Sometimes blockchain projects give away their tokens for free to attract new users. The prizes are often small – a few dollars. However, there are times when startups donate tens of thousands of dollars in their coins.
Airdrops
In September 2020, the Uniswap decentralized cryptocurrency exchange released its UNI tokens and distributed part of it to users.
Eight traders received coins for $ 250-750 thousand, about 50 people – from $ 25-250 thousand. In total, about 100 thousand people received winnings in equal amounts. The base prize was about $ 1,000.
Also in December last year, another decentralized crypto exchange, 1inch, issued its token and distributed it to users. The right to collect the reward was received by traders who met one of the following conditions:
-made at least one transaction before September 15, 2020;
-made at least four transactions;
-made transactions for a total amount of at least $ 20.
Each client of the platform received at least $ 1.5 thousand, some of them got a much higher reward. One of the users received $ 25 million, three more – from $ 3 million to $ 3.35 million.
37 traders brought 100-700 thousand coins to their wallets in the amount of $ 250 thousand to $ 1.75 million. 190 people took a reward of $ 25 thousand. – $ 250 thousand
Earnings on publishing and reading articles
The Steemit platform is positioned as the largest social network on the blockchain or blockchain blog. The site has its own digital coins: STEEM, Steem Power and Steem backed dollars.
STEEM and SBD tokens can be exchanged for Bitcoin and Ethereum on crypto exchanges. Steem Power coins cannot be withdrawn to fiat; rather, they are analogous to shares, the owners of which can count on income.
Authors of articles receive a reward in three tokens at once in the ratio of 50% Steem Power, 25% STEEM and 25% SDB. The amount depends on the number of views, likes and comments.
There is also a publishing platform Publish0x. Both authors and readers can earn Basic Attention Token, Multi-collateral DAI and Loopring on it. In addition, you can get tokens for inviting new authors and readers to Publish0x.
Another similar platform is Golos.io. For creating content, you can get a GOLOS token, which is traded on crypto exchanges, a GBG digital coin pegged to the value of gold (1 GBG is equal to 1 mg of gold), and an illiquid GP token, which works on the Steem Power principle.
Games
The free Spells of Genesis card arcade game, running on mac OS and PC, allows you to collect collectibles that are stored on the Ethereum blockchain. They can be exchanged for other artifacts or sold for cryptocurrency.
You can play EOS Knight on smartphones and in the browser. This is a knightly saga with collectibles stored on the EOS blockchain. They can be exchanged within the game and deals with them using smart contracts.
Altcoin Fantasy is an educational platform that will help you learn how to trade, and also gives you the opportunity to make money on it.
Here the user is given virtual points with which he can trade digital coins. The interface is close to how real exchanges work.
Altcoin Fantasy hosts various trading contests. If a novice trader manages to take one of the prizes, he will be able to claim an award in Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies, for example, Ethereum and Stellar. The game is free, runs on iOS and Android systems.
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