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Retroactive Drop

Airdrop for past activity — tokens go to users who used the project before the drop was announced.

Retroactive drop rewards users for past activity. The project announces: "everyone who used us before date X gets tokens."

Why retroactive is the most lucrative

Unlike testnet or quest drops, you can't farm a retroactive on demand — the address list is frozen. This means:

Fewer Sybil users (hard to fake history)
More tokens per real user
Often $1000-50000+ per drop

Famous retroactive drops

Project	Year	Avg payout
Uniswap	2020	~$1200
Arbitrum	2023	~$1500-3000
Optimism	2022	~$800-2500
Hyperliquid	2024	~$3000-15000
LayerZero	2024	~$200-2000

How to catch

Use new DeFi protocols with real activity (swap, liquidity, lending) before they announce a token. Key signal: project without a token + high volume + VC backing.

We track such projects on dropfarm.org/en hourly.

Testnet

Test network of the project — users make transactions with fake tokens, the project tests its code.

Points Program

Project credits points for activity, later converts to tokens at TGE.

Snapshot

Recording holder state at a specific date — used later to distribute a drop.

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