🧐 Sahara Airdrop Review: How did I get this wave of returns? Analysis of Token Economics and Interpretation of Airdrop Allocation—— Many people are curious about the number of airdrops I have received, so here is a special interpretation for everyone: To be honest, I'm not quite willing to package this matter as a 'brainless wave'. Because I have taken many detours and spent a lot of time participating from the earliest to now, data annotation is not a simple path, at least I have persevered; Mainly because I was quite certain at the time: The Sahara @ SaharaLabsAI project, which has a product closed loop, community sedimentation, and narrative logic, is worth spending time and actively participating in. My own airdrop sources mainly come from three parts: Firstly, I obtained the initial whitelist for annotation, which took me almost half a year to complete; Secondly, I have 10 numbers for the public sale of Buildpad; Thirdly, long-term research has provided some creators with rewards; Basically, each part took some effort and earned some rewards. Although the overall return was average, the process was very interesting and I experienced the entire AI Many people who pay attention to my content should know that I am the earliest to annotate Sahara in the Chinese section and have the most comprehensive tutorial: https://(x.com)/btw0205/status/1871064385512472683? s=46&t=1fmViEEp4ahAv6QgAcIA2g one ️⃣ What exactly is Sahara doing So now I have found that many people are still asking Sahara what exactly she does, and I can answer the core with one sentence: Sahara is a full stack AI native blockchain that connects data, models, and computation across the entire chain, allowing anyone to contribute/trade/cash out AI assets. Do you still think it's complicated? To simplify, what Sahara did was to move things that could only be done by large companies, such as "providing data → using models → calling computing power," onto the chain, becoming a system that anyone can participate in. Whether you help annotate data, contribute models, or provide computing power, you can earn rewards on Sahara, and even sell these "AI assets" directly to make money. Simply put, everyone can participate in AI, use blockchain to record and trade these contributions, and receive tangible benefits. This is what Sahara wants to do and is currently doing! two ️⃣ At first glance, tokenomics tends to be 'community-based'. The current economic model shows 64.25% for community&ecology: Among them, 8.15% will be airdropped, 33.93% will be used for ecological subsidies, and 20.75% will be used for long-term incentives; Team 15 %、 Early investors account for 19.75% and liquidity accounts for 1%. In short, the project party has thrown two-thirds of its chips to the outside world, and from a design perspective, it does not intend to be a market maker controlling the market. From this perspective, I still have some expectations for the price! three ️⃣ Core airdrop distribution focus: Sahara is actually quite interesting. Unlike some projects that come with a bunch of incentives and pie charts, he clearly states the airdrop targets, weighting rules, and unlocking rhythm. And rarely do two things coexist: 👉 Taking into account the early real participants in the community; 👉 And it also takes care of the medium - to long-term benefits of the subsequent 'accompanying runners'; I have summarized several core highlights of Sahara airdrop 👇 1) Wide coverage of people, all identities can receive: It's not just the 'interactive party' that can attract people, it divides the crowd into three dimensions, which is also what I mentioned earlier. I received airdrops in several directions: Data annotator (users who have completed Sahara Point tasks); Social identity participants (such as Sahara Legends, X active users); Community backbone (Mod, event organizer, UGC creator); In other words, whether you are a tasker, poster, or operations team member, you can get it. 2) Reward stacking, the more seriously you participate, the more you earn: This is actually quite interesting. Airdrops are not just about "whoever participates has a share", but also involve multiple weighting designs: Users who hold ≥ 0.01 ETH can directly double their airdrops; OKX new users or OKX+Sahara dual users will receive additional incentives; This is rare, somewhat like the version of the "Qualified Investor Channel" in airdrops. 3) Airdrop is not a one-time delivery, but a way for people to accompany the project: I fully agree with this. 📦 Only 44% of airdrops are unlocked directly in TGE; 📦 The remaining 56% have set a 6-month clip+linear release; To put it simply: you are not true love, you cannot fill it up. Sahara's airdrop this time is not based on the old formula of "interactive scripts", but has established a new paradigm of "who is really working and who should get more". And this is precisely a reasonable direction for the combination of AI and blockchain - to tokenize data, annotation, and training, and reward individuals in reverse. four ️⃣ Speculation on valuation of prices: The current pre-market trading price has been around 0.1; It seems that based on charts and industry estimates, the initial price of Sahara may fall within the range of 0.10-0.15—— 1) Sahara already has OKX+Binance Wallet endorsement, and the investment institutions behind it are all top-notch, with an early round financing of 43 million (Pantera, Binance Labs, Polychain). 2) If the online pricing is 0.1-0.15 and the circulation is 20%, the FDV falls between 10B-15B, which is not unreasonable and cannot be considered a floor; If it can be rushed, there is a possibility that it can reach 0.2-0.35; This valuation range is not outrageous compared to similar AI projects, but it is also not cheap. If we really take the path of data closed-loop and model trading, there may still be room for re rating in the future; But in the short term, there may also be a round of "cognitive decline+release and redemption". If you want to rush online, you can pay attention to the pace yourself. five ️⃣ Conclusion—— Ultimately, Sahara's airdrop actually sends an interesting signal: in the future, the combination of AI and blockchain will not necessarily rely on speculative concepts, but rather on who can tokenize and create a closed loop for the underlying processes of "data, annotation, and training". It doesn't rely on interaction, nor does it rely solely on sugar dispensing, but is telling everyone: If you have done real things, spent time and energy in this system, it should give you reasonable rewards. I have always felt that this is what token incentive should have looked like in the beginning. Of course, how the price will go and whether the narrative can last is another dimension. But at least this time, I was truly involved in the early stages, and I hope there will be a good result when it goes online tomorrow! Come on!