The cryptocurrency industry has managed to attract everyone's attention with the many earning opportunities it offers. Although it is generally tried to make money by buying and selling 'coins' or tokens, there is another way to make more profit. Platforms that want to become more decentralized and reward their loyal users distribute gifts to their users under the name of 'airdrop'. Voting in DAO management, getting a share of the revenue, accessing more of the community's opportunities, obtaining NFTs or selling directly for profit with the 'profit suits your pocket' mentality.. When you receive an airdrop, you can choose any of the above. These are the opportunities that airdrops give you. Why does a platform or network airdrop? What does he gain from this? Where does this money come from? Is it really the most logical way to distribute it this way? How can I benefit from these airdrops? There will be an article in which I will share questions such as these in more detail. However, in this article, I will list the airdrops that have made the average user smile the most so far. Before moving on to the list, there is a point I would like to draw attention to. The airdrops I have chosen are airdrops that are not as pretentious as possible, have reasonable conditions, and are distributed fairly to the deserving end user rather than to a certain group. The amounts I have stated are the average earned amounts. There is no criterion in the ranking. If you wish, let's move on to the list without further ado:

Optimism

Optimism, a layer-2 (second layer) project on Ethereum, has managed to endear itself to many users with the low-cost and instant transaction capability it promises. The investment tour was launched in January 2020. Investments made in the next two years were accepted. As a result of 3 rounds in total, Optimism managed to raise 180,000,000 dollars from investors

Optimism, which has a TVL (locked asset) of approximately $ 1,000,000,000, announced that they allocated 19% of the token distribution for airdrop. In May 2022, 200 million OP tokens were distributed to approximately 250,000 users. As a result of the distribution, an average user earned 1,000 tokens. Considering that the Optimism token has an average value of 2-2.5 dollars, the gain is 2,000 - 2,500 dollars. To qualify for this reward, it was enough to make 5-6 DeFi transactions (swapping, adding liquidity, voting) using a decentralized bridge over Ethereum. The cost of this was $10 during the network's peak time. Footnote: Optimism only distributed 5% of the 19% it allocated for airdrop. The remaining 14% is still held for future distribution. You can benefit from these airdrops by actively using the Optimism network.