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Airdrop basics & safety, from CoinDropster
A small, fixed set of guides on how token airdrops work and how to stay safe.
What Is a Testnet Airdrop: How Testnets Work and What You Risk
What is a testnet airdrop: why projects run test networks, how faucets and airdrops relate, and the risks (phishing, wipes, Sybil) and time costs.
DAO Voting Explained Simply: Governance Tokens, Quorum, Delegation
What is DAO voting in simple words: governance tokens, proposals, on-chain vs off-chain, delegation, quorum, timing, and risks of fake votes and blind voting.
What Happens If You Don't Claim an Airdrop: Deadlines and Tokens
What happens if you don't claim an airdrop: claim window and deadline, return to treasury, burn or redistribution, how to find the deadline, what if missed.
FDV vs Market Cap: What Is the Difference and How to Read Tokenomics
FDV vs market cap explained: formulas, total and circulating supply, allocation by category, airdrop share, emission schedule, inflation and red flags.
Do You Need KYC for an Airdrop: Regional Limits and Personal Data
Do you need KYC for an airdrop: why projects add identity checks and regional limits, what to read in the terms and how to spot a scammer's fake verification.
Are Airdrops Taxable? What to Record and How to Keep a Tax Log
Are airdrops taxable depends on your jurisdiction. What to record when tokens arrive, how to keep a log table and why a local professional is essential.
Impermanent Loss in Plain English: Liquidity Pools and Costs
Impermanent loss in plain English: how an x*y=k pool works, LP tokens and fees, where the loss comes from and what to count before an add-liquidity task.
What Is a Bridge in Crypto: Layer 2 and Bridges Explained Simply
What is a bridge in crypto and why L2 networks exist: how bridges work, what happens to your assets, fees, withdrawal times, risks and checking addresses.
How to Store a Seed Phrase: Hardware Wallet, Paper, or Metal Backup
How to store a seed phrase safely: hardware vs software wallet, paper and metal, separate storage, passphrase, recovery testing and the mistakes to avoid.
What Signing a Message in a Wallet Means: Transaction vs Signature
What signing a message in a wallet means: how a signature differs from a transaction, what permit, Permit2 and setApprovalForAll do, and how to read the window.
How to Track Airdrops and Not Miss a Snapshot: A System for Many Projects
How to track airdrops across many projects: what to record for each, a spreadsheet vs a tracker, signs a snapshot is near, fake insider tips and a weekly plan.
Airdrop vs ICO vs IDO vs IEO: How Token Launch Formats Differ
Airdrop vs ICO vs IDO vs IEO: how ICO differs from IDO and both from an airdrop — payment, KYC, risk, price discovery, accessibility and why formats combine.
What Is TGE, Vesting, Cliff and Unlock: Token Unlocks After an Airdrop
What TGE and listing are, how cliff, vesting and token unlocks work, who receives tokens on a schedule, circulating vs total supply and where the schedule is.
Is an Airdrop Worth It: A Decision Framework Without Return Forecasts
Is an airdrop worth it and does farming pay off: what the costs are, which signs raise the odds and where they stop, what cannot be known and how to decide.
Types of Airdrop Tasks: What Protocols Reward and What Each Signals
Types of airdrop tasks and what protocols reward: swaps, bridges, liquidity, staking, lending, governance, testnets and social tasks — signals, costs and risks.
Unknown Token in Your Wallet: Spam Tokens, Dust and Address Poisoning
An unknown token appeared in your wallet: where spam tokens and dust come from, how address poisoning works, why interacting is the risk and what to do safely.
Wallet Flagged as Sybil: What to Do and How to Appeal an Exclusion
Your wallet was flagged as Sybil and excluded from an airdrop: how to confirm it is real, how appeals usually work, what to prepare and how to avoid scammers.
How Protocols Detect Sybil Wallets: Methods and False Positives
How protocols detect sybil wallets before an airdrop: transaction graph analysis, behavioral heuristics and models, hunter programs, manual review and why false positives are unavoidable.
Crypto Points Programs: Do Points Convert to Tokens and Are They Worth It
What a crypto points program is, why projects launch points before a token, what points convert into and when they never do, how to evaluate it and the risks.
Revoke Token Approvals: How to Revoke Permissions and Why It Matters
What a token approval is and why it is a risk, how an approval turns into a drained wallet, how to view and revoke token approvals and what revoking cannot fix.
Fake Airdrop: How to Spot an Airdrop Scam and Verify a Claim Link
How a fake claim airdrop scam works: signs of a counterfeit site, how to verify the official link, why an approve or permit signature is dangerous, what to do.
Separate Wallet for Airdrop Farming: Setup, Funding and Approval Hygiene
How to set up a wallet for airdrop farming: why a separate wallet, where to keep the seed phrase, how to fund it without linking addresses and manage approvals.
Airdrop Snapshot: What It Is, Why the Date Is Hidden, What If You Missed It
What a crypto airdrop snapshot is: how a project freezes chain state, why the date is hidden, what counts, why some take several and what to do if you miss it.
What Is a Crypto Airdrop: Retroactive Drops, Types and Limits
What a crypto airdrop is and why projects give tokens away: retroactive vs announced, main types by mechanics, signs of a coming drop and what is not promised.
Airdrop Statuses Explained: Confirmed, Reward Available and the Rest
All six airdrop statuses — Potential, Confirmed, Snapshot, Verification, Reward available, Distributed: what each means and what to do at every stage.
Airdrop Sybil Filters: Why Wallets Get Excluded and How to Stay Independent
What a Sybil cluster is, which funding routes and behavior patterns link wallets together, why your wallet was excluded from an airdrop, and what independent on-chain activity looks like.