Next year's airdrop opportunity overview includes a significant but easily overlooked chance: the Base chain is set to launch its token in 2026, with market expectations that its total market cap could surpass $20 billion. However, there's a practical issue—there are already over 650 million wallets, making the competition extremely fierce. How can one stand out among numerous participants? What are the standards for airdrop weighting and the anti-wash trading mechanisms? I want to share some thoughts.

Essentially, the Base chain is a genuine Layer 2, gathering a large number of veteran crypto players from Europe and America. The quality of wallets here varies widely, including seasoned OGs and well-funded institutions. If you still rely on old tricks like increasing transaction volume to build interaction records, frankly, the chances of success are slim.

Looking at it from another perspective: which projects do leading VCs and Coinbase actually want to encourage users to participate in? Which ecosystem applications are they focusing on? Interacting with these projects might make it easier to be recognized as a genuine user. I analyzed some data: a certain VC's investments over the past three years are surprisingly few, totaling only five projects, with only two not yet having launched tokens—one is the enterprise-level custody platform Bastion, which isn't closely related to ordinary users; the other is a core project within the Base ecosystem, an all-in-one trading terminal.

This project has almost no domestic players involved and is worth paying close attention to. It launched this year, covering major trading pairs on the Base chain, with a unique ecosystem position. For users aiming to participate in the Base airdrop, native applications that are officially incubated and receive focused support may have interaction activity and user quality scores that become important factors in airdrop weighting.