#空投活动 Seeing Lighter's recent moves, I felt a sense of familiarity. Over the years, I've seen too many airdrop projects, and the naive optimism of early days has gradually been replaced by harsh reality—once the points mechanism is launched, witch addresses and volume manipulation transactions become shadowy figures that follow you everywhere.

I still remember the ICO boom of 2017, where many airdrop rules were practically meaningless, and the biggest share was taken by those who exploited the system, while genuine community builders became mere background figures. The subsequent Uniswap airdrop also experienced similar turbulence; although it lacked a clear anti-cheat mechanism, it served as a wake-up call for later projects.

Lighter's current approach, to some extent, is correcting past mistakes. They only started data cleaning in the final phase of Season 2, which may seem a bit delayed, but their stance is clear—reducing points are redistributed to the community, not diverted for project use. Such transparency was hard to imagine in earlier years.

However, this also reflects a reality: no matter how meticulous the design, cheating cannot be completely eliminated. Instead of patching issues after they occur, it's better to establish stricter protective measures from the start. From past failures, it's clear that anti-volume manipulation must be embedded into early rules, rather than waiting for problems to explode before firefighting. Lighter's corrective approach this time is the right one, but the cost is that later projects must be more vigilant against such traps.