Where do airdrops come from? 3 keywords that beginners should understand

In the community, we often talk about 'grabbing airdrops, interaction, and brushing the chain.' So what exactly is an airdrop?

An airdrop is essentially a way for project teams to attract attention and reward early users by distributing a portion of tokens for free to wallet addresses that meet certain criteria.

The common logic behind airdrops is roughly as follows:

You have genuinely used a particular chain or protocol.

You have completed some actions: transfers, transactions, providing liquidity, staking, etc.

The project team later takes a 'snapshot + scoring' based on your past behavior, and addresses that meet the criteria can claim tokens.

3 reminders for beginners:

1️⃣ Don't just gamble recklessly for 'grabbing airdrops.'

Some projects won't issue tokens at all.

Some projects do issue tokens, but there’s no liquidity.

2️⃣ Pay attention to interaction costs and security.

Gas fees and cross-chain bridge fees are real money.

Be cautious of fake websites, fake contracts, and fake 'airdrop claiming entrances.'

3️⃣ Treat airdrops as 'handy rewards,' not your main business.

The core is still to learn and truly understand what the protocol is doing.

The deeper you understand, the easier it is to discern which ones are worth participating in and which ones are obviously fake.