
Backwards Causation with Airdrops [Haseeb Qureshi]
The Swyx Mixtape
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Airdrops
Air drops are a form of community reward in web three, which i think if anyone is serious about should be studied closely. It's all about incentives and game theory, but also the inherent promise that people have with their communities. Airdrops are probably going to be here for a long time. I think there are some projects that will start to avoid doing airdrops. Although they are gamed, they are still really valuable. There's the ability now to forego the airdrop, but to benefit from the implication of an airdrop. So we've got this equilibrium that even though it's hard to enforce anyway, every project is benefiting from this kind of
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