The 4 filters I use before farming any airdrop

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Yesterday I showed you how stupidly easy it is to find airdrops.

But here’s the harder part:

You’ve got the list.
A dozen tabs open.
Threads bookmarked.
Alpha pouring out your eyeballs.

Now what?

There are literally over 1,000 protocols right now that might be planning an airdrop.

You can’t farm them all.
Not unless you’ve got 16 arms, zero hobbies, and an infinite budget.

So how do you choose?

I wish I could give you some neat little formula.
But this ain’t that kind of game. This is more… crypto game theory.

The better the opportunity?
The more people will farm it.
The more people farming it?
The less you get.

So there’s no magic bullet. But I can walk you through how I think about it.

Step 1: Follow the money

Funding matters. A lot.

If a protocol raised $10M+, that’s a green flag.
$50M+? That’s where you should start paying attention.
Why? Because VCs need an exit, and a token gives them one.
You, as a humble airdrop farmer, can front-run their vesting schedules.
Eat while the whales wait.

(You can usually find funding info on their X or on https://defillama.com/airdrops.)

Step 2: Is the product actually good?

Brutally simple filter:
Would you use this even if there were zero incentives?

If yes: solid signal.
If no: you might still farm it — but don’t marry the token. Flip it and forget it.

Step 3: Check the team’s vibes

Are they flaky? Ghosting their community? Constantly delaying their TGE?

Red flags aren’t always obvious.
But you can sniff them out by digging into founder tweets, past interviews, and their general philosophy around airdrops.

Some founders want to reward early users. Others? Not so much.

Step 4: Respect your time and money

Farming takes effort. It takes funds.
Every minute you spend chasing one airdrop is time and money not spent on others.

So pick your battles.
Only chase what looks truly promising, not just shiny.

This isn’t a “spray and pray” game anymore.
The best farmers aren’t just hustlers — they’re strategists.

So yeah.
Finding airdrops is easy.

Choosing the right ones?
That’s where you separate the degen from the disciplined.

Talk soon,
-Kris Valen