$100,000 for 6 Discord messages.

$15,000 for 1 swap.

Yes, these actually happened.

Full list of the craziest airdrop wins ever 👇

💰 Absurd Rewards for Almost Nothing

Ribbon — 6 Discord messages → $100,000
Uniswap — 1 swap → $15,000
1INCH — 1 swap → $4,000
Paraswap — few swaps → $10,000
Arkham — sign-up + invites → $5,000–$40,000
Biconomy — $15k volume → $15,000
CoWswap — few swaps → $1,000
Aptos — testnet NFT → $2,000
Internet Computer — testnet → $30,000

Yes, that was real.

🧠 Light Farming, Solid Payouts

Optimism — active user → $9,000
Arbitrum — active user → $10,000
Starknet — active user → $3,000
Gitcoin — active user → $15,000
Galxe — NFT holder → $8,000
XION — testnet user → $8,000
Dymension — testnet + L2 → $1,000
DYDX — active trader → $12,000

🧱 Node Runners Who Hit Big

MINA (node) → $100,000
Celestia (light node) → $120,000
Celestia (validator node) → $1,000,000
Aptos (node) → $4,000
Dymension (node) → $1,000

Nodes paid. Hard.

🎮 Usage, Volume & NFTs

BLUR — NFT trading + $3k fees → $40,000
ENS — name holder → $25,000
Jupiter (1k vol) → $1,600
Jupiter 2 (10k vol) → $320
PIZZA — Unisat user → $3,500
Sandbox — 7h of gaming → $3,000
Bonk — SOL user/NFT → $3,000
Looksrare — 3 ETH OS vol → $1,700
Tensor — few NFT trades → $800

🎯 Campaigns, Ecosystem Plays

AltLayer — free NFT holder → $50,000
EigenLayer — $30 stake → $400
Wormhole — bridge + ambassador → $26,500
Goldfinch — ambassador → $40,000
Forta — ambassador → $8,000
OMNI — Galxe campaigns → $700

! There was so much more, this is just a small part of what I remembered.

If you think you’re too late, you probably thought that in 2021 too.

If that sounds interesting, I can put together a proper write-up on what the airdrops required and how it all played out.