Today, Alpha's two airdrops gave all score-farming players a real-life math lesson.
The threshold for the first airdrop was lowered to 70 points, with a total of 200,000 pieces. The second one had only 7,500 pieces, which were instantly snatched up. A simple calculation shows that the truly active and capable individuals are actually between 100,000 and 150,000, far below the 'score-farming army' displayed on various platforms.
What does this indicate? It indicates that a large amount of data is ineffective, either lying dormant or just strategically left there. Many people are still focused on accumulating scores and interaction counts, but is this really the most efficient way to make money on-chain?
This leads me to a more fundamental question: in today's world of scarce attention, should we shift from 'physically grinding' to 'strategic participation'?
And this is precisely the greatest inspiration that the Injective ecosystem has given me.
What Injective builds is not a farm that makes you repeat clicks, sign, and claim points, but a Lego kingdom of institutional-level financial applications. Its core advantage lies in providing composable, zero gas fee, high-performance financial infrastructure.
While others are still competing for 7500 airdrops with speed, what might the deep players of Injective be doing?
Utilizing native oracles and derivatives to hedge market risks, for example when shorting a certain project but needing to continue interacting, one can open a small hedging contract on Injective to separate the potential market risks.
Using DEXs like Helix for zero-slippage asset conversion, instantly swapping the small tokens obtained from interactions into stablecoins or mainstream assets, reducing the risk of total loss and fragmentation of funds.
Participating in the staking and governance of INJ to earn stable returns and potential airdrops from ecological projects. This is a more certain and worry-free yield farming, with the underlying value coming from the growth of the entire ecosystem rather than short-term incentives from a single project.
What Injective offers is a paradigm shift in productivity tools. It does not encourage ineffective interactions but rewards those who can utilize its infrastructure well, such as order books, derivatives, and cross-chain bridges, to build complex strategies.
So back to the initial question, should we mindlessly chase Alpha?
My answer is that one can participate, but must upgrade their strategy. One should shift some energy and funds from merely chasing points to constructive participation in high-value ecosystems like Injective.
On Injective, every interaction you make, whether trading, providing liquidity, or building strategies, directly contributes to a vast network aimed at reshaping the global financial system. The value capture of INJ also comes from this.
Rather than competing for 7500 airdrops among a hundred thousand people, it is better to become an early deep participant on a public chain that represents the financial future. The long-term returns from the latter could far exceed the thrill of countless instant grab opportunities.
The value of INJ lies not only in technology but also in its ability to select and empower a next-generation of blockchain users who are no longer satisfied with mere point chasing.
This is the signal we should truly understand behind today's airdrop data.
