Latest Hacks Show Just How Risky Airdrop Hunting Is — Insider Roundup #28

One mistake could cause you to lose your entire wallet.

Hey guys,

It’s been a crazy week after two hacks (Galxe and Stars Arena), with the Galxe hack being a significant one with $300k stolen from 1,000+ airdrop hunters.

Unlimited token approvals still pose a huge risk, depending on which smart contract you give this permission to.

If you’d like to find out some key lessons from the Galxe hack, check out my thread here.

Do stay safe when you’re hunting airdrops! If you have any questions about securing your airdrop wallet, feel free to send me a DM on Twitter.

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🐦 Tweet Roundup

Discover the best airdrop tips I posted on Twitter this week:

• Do Galxe OATs really help with airdrops?

• Goerli is being phased out; here's how to get tokens on the new testnet

• Before using Manta L2, do this to save on 90% of gas fees

• Use this wallet to get a possible airdrop ($18.1 million raise)

Follow me on Twitter for more airdrop threads.

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What I did this week

Here are the main activities that I did to potentially qualify for these airdrops:

📝 Waitlist Opportunities

• IYK

They’ve raised $16.8 million so far, so you can join the waitlist.

• Leosapien Issue #1

• Cruise Finance

Connect your wallet and email address to earn points for this platform.

Getting airdrops is all about being early. Access my database of every waitlist I’ve registered for here.

🟣 zkSync

• Layer3 Collection

Join Layer3 with my referral link if you don't have an account yet, and then complete the task here.

Also, don’t forget to complete your daily tasks on Layer3 to earn more XP.

For more info, check out my guide on the zkSync airdrop here.

🔵 StarkNET

• Ekubo Early LP SPOK

If you deposited liquidity last week, you’ll be able to claim this SPOK.

For more info, check out my guide on the StarkNET airdrop here.

⚫ LayerZero

• Holograph NFT mint

This mint may have expired, and if you’d like to receive the latest updates for these time-sensitive events, join my Telegram channel here.

For more info, check out my guide on the LayerZero airdrop here.

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🔐 Secure your funds with this 2-wallet strategy

Did you know your airdrop wallet should be kept separate from your normal wallet?

Having your funds in the same wallet could expose it to smart contract risks, or even worse when you lose your seed phrase.

Here’s the combination that I’m using for my funds (referral links included):

1. Airdrop wallet: Ledger Nano X connected to Metamask

2. Cold storage wallet for buying and holding funds: Tangem (Get 10% off when you use my link)

I store minimal funds in a hot wallet, as those are the most risky. This hack that cost a prominent Twitter influencer resulted in life-changing losses, and you can find my analysis here.

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⚫ Linea

• Linea Entertainment Week Phase 2

This campaign is ending on 10 Oct. I’m still working on a thread which should be released tomorrow.

Follow me on Twitter and Telegram to view my guide when it’s out.

🟡 opBNB

• DerpDEX opBNB OAT

You have to swap and add liquidity on DerpDEX (opBNB) to complete this OAT.

I added liquidity into the WBNB/USDT pool.

• Pop Social Pilot Pass

This is very similar to the tasks for Tabi.

Gas cost: $0.003 in BNB

🟣 Manta Pacific

• zkSBTs on Manta Pacific

Before minting them, check out this hack to save on gas fees.

If you’re wondering why you can’t mint the zkOmni SBT, you’ll need to fulfil these criteria.

• Manta Fest Bridge Week

If you haven’t done the tasks yet, check out my guide here.

Never miss an airdrop campaign again when you get my FREE campaign database here.

📜 Scroll

• Defusion AI task

While you can no longer earn the Crystal Crononet (the highest tier), you still can claim the next 2 tiers for this task.

For more information, check out my guide here.

🔵 Base

• Mint.fun’s create.fun

You can now create NFTs on mint.fun, and check out my thread here for more information.

Also, don’t forget to complete your daily tasks on Layer3 to earn more XP.

⚪ Zora

• NFT mints that can double your airdrop chances

Check out my thread here to discover my top picks for NFTs to mint on Zora.

• mint.fun

There are quite a few free mints on mint.fun which you can take advantage of to increase your transaction count.

What’s more, if you’ve minted your fundrop pass, you can maintain your minting streak and increase your points too.

Find out more about mint.fun and Zora my Mirror guides.

🖼️ NFT Mints

• Pandra King Raffle

Depending on which tier of Pandra NFT you have, you can participate in up to 5 different raffles.

• Taiko Early Creator mint

If you’ve completed the Taiko campaign on Galxe, you’ll be able to mint this NFT.

• Floor 2nd Year Free NFT

I have 2 invite codes for this app:

• F56A32

• 3DQMC8

Find out how to mint this NFT here.

🚀 Galxe OATs

Discover numerous OATs with the potential for valuable airdrops (I received the MAV airdrop with just one OAT).

Access the comprehensive list of every OAT I’ve claimed in this Notion database that I’ve created.

• Arbitrum Odyssey Week 2 tasks

There are 2 NFTs to claim this week. Check out my thread here for the steps I did.

• Timeswap X Quickswap OAT

You’ll need to add $100 worth of QUICK into the lending pool, check out my thread here for more info.

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Get a FREE airdrop tracker

I’ve created a Notion site to keep track of all the airdrops that I’m looking to earn from, including both project and network tokens.

If you’d like to access it, you can subscribe to my Substack below,

and you’ll receive the link in your welcome email!

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