Is this the end of airdrops?

By Shiftrox_ | Future Growth | 3 Mar 2026

Quick question: are airdrops over? Has the end finally come? I keep imagining how insane 2025 was in this regard, how many people made money from it, but it seems that at its end and now in 2026, the flow is no longer the same. Following many accounts dedicated to the crypto and web3 world, I see that people no longer talk about it, so what happened?

X had updates that killed InfoFI, on one hand this was good, fewer bots, more real people who can interact and present something truly interesting to all of us, not to mention that we know that in the insatiable search for resources, many play dirty, creating bots and privileged information networks to get what they want so badly. Source: voices in my head.

We know that's how it is; it's difficult to compete with the big influencers because of… precisely their influence. So, perhaps that's why airdrops have become scarce, not to mention those that are pure scams. I myself participated in some, and thankfully I was very basic, because in the end, it was just disappointment with Discord servers that stop working overnight, Telegram groups being shut down, and things like that.

Anyway, I decided to leave that to the try-hards. At the moment, I prefer to earn a little than nothing at all. So, I mainly apply my effort to the Post to Earn or SocialFI models. Hive blockchain and Publish0x are my preferred choices at the moment; I love sharing my discoveries, ideas, feelings, and gameplay videos. 3speak is the decentralized point to upload videos and receive something for it.

For these reasons, whether airdrops have truly died out or not, I can't say. That's just my feeling; it's my perspective on the current market situation. Putting in the effort and having something more guaranteed, whether it's in $HIVE, $SATS, or $USDC tokens, I honestly prefer it that way. Even though I'm also experimenting with web3 games from various networks and trying to see which one I like best and, if possible, get a financial return, everything I'm doing right now is an attempt to find something better.

And you, what do you think about this?

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