SEI Mainet & Airdrop - My Expectations Vs The Reality

Since many of us had incredibly great expectations for the SEI airdrop, many people are severely disappointed in the SEI mainnet. Despite the fact that only half of the SUI participant received the airdrop, it turns out that it was in some ways superior to the SEI airdrop. On the plus side, SEI was a testnet, which meant that using the platform didn't cost anything and was completely free. prior to the blockchain goes live, it is tested on a testnet. This entails a variety of activities to identify the chain's strengths and weaknesses so that developers may address them before the blockchain goes live.

After reassuring the community that they would receive an airdrop, SEI started its mainnet a few days ago. The community had high expectations for the airdrop claim, but many were disappointed when it was claimable a day after going live instead of the day before or hours before. For a project where testers spent over 11 months testing, completing tasks, and investing their time to ensure they were qualified for any airdrop, it is distressing to see that they only received peanuts for their works. Many individuals were extremely unhappy when they received small amount for airdrop.

I personally received 27.924877 SEI, which worth around $5 the day I claimed. Some people got a lesser amount, while some didn't even get any despite the fact that they qualified.

The most effective way of measures in my opinion, is to avoid testnet airdrops and concentrate on retroactive airdrops instead, but this is a very risky strategy. A retroactive airdrop occurs when you interact with the mainnet; this interaction could be making transactions, particularly significant multiple transactions and ensuring that you are utilizing the chain. However, this calls for the use of real money for both gas costs and interaction; however, the risk here is that using real money for interaction with the sole intent of receiving an airdrop does not guarantee that you will receive the airdrop, particularly when the project has not yet made an airdrop announcement and interaction is based on suppositions. But if you enjoy the environment and don't mind interacting, use it at your own risk.