The last airdrop wave brought some gains to many, but what happens after the celebration? Most people face token price plunges and the dilemma of where the next opportunity lies. This luck-based "blind box" approach is fundamentally unsustainable.

The true profit-makers are now focusing on the same direction: finding projects that are genuinely linked to protocol growth and can generate sustainable revenue. In simple terms, it's about shifting from "lottery players" to "businesspeople."

Take the stablecoin ecosystem as an example. For a leading DeFi protocol, the core governance token's value capture mechanism is quite clear—users not only gain governance rights but, more importantly, stakers can directly share all the platform's transaction fees. Simply put: as long as the stablecoin minting on the platform increases, the protocol profits, and your staking rewards continue to grow.

What does this model resemble? It’s like becoming a shareholder in a company during its explosive growth phase. Instead of waiting for a one-time dividend, your earnings flow continuously as the ecosystem develops and business expands. Compared to the thrill of a one-off airdrop, this steady wealth accumulation is the real "passive income" logic.

More and more people in the market are realizing that sustainable, fundamentally supported returns are far more reliable than the illusory hopes of airdrops.