Project teams have already unified their approach: completely abandon the bull market token distribution model, tighten supply comprehensively.
⭐️Core airdrop allocations are shifting away from bulk farming parties entirely, pivoting to Co-Builders and deep genuine contributors.
▶️The golden age of multi-account scripts and 0-effort passive earnings perhaps only belonged to the bubble-filled bull market and the opening festivities of a few leading projects.
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Will farming still be the main way for ordinary people to turn their lives around?
Last year when zhaozhao was wandering around selecting English-learning countries and institutions,
I took the opportunity to visit several farming players, and many directly shut down their studios, quietly transitioning.
After deep conversations, several brutal conclusions:
- Multi-accounts still have opportunities, but only limited to "leading projects in new tracks." - Large airdrops still exist, but the barrier is extremely high, requiring real contributions and identity verification. - The optimal solution is deep participation, becoming a Co-Builder for the project team. - The pure 0-effort era has basically ended, anti-farming is now industry norm.
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First, let's look at the first major anti-farming disaster of 2026: Opinion.
Early-stage KOLs and communities hyped wildly, shouting about a 2026 strong start.
Retail investors frantically increased trading volume chasing points, threw massive fees at it, went all-in betting on a turnaround.
TGE directly crashed, creating 2026's first full-scale anti-farming spectacle.
But amid these cries of despair, zhaozhao saw that several Co-Builder players made handsome profits.
From the Opinion drama, it's clear enough:
The old playbook of increasing volume and farming only works in bull markets.
Completely doesn't work in bear markets; if you want to keep playing, you must completely change your approach!
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The other day, opened X and the whole screen was complaints about @PerleLabs anti-farming.
When Perle's airdrop rules dropped, X platform directly exploded, full-network complaints and criticism, another textbook-level anti-farming case.
Many players spent months doing verification and data annotation. After chatting with micro-influencer @Ethcoin3 recently, the micro-influencer's top account had a cost exceeding $200 per account, massive time and money invested, finally checked eligibility, the vast majority of accounts showed "Not eligible"—all efforts for nothing.
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Current bear market liquidity is extremely poor; if project teams distribute large portions, TGE will inevitably face collective dump panic, massive selling pressure crushing the market.
This is perhaps exactly why most projects in bear markets make a consistent choice:
Prioritize tilting toward Co-Builders, deep genuine contributors, paired with linear unlocks, combined with community activity levels, effective data contributions and other strict multi-dimensional screening, strictly controlling token distribution.
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From Opinion to Perle to Backpack BP, retail investors look drained dry, while many Co-Builders don't dare show their airdrop allocations on social media platforms!
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Written at the end: the bear market farming path isn't completely blocked, we just must transform!
In the past, airdrops were about having more accounts, faster scripts, bigger guts, getting high returns with low costs!
Now, airdrops are about early insight, real contributions, accurate positioning; only deep co-building can claim a piece of the pie.
Anti-farming isn't targeting retail investors, but rather bear market forcing industry reshuffle;
the farming path isn't completely sealed, just the old bull market tactics have been completely eliminated.
Going forward, either transform into a deep contributor, follow the main narrative within the phase, bet on track leaders, give up FOMO chasing!
Or cut losses in time, stop wasting time and cost on phantom airdrops!
After all, in a bear market, surviving and not going broke matters more than anything.
And focus on becoming a Co-Builder for projects you believe in!!!!
# Bear Market Airdrop Ultimate Truth?
Anti-farming has become inevitable—how should ordinary people navigate the airdrop path?
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On the airdrop track, the main theme from last year to now has only two words: anti-farming.
Perps, BTC ecosystem, prediction markets, DePIN, AI……
One after another hyped-up track that everyone anticipated,
almost all ended with retail investors suffering massive losses.
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2026 bear market continues, liquidity dries up, selling pressure finds no takers!
Project teams have already unified their approach: completely abandon the bull market token distribution model, tighten supply comprehensively.
⭐️Core airdrop allocations are shifting away from bulk farming parties entirely, pivoting to Co-Builders and deep genuine contributors.
▶️The golden age of multi-account scripts and 0-effort passive earnings perhaps only belonged to the bubble-filled bull market and the opening festivities of a few leading projects.
————————————————
Will farming still be the main way for ordinary people to turn their lives around?
Last year when zhaozhao was wandering around selecting English-learning countries and institutions,
I took the opportunity to visit several farming players, and many directly shut down their studios, quietly transitioning.
After deep conversations, several brutal conclusions:
- Multi-accounts still have opportunities, but only limited to "leading projects in new tracks."
- Large airdrops still exist, but the barrier is extremely high, requiring real contributions and identity verification.
- The optimal solution is deep participation, becoming a Co-Builder for the project team.
- The pure 0-effort era has basically ended, anti-farming is now industry norm.
————————————————
First, let's look at the first major anti-farming disaster of 2026: Opinion.
Early-stage KOLs and communities hyped wildly, shouting about a 2026 strong start.
Retail investors frantically increased trading volume chasing points, threw massive fees at it, went all-in betting on a turnaround.
TGE directly crashed, creating 2026's first full-scale anti-farming spectacle.
But amid these cries of despair, zhaozhao saw that several Co-Builder players made handsome profits.
From the Opinion drama, it's clear enough:
The old playbook of increasing volume and farming only works in bull markets.
Completely doesn't work in bear markets; if you want to keep playing, you must completely change your approach!
————————————————
The other day, opened X and the whole screen was complaints about @PerleLabs anti-farming.
When Perle's airdrop rules dropped, X platform directly exploded, full-network complaints and criticism, another textbook-level anti-farming case.
Many players spent months doing verification and data annotation. After chatting with micro-influencer @Ethcoin3 recently, the micro-influencer's top account had a cost exceeding $200 per account, massive time and money invested, finally checked eligibility, the vast majority of accounts showed "Not eligible"—all efforts for nothing.
————————————————
Current bear market liquidity is extremely poor; if project teams distribute large portions, TGE will inevitably face collective dump panic, massive selling pressure crushing the market.
This is perhaps exactly why most projects in bear markets make a consistent choice:
Prioritize tilting toward Co-Builders, deep genuine contributors, paired with linear unlocks, combined with community activity levels, effective data contributions and other strict multi-dimensional screening, strictly controlling token distribution.
————————————————
From Opinion to Perle to Backpack BP, retail investors look drained dry, while many Co-Builders don't dare show their airdrop allocations on social media platforms!
————————————————
Written at the end: the bear market farming path isn't completely blocked, we just must transform!
In the past, airdrops were about having more accounts, faster scripts, bigger guts, getting high returns with low costs!
Now, airdrops are about early insight, real contributions, accurate positioning; only deep co-building can claim a piece of the pie.
Anti-farming isn't targeting retail investors, but rather bear market forcing industry reshuffle;
the farming path isn't completely sealed, just the old bull market tactics have been completely eliminated.
Going forward, either transform into a deep contributor, follow the main narrative within the phase, bet on track leaders, give up FOMO chasing!
Or cut losses in time, stop wasting time and cost on phantom airdrops!
After all, in a bear market, surviving and not going broke matters more than anything.
And focus on becoming a Co-Builder for projects you believe in!!!!