneously.

These actions leave linkage traces and can easily be identified as belonging to the same real user.

Solution:

When using MetaMask, cooperate with your main wallet for dispersed transfers.
Do not randomly forward assets across addresses, especially test tokens.
It is recommended to use a combination of exchange sub-accounts + independent addresses for management.

3. Batch Operation Detection (IP & Fingerprint)

Airdrop projects often use browser fingerprints, IP addresses, and device environment analysis to determine if you are performing batch operations.

Recommended to use “Fingerprint Browsers,” such as: AdsPower, Multilogin, NetBull, etc.
Each window can simulate different browser fingerprints (browser version, device, resolution, etc.).
Although some projects may also check IP, generally, only a few IP checks are deployed.

Efficient Strategy:

Each airdrop account operates in an independent window using a fingerprint browser.
Can be used in conjunction with different VPN nodes to switch sequentially.

Tools to Boost Airdrop Efficiency 🔧

Cross-chain Bridges: Orbiter Finance / Uniswap Bridge — help with convenient transfers between multiple networks.
Testnet Faucets: Claim testnet tokens to complete tasks with native chain interactions.
Airdrop Tracking Tool: claim.airdropinsider.co allows you to check if you have any unclaimed airdrops.
Revoke Authorization Management: https://revoke.cash — ensures your wallet’s asset security by revoking suspicious token authorizations.

Conclusion: From Beginner to Pro in Airdrop Farming

Find high-quality projects via airdrop aggregator platforms.
Assess airdrop value based on project fundamentals + on-chain data.
Prepare Web3 MetaMask wallet + social media account combo.
Configure sub-accounts + independent addresses + fingerprint browser (if multi-account operations).
Avoid frequent transfers and interactions between multiple addresses.
Regularly revoke authorizations and track airdrop progress.

If you can consistently participate in quality project tests and accumulate eligibility for high-potential project airdrops, harvesting your own “small gold mine” is only a matter of time.

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📌 Related Tools/Links Summary:

✅ RootData: https://www.rootdata.com/
✅ DefiLlama: https://defillama.com/
✅ Orbiter Finance (Cross-chain bridge): https://orbiter.finance/
✅ Uniswap Bridging: https://uniswap.org/products
✅ Revoke.cash (Authorization revocation): https://revoke.cash/
✅ AirdropInsider (Airdrop tracking): https://claim.airdropinsider.co/
💡 Fingerprint Browser Recommendations: FlashID, AdsPower