A New Incentive for the Post-Airdrop Era

The article argues that the airdrop-driven crypto sector has become chaotic, with bots, point races and token distribution favoring wealthy participants, and that identity and culture should replace airdrops as incentives. It presents the Ethereum Image Service (EIS), a CC0 onchain image canvas where users can create and remix artworks, as a "garden of self-expression" for the post-airdrop era. The author, who previously co-founded Phi, says Phi drew about 4 million NFTs minted and around 170,000 unique users without financial incentives. The article also describes a cat pixel art contest run through EIS, offering $200 USDC to the best submission, with a deadline of 06/27/2024.