Vitalik Buterin sees Airdrops as key to testing blockchain identity systems, ensuring tokens reach real community members.
The Ethereum founder advocates rewarding meaningful contributions through blockchain identity frameworks for fairer token distribution.
Discounted token sales can drive genuine participation, ensuring buyers have a vested interest, says Buterin.
Ethereum founder Vitalik Buterin suggests using airdrops — the free distribution of tokens — to test blockchain-based identity systems. These systems can ensure tokens go to real community members, reward project contributors, maintain fairness, and prevent exploitation. He also proposes selling tokens at a discount to valuable contributors as another way to distribute tokens more evenly, making sure buyers have a real stake in the project’s success.
One related point is that giving tokens away for free is not the only "form factor" that makes sense for this: you can also do discounted sales.
I talk about reasons why to do this here:https://t.co/E0acaT2ufv
Depending on the degree of membership/contribution you can prove,… pic.twitter.com/Pdvs6DYTFo
— vitalik.eth (@VitalikButerin) August 28, 20…
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