Lazy Farming the Potential Optimism Airdrop
Keeping this short since I know everyone is busy and I assume you know what an airdrop is.
It looks like Optimism, the optimistic Ethereum rollup, is doing an airdrop for their governance token.
It will most likely go to people who are using their network, and it seems like they haven’t already done the snapshot for it yet.
So, I did a few quick things to get some activity and liquidity over there to try to qualify for it:
- I went to the official Optimism bridge and bridged over some ETH and a bunch of USDC
- I then staked half the USDC as bridge liquidity on Hop Exchange
- I then deposited about a quarter as collateral on AAVE
- And another quarter into the 3Pool on Curve
The whole thing took 5-10 minutes, and this seems like the type of activity that would get rewarded in an airdrop. I suspect they’ll reward based on liquidity more than the number of wallets, so if you have some stablecoins or ETH sitting around, this might be a good way to put it to work.
If you want bonus chances, I’d play around with:
- Synthetix
- Lyra
- Perpetual Protocol
- Synapse
Obviously, I don’t know that this will work, but it’s a nearly-free option, quick to do, and if it does work it should earn a sweet airdrop. It at least seems worth trying if you have the funds lying around.
But not financial advice, do your own research, etc etc.
Have a good weekend!