In the world of cryptocurrency, there is a term whose charm is enough to ignite the enthusiasm of all participants, and that is — Airdrop. It is a reward mechanism where projects distribute tokens for free to early users, representing a true “zero-cost” opportunity to acquire potential wealth.
Many people ask: How exactly do you play with airdrops? Is there a way to get airdrops for free?
The answer is yes, and the core logic is: use your time, energy, and contributions to exchange for future explosive monetary value.
To efficiently practice this “time for money” strategy, you must focus on a key link — the blockchain testnet.
Today, we will delve into: why valuing the testnet is the best path to obtaining free airdrops, and how to convert your early contributions into actual rewards.
I. Why is the testnet the cradle of “free airdrops”?
Because almost all major airdrops (Arbitrum, Optimism, Celestia, zkSync, LayerZero, etc.) clearly list “early testnet participants” as a core bonus/requirement, and the testnet only requires a very low cost in test tokens (almost free).
1. Testnet = “Gold Mine” for Early Actors
● Core Mechanism: Contribution determines airdrop amount
Successful cases (validated from 2023-2025)
● Arbitrum: Running nodes on the testnet/sending transactions → Mainnet airdrop average 1,000+ ARB
● Optimism: Completing testnet quests → Multiple mainnet airdrops (4th, 5th, and 6th rounds are all bonus)
● Celestia: Running light nodes/testnet staking → Genesis Drop average 1,000+ TIA
● zkSync: Active users on the Era testnet → 2024 main airdrop minimum 450 ZK, maximum 100,000+
● LayerZero: Stargate V1 testnet cross-chain → 2024 main airdrop average 1,000+ ZRO
2. Core Mechanism: Contribution determines airdrop amount
(General rules for mainstream projects in 2025)
Successful precedents
● Many of the airdrop recipients for projects like Arbitrum, Optimism, and Celestia are early users who participated during the development and testing phases.
What you need to invest is only
● Time cost: 1-2 hours per week on testnet tasks
● What you gain: High-value tokens reserved by the project team to incentivize early ecosystem development (usually 5%-20% of total supply)
II. How to efficiently participate in the testnet and secure potential airdrops?
1. 🎯 Find your airdrop positioning (three main participation methods)
Community Contributor (Simple Operation)
Main tasks: Be active daily on Discord/Telegram, write tutorials, help newcomers with questions, report bugs, retweet official posts.
2025 real cases: Berachain community OG, Initia Chinese ambassador, early KOLs of Nillion, all have locked in five-figure airdrops in advance.
Difficulty: Low Cost: 0 Suitable for: People who enjoy chatting and can write articles
Interactive Player (High Cost-Effectiveness)
Main tasks: Claim test tokens → Click through official tasks (bridging, swapping, minting NFTs, completing tasks, doing quests).
2025 real cases:
● Eclipse testnet score grinding → Current top 5k ranking basically guarantees a major airdrop
● Berachain BGT station scoring → Historical similar projects average returns of over 100 times
Difficulty: Medium Cost: Almost 0 Suitable for: Everyone (just follow the tutorial)
Node/Validator
Main tasks: Set up your own node, run light nodes, participate in validator testing, stress test the network.
2025 real cases: Early light nodes of Celestia, EigenLayer re-staking testnet, Avail node operators, all received airdrops worth $100,000 to $500,000.
Difficulty: High Cost: Requires servers or technical skills Returns: Highest
Beginner's Advice:
Prioritize “Community Contributor” and “Interactive Player,” spending just 30 minutes a day can complete tasks, essentially locking in free airdrops worth thousands to tens of thousands of dollars. Cost ≈ 0, miss it and it’s gone.
III. Discussion: Can exchanging time for money achieve financial freedom?
Let’s lay out the harsh truth (2025 real data)
Wanting to achieve financial freedom (over $1 million) through testnet airdrops in 2025 is almost impossible, unless you are one of the following three types of people:
● OGs who went all in from 2022-2023 (already benefited from Arbitrum, zkSync, LayerZero, Blast four times, accounts already in seven figures)
● Top script studios (industrialized grinding with hundreds or thousands of accounts)
● A very small number of people with advanced information and incredible luck
Real income range for ordinary people in 2025:
● Spend only 1-2 hours a week casually clicking → Likely earn $800-$4,000 for the year
● Spend 10 hours a week seriously covering 7 projects → $3,000-$15,000 (maximum if hitting big airdrops from Monad + Berachain)
● 2+ hours a day + secretly multiple accounts → $10,000-$50,000+
But! Treating it as a side job still offers the most outrageous cost-effectiveness globally
● 0 capital, purely time for money
● If done seriously, hourly wages of $8-$25 already surpass 99% of offline part-time jobs
● The ceiling is always open: as long as you bet on a project valued at over $1 billion, a single airdrop can return dozens of times your investment
IV. How to start taking action?
The real question in December 2025 is not “where are the airdrops,” but “did you click today.”
AiCoin has prepared the most brainless “one-click launch” plan for users: [Airdrop Radar Platform]
Platform address:
https://www.aicoin.com/zh-Hans/drop-radar?lang=cn
Potential airdrop projects, all at a glance:
● Heat score
● Countdown of remaining time
● Funding amount (such as $25M, $80M, $17.9M displayed directly by major investors)
● One-click jump to official tasks (just click to go to Quest, Discord roles, social tasks)
● Progress tags (new, claimed, distributed categorized for clarity)
● Clear task types
Throughout December, just open the platform daily, spend 15-30 minutes, and sweep through the top 10 tasks with high heat and remaining time <1 hour, and you’re done.
All official links, pitfall warnings, and task screenshots are complete, pure novices can earn points just by following the steps, no brainpower required.
Now just two steps:
- Click this link to enter the platform:
https://www.aicoin.com/zh-Hans/drop-radar?lang=cn
- Randomly pick a project like Ritual, Infinex, or Superform, the three hottest ones, and master the skills (total time not exceeding 20 minutes)
Take action now, see you on the platform!
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