Airdrop

Gate Research's Weekly Market Review and Outlook covers Bitcoin and altcoin trends, macro liquidity, on-chain indicators, hot project updates, token unlock information, and key industry events, providing comprehensive analysis and predictions for the cryptocurrency market.

The article explores whether cryptocurrency users need intervention, citing research from Pantera Research Lab which finds that these users exhibit higher tendencies towards immediate gratification and lower discount factors.

This article introduces the trend changes in Fully Diluted Valuation (FDV), emphasizing the importance of circulating supply in assessing the true value of tokens. It also analyzes the effectiveness of airdrops in incentivizing users and driving protocol adoption.

This article explores the significance and current state of blockchain airdrop mechanisms, focusing on the innovative measures taken by LayerZero and ZKSync to address Sybil attacks and other challenges. Through self-reporting and bounty systems, LayerZero successfully flagged and filtered a large number of potential Sybil addresses, while ZKSync ensured fairness in distribution through strict qualification criteria and behavior pattern recognition. These cases provide valuable insights for the future design of airdrop mechanisms.

This article analyzes successful and unsuccessful cases of airdrop campaigns, focusing on key aspects such as team attitude, user expectation management, token distribution strategies, legal risks, and responses to Sybil attacks.

For conventional airdrops, the main criteria usually include engagement level, duration, and fund amount. However, one airdrop clause has drawn criticism for its lack of transparency. The relationship between project teams and "airdrop hunters" is strategic. If the balance of power shifts, it endangers the other party's interests. When the scales tip toward the project team, they can act arbitrarily, reducing airdrop hunters to mere tools.

Zircuit is a zk Rollup that is fully compatible with EVM. It is currently in the testnet stage. It can be generally understood as Ethereum L2 using zk technology. In essence, it is still to solve the performance and efficiency problems of Ethereum itself and help transactions to execute better and faster. Compared with the OP architecture, Zircuit can achieve the fast and consistent performance of zkEVM Rollup without the challenge period of withdrawal transactions.

While decentralized products and services offer powerful capabilities, their high barriers to entry have created a significant gap between users and these offerings. Many individuals are hesitant to bridge this gap, and Infinex aims to facilitate a smoother transition into the decentralized realm by simplifying the user experience.

Pencil Protocol is a Launchpad platform based on Scroll, backed by investments from Gate Labs, OKX Ventures, Animoca Brands, Presto Labs, and others. Following a brand upgrade, it has optimized various aspects of LaunchPad, Staking, and Vaults asset management, and is set to introduce a new Pencils points system, actively expanding its ecosystem.

After Lava Network's official announcement of its airdrop, KOLs took notice, predicting it could become a standout project. This article will help you quickly understand Lava Network by covering its background, features, and structure.

Airdrops have always been one of the hottest topics in the cryptocurrency field. Initially, the concept of airdrops was simply to reward users with "free money" for participating in protocols. However, it quickly evolved into a highly complex system involving tokens, projects supported by venture capital, and unknown returns. This article will outline the origins, development, and potential opportunities of airdrops in the future.

This article analyzes the manipulation risks behind the points system, the opaque calculation rules, and the potential insider information issues of the project parties, and proposes the pros and cons of the points system and possible directions for future improvement.

Monad is an EVM Layer1 that achieves 100,000 TPS through parallel execution technology. After launching its testnet in January, over a dozen projects, including PancakeSwap and Layerzero, announced their participation in the ecosystem. Additionally, Monad recently completed a $225 million funding round. This article will explore Monad's architectural design, technological innovations, and key features.

Spectral is an on-chain agent machine intelligent network that combines AI and Web3, aiming to simplify the writing and deployment of smart contracts and enable non-technical users to participate in Web3 innovation. Through its product Syntax, Spectral lowers the barrier to innovation and provides decentralized AI services through the Nova inference network. The project has received approximately US$30 million in financing and is supported by giants in the Web2 and Web3 fields. Spectral’s ecological layout is extensive, including DeFi, DAO, security and other fields, demonstrating its leadership and development potential in the AI+Web3 field.

This article discusses Morph's new L2 ecosystem development strategy, which aims to address the issues of "ghost chain effect" and "fake TVL prosperity" on public chains by combining incentive airdrops and developer-centric ecosystem development. The article analyzes both the airdrop strategy of Blast and Morph's comprehensive approach, which includes incentives for testnet airdrops, a developer-centric ecosystem development fund, and strategies for attracting user and developer participation. Morph encourages AI, GameFi and other projects to build on Morph through a series of actions, such as the Sparkloom Builder Program and incubator programs, while providing financial support and airdrop incentives for participants..