With the launch of the Monad airdrop 'precision delivery' causing a stir in the industry, an era in the crypto world has quietly come to an end.

For a long time, grabbing airdrops was seen as one of the most certain arbitrage methods in the crypto industry: participating in testnets, frequent interactions, multi-account operations, boosting activity... as long as 'effort translates to tokens,' there was always a chance to earn returns of tens to hundreds of dollars. Project teams needed excitement, needed data, needed to showcase prosperity to VCs, and the airdrop hunters filled this demand gap.

However, as Monad directly excludes all testnet interactive users, the airdrop is directed towards 'real contributors' and 'valid identity groups,' this old path has collapsed.

On-chain data is increasingly not trusted by institutions, the value of testnets approaches zero, witch detection models are becoming more refined, and the market enters a phase of stock competition.

So, the question arises—

Is there still a way for earners in the future? Can they still make money?

The answer is: yes, but the approach is completely different now.

1. The era of 'interaction = airdrop' has ended, 'contribution value' has become the new threshold

Future airdrops will resemble 'community equity incentives':

Participate in governance
Write content, write code, build community
Test real scenarios
Bring users or TVL to the ecosystem
Accumulate on-chain identity
Simply brushing interactions can no longer be regarded as 'contributions' by projects. Only actions that yield real outputs will be recorded, recognized, and rewarded.

2. Assetization of identity: the next battleground

ENS, Lens, Gitcoin Passport, NFT badges... in the past, these were just fun 'identity collections', but now they will become:

The 'credit score' for future airdrops.

Without an identity, it's like having no credit record; you won't be allocated high-value airdrops.

In the future, the roadmap for earning will shift from 'brushing interactions' to 'brushing identities.'

3. Precision participation: from vast quantities to fine quality

In the past, a hundred projects were worked on together, waiting for whichever issued tokens to be the one that profits.

The future is:

Find real top early opportunities; deeply participating in one can lead to abundance.

For example, recent projects like Polymarket, Ethena, EigenLayer, and LayerZero have all validated this trend.

4. Data is smarter than humans—witches will have nowhere to escape

AI anti-witch tools have become widespread, and future multiple addresses will be inefficient.

In its place is:

Family-style earning

Collaboratively operate a real identity

Small teams deeply produce content or governance votes

What projects want is real users, not a desert of addresses.

5. The future of earning airdrops: not disappearing, but evolving

Those who can earn money in the future will possess one of the following three abilities:

① People who bring real value (building community, writing content, creating tutorials)

Projects are increasingly valuing communication and cultural building.

② Deep users (real transactions, real use of DeFi, real participation in governance)

Not for airdrops, but for genuine participation.

③ High-quality identity holders (on-chain assets, past contribution records)

'On-chain credit' will become the new ticket to entry.

Simply put:

Earning airdrops has transformed from 'physical labor' to 'mental labor' to 'influential labor'.