In this blog post we're going to explore various strategies on how to maximize your Interchain airdrop eligibility.

The Interchain is rapidly expanding, with over 90 Appchains connected via IBC and the Modular Expansion spearheaded by Celestia just getting started. Position yourself now to become eligible for numerous upcoming airdrops within the Internet of Blockchains.

For the smaller pocket (<$1000)

Stake the following tokens natively via Keplr or Leap Wallet:

- 51 $ATOM
- 51 $TIA
- 505 $OSMO

This amount of STAKED tokens should make you eligible for 80%-90% of the upcoming airdrops in the Interchain.

Medium size pocket (<$5000)

To level up your airdrop game, the next target should be the following allocation of staked tokens:

- 101 $ATOM
- 101 $TIA
- 1005 $OSMO
- 251 $ SAGA
- 251 $ DYM

NFTs:
- 1 Bad Kid

This allocation should make you eligible for 95% of future Interchain airdrops.

Big pocket ($10K +)

The endgame for your Interchain airdrop portfolio should look the following way:

- 251 $ATOM
- 251 $TIA
- 2500 $OSMO
- 501 $SAGA
- 501 $DYM

NFTs:
- 1 Bad Kid
- 1 Celestine Sloth

This combination of assets should make you eligible for 99% of future Interchain airdrops.

Why $ATOM?

The Cosmos Hub was the first-ever Cosmos-based L1 chain that gave birth to the Interchain and the vision of sovereign and interoperable Appchains. The tech stack (Cosmos SDK, CometBFT, IBC) is nowadays used by more than 100 chains, and some of these pay tribute to the Hub by allocating a portion of their airdrop to $ATOM stakers.

Over the years, ATOM stakers obtained airdrops such as: $OSMO, $TIA, $STARS, $DYM, $SAGA, $NTRN, $SHD, $JUNO, $EVMOS, and many others.

This trend is very likely to continue as new Appchains building on the Cosmos tech stack go live in the upcoming months and years.

Furthermore, the Hub's vision of "being the best place to launch a chain" further fuels it's airdrop potential. Interchain Security (ICS) allows other chains to be secured by the Cosmos Hub and thus enter an economic alliance with it, becoming part of the AEZ (Atom Economic Zone).

Chains like Lorenzo Protocol, Elys Network, Cycles, Aether, Landslide, Evmos, Picasso, Comdex have already stated their intention to coin the AEZ via ICS.

Most of these chains have no token yet, and most likely they're giving away a generous portion of their genesis allocation to $ATOM stakers.

Why $OSMO?

Osmosis is the largest DEX and the liquidity hub of the Interchain. All IBC tokens are listed there, and upcoming tokens for Appchains, Rollups, and Bitcoin L2s will all be listed on Osmosis from day one.

Like $ATOM, $OSMO stakers have received multiple airdrops over the years such as $PYTH, $TIA, $SEI, $FLIX, $STRD, $AXL.

As the Interchain expands and the IBC economy grows (sovereign Appchains connected via IBC), $OSMO is a must-have token to maximize your airdrop eligibility.

Why $TIA?

Celestia is the mother of the modular movement and dozens of Rollups/L2s already use Celestia for data availability (DA). With the modular expansion underway, the number of rollups utilizing Celestia for DA might easily exceed 1000 over the next few years.

And you might have already guessed it, some of these Rollups will indeed reward $TIA stakers with tokens at their token generation events (TGEs).

Why $SAGA?

Saga is the Gaming Hub of the Interchain. It is a L1 to launch a set of L1s, so called Chainlets which have infinite horizontal scalability.

The Chainlet architecture was purpose build to support Web3/on-chain gaming applications in a seamless way.

There are more than 300 games building on SAGA, and many of them are expected to launch their own token.

There have already been three "Power-Level Over 9000" airdrops to $SAGA stakers, rewarding loyal stakers with NFTs, gaming tokens & $SAGA.

Every month there will be another "Power-Level Over 9000" drop.

Why $DYM?

Dymension is another player in the modular ecosystem that serves as a settlement layer for the Internet of RollApps.

Dymension makes it easy to deploy modular blockchains (RollApps) in just a few clicks. Furthermore, it secures and inter-connects them via IBC.

Projects like Nim Network or Mande Network launched earlier this year on Dymension and both RollApps allocated a generous portion of their airdrop to $DYM stakers.

The more RollApps launch on Dymension, the more airdrops for $DYM stakers.

Blue Chip NFTs

Now let's investigate why holding blue chip NFTs like Bad Kids and Sloths should not miss in your portfolio to maximize airdrop eligibility the number of tokens being airdropped to your wallet.

Bad Kids

Bad Kid is a Cosmos OG collection and the cultural heritage of the Interchain.

Bad Kids are notorious for being bad builders and relentless shippers. Many developers across all crypto ecosystems rock Bad Kids as their PFPs.

P.S. bad = good and good = bad

To reward this community of devs and builders for their contributions to the space, many teams allocate a portion of their airdrop to these bad kids.

In 2024, Bad Kids were airdropped the following tokens: $DYM, $W, $SAGA, $LAVA, $UM, $UWU, $BAD.

Builders reward builders!

Celestine Sloths

Celestine Sloths are the new kids on the block and the "official" mascot of Celestia.

Sloths are not only super cute but especially lazy, just as Celestia itself, formerly known as Lazy Ledger. This makes sloths the perfect PFP for all Celestia enthusiasts.

Many modular founders and builders run Sloths as their PFPs, showcasing Celestia alignment and support for the modular community.

Sloths have already received the $UM and $LAVA airdrop, and with the modular expansion unfolding, there might be more airdrops coming their way.

LM! (Lazy Morning)

Disclaimer

This article is intended to educate readers about certain topics and should not be considered financial advice in any way.