Original author: Biteye
Striving for airdrops through Gitcoin donations is like opening a blind box. In order to help everyone make a better judgment, Biteye analyzed the airdrop rules of Optimism, Dmail, Namada, NIM Network, and Celestia.
They both airdrop to addresses that have participated in Gitcoin donations, but the rules are slightly different. Please see the comparison below.
Rule 1: Gitcoin donors can directly receive airdrops, regardless of rounds and amounts
Optimism is Ethereum Layer 2, and the first round of airdrops distributed 5% of OPs supply to 248,699 addresses, including Gitcoin donors.
The main requirement is that on-chain donations have been made through Gitcoin on L1 before the snapshot. Regardless of the round and amount, each address can get 555.92 OPs, which is about US$800 based on the opening price, which is considerable.
Rule 2: Gitcoin donors can get tokens directly, with limited rounds and amounts
Dmail, which provides encrypted email services, airdropped 7.5 million DMAIL (3.75% of the total supply) in the first quarter.
In the past two rounds of Gitcoin donations, a total of 37,500 DMAIL will be airdropped to all addresses that donated more than $5 to Dmail. If you donate ETH, it will be converted into US dollars based on the exchange rate at the time (US$2268.26/ETH).
Rule 3: Gitcoin donors can get tokens directly, limit the rounds, and sort the amounts
Namada is an L1 for inter-chain asset proof of stake. It airdropped 65 million NAM (6.5% of the total supply) in the RPGF Drop, of which 26% went to donors of ZK Tech and Advocacy project Gitcoin.
Donations to specific projects are required in specific rounds, and the total amount of donations in each round will be ranked. The lowest ranking range can get 71 NAM.
Rule 4: Gitcoin donors can get tokens directly, limiting donation types
NIM Network is an AI gaming blockchain based on Dymension, which airdropped 90 million NYMs (9% of the total supply).
The project will airdrop funds to 7,599 wallets that have donated to specific open games, infrastructure, and open source software projects on Gitcoin. The specific proportion is unknown.
Rule 5: Use Gitcoin donations as scoring weight
Celestia is the first modular blockchain network, with a Genesis airdrop of 60 million TIA (6% of the total supply), 1/3 of which will be given to early active participants in Ethereum Rollups.
When measuring the users on-chain activity level, the official weighted some on-chain behaviors and generated a score for each address that was linked to the number of airdropped tokens (out of 23 points). Gitcoin donors could get 3 points.
Summarize
Gitcoin donations are a good on-chain interaction behavior, and there is even a chance of receiving airdrops from high-quality projects, making a small investment for a big gain.
It is worth noting that the entire airdrop industry is becoming more and more competitive, and so is Gitcoin donations. The income from airdrops is not as good as before. In the past, maybe just donating was enough, but now it depends on the amount, donation project, donation round, etc. It is more of a weight of the project airdrop.
