I never expected that just leaving a comment under a project team's tweet would actually result in receiving an airdrop. When I opened my wallet, I saw that the total value of the 50 tokens wasn't even enough to cover the on-chain transfer fee, and the entire operation ended up costing me 7 USDT. I was a bit stunned at the time — not only did I lose the fee, but the token price of this project had already dropped 90% from its all-time high, making me feel like I was participating in some kind of performance art.

ZBT was indeed very popular back then. The project focused on zero-knowledge proof network solutions and organized a series of events before launch — token generation events, Booster deposit plans, and later listing on exchanges for spot trading, which looked very grand. But reality was quite different; after a round of marketing blitz, the token price started to decline steadily, and now the value of the airdropped tokens isn't even enough to cover the transfer costs.

What’s the most ironic part of this? The project team chose to distribute the airdrop on the Ethereum mainnet, probably to show sincerity. But users fell into a strange loop: claiming tokens requires paying Gas fees, and not claiming feels like missing out. Recent data shows that Ethereum Gas fees have dropped to around 0.025 Gwei, roughly $0.0017 per transaction, which sounds cheap. But when the network is congested or complex operations are involved, fees can skyrocket to over $7 in minutes.

This experience actually reflects some real issues in on-chain asset management. First, Gas costs are often an invisible killer that’s easily overlooked, especially in multi-chain ecosystems where a careless operation can eat into your profits through fees. Second, airdrops seem profitable but for projects with poor performance, you need to carefully calculate on-chain costs and potential value before claiming tokens. Lastly, those who truly know how to operate no longer rely on luck to farm airdrops.