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The @monad airdrop has received a lot of criticism from the community as most users who contributed during the testnet phase did not receive any airdrop.
Most of those who did were mainly big whales who paid to participate.
Pi Network is considered one of the few airdrop projects that has achieved success after many years, but its token price has become increasingly unstable.
Here I’m only expressing my own opinion and hoping projects will have a better perspective, as well as sharing the direction of @inter_link.
This is not meant to attack or FUD any project.
In fact, if projects like Pi Network or Monad succeed, it would further prove that free does not mean worthless.
For Monad, their focus on paid users is too strong, while every user has their own value.
The non-paid (free) users contribute a lot, spreading awareness and bringing real community growth.
That is also a kind of invisible value.
Therefore, I don’t completely agree that distributing tokens only to paid users is reasonable.
As for Pi Network, I shared my thoughts about 4–5 months ago and received criticism for supposedly trying to put them down.
Let me repeat: if Pi Network can make a comeback and succeed, driving its community and reflecting that success through its token price. Then we, the @inter_link community, should be happy.
Because, as I said before, it would prove that free mining will always remain a global trend.
However, at the moment, their ecosystem is too closed, and most DApps inside are poor in quality, making it feel more like an internal network that can hardly compete with open ecosystems like @solana or @ethereum.
If things continue like this, I think the near future won’t be very optimistic.
They should build their own Layer-1 and focus on connecting with other ecosystems, this would be good for them and should be done soon if they don’t want things to become even harder.
Back to @inter_link, as you can see, building a successful project for the entire community requires extreme caution in every DAO decision.
If we vote or make the wrong direction, it will be very hard to fix later.
However, I’d like to share some personal thoughts on this (this is just my personal perspective and not the future direction of @inter_link):
1️⃣ The distribution must be evaluated through a wide scoring system with many criteria, following the principle of “Easy to play, but hard to master.”
That means there should be opportunities for casual miners, while still giving enough room for those who go all-in to gain advantages.
2️⃣ Strictly eliminate and punish cheating, while rewarding those who stay loyal and persistent.
We cannot distribute to everyone equally that would be unfair to those who remain committed and honest.
These are the people who contribute the most to the network’s success.
Therefore, hacked, cheated, or abandoned tokens should be burned strictly.
We must respect all contributions that protect the network especially those who share and persistently support the project.
3️⃣ Create utility and build everything carefully before listing.
Listing causes heavy selling pressure if there is no real utility for holders.
For @inter_link, we aim to build payment points, utilities, DApps, wallet, and exchange before mainnet launch.
We also have to ensure these products are strong enough to compete with those from other ecosystems.
4️⃣ Decentralize as much as possible.
The Core Team should not hold or unlock too many tokens.
Major decisions should respect the community’s vote, but the community must also have a long-term mindset.
If everyone only focuses on early listing or maximizing unlocks, it will turn the project into a worthless token.
5️⃣ Stay consistent with the current model.
The Human Distribution model, I believe, is the fairest and most stable, much better than models like “buy to own” or “run a node to own.”
It prevents tokens from being concentrated in a few hands while still maintaining motivation for growth.
Especially with Human Credit Score ensuring fairness, this model allows mining to continue even after listing.Unlike other models where 80% of miners quit post-listing.
These are just my personal thoughts, right or wrong.
They do not represent @inter_link, because @inter_link is a collective of Core Team and community members, and I am simply one of many contributors.