FIND THE AIRDROPS,
FOLLOW YOUR ROUTINES,
LEARN TO FARM

Start by creating and securing a wallet, then perform simple, risk-free actions on serious projects before considering any operation that involves funds.

A healthy beginner path looks like this:

• •Create a crypto wallet and secure your recovery phrase offline.
• •Learn to tell a serious project from a scam before any interaction.
• •Start with free airdrops, quests, testnets, community actions, that require no deposit.
• •Follow the projects' official announcements and keep track of the actions you take.
• •Never commit more than you are willing to lose, and only once you've mastered the basics.

This is exactly the role of a Learn to Earn platform like VenaLabs: learning by doing, through guided quests, rather than moving forward blindly.

By performing, before the snapshot, the actions the project values: using its product, holding its token, or interacting regularly with its protocol.

Eligibility is never guaranteed and the criteria aren't always known in advance. The actions that come up most often are real and regular use of the protocol, how long you've been active on the network, the volume of interactions, and participation in the community. Consistency usually counts more than the amount committed.

Either the tokens arrive automatically in the wallet used for eligibility, or you have to claim them by connecting that wallet on the project's official site.

When a claim is required, one security rule takes priority over everything else: go only through the project's official site, verified via its authentic channels. Fake claim sites are one of the most widespread scams. Never sign a transaction you don't understand, and never share your recovery phrase.

Yes. Many airdrops reward only time and actions, with no deposit at all. It's the recommended entry point to get started without financial risk.

You need to distinguish between two families of airdrops:

• •Without capital: quests, social tasks, network tests. They only cost time and are perfectly suited to beginners.
• •With paid interactions: some on-chain actions involve network fees, the gas fees, even without a deposit as such. This cost must be anticipated.

Starting with the first family lets you learn without risking anything.

You follow the projects' official announcements, specialized aggregators and communities. The real difficulty isn't finding airdrops, but telling serious projects from scams.

Common sources are the projects' official accounts, community channels and specialized newsletters. The risk is spreading yourself across projects with no future or fraudulent ones. A platform that selects and curates airdrops with verified partners, like VenaLabs, reduces this risk compared with a raw, unfiltered list.

A testnet airdrop rewards users who test a network or an application before its official launch, generally without any capital, using only free test tokens.

It's one of the most accessible ways to farm without financial risk. You get free test funds via a tool called a faucet, then perform the requested actions on the test network. Regular testnet users are often among the best rewarded at launch.

You install a reputable wallet app, write down your recovery phrase offline, and never share it. It's the basic step before any airdrop.

• •Choose and install a wallet suited to the networks you're targeting.
• •Write the recovery phrase on an offline medium and keep it in a safe place.
• •Never enter this phrase on a website, never share it and never photograph it.
• •Secure access to the app and check the address on every transaction.

The guided quests by VenaLabs walk you through this first step one stage at a time, which avoids the security mistakes that are common among beginners.

Yes, a crypto wallet is essential: it's the address that receives the tokens and proves your eligibility.

The choice of wallet depends on the networks you're targeting. The critical point is security: your recovery phrase must never be entered on a website, shared or photographed. It is kept offline. Anyone who holds it controls your funds.

It varies a lot: from a few days for a simple quest to several months between the actions performed and the actual distribution of the tokens.

Retroactive airdrops can reward months of activity all at once, while one-off quests are settled in a few days. Patience and consistency are the norm in this practice.

There is no guarantee of profit. Amounts range from a few euros to, more rarely, several thousand, depending on the project, the timing and the effort put in.

You have to stay clear-headed: most airdrops bring in modest sums, and only a few exceptional cases make the headlines. An airdrop should never be considered guaranteed income or an investment. The main benefit, especially at the start, is learning how Web3 works by practicing, with the reward coming on top.

The main risk isn't financial but security-related. Scams using fake airdrops are common, whereas free airdrops done carefully carry little risk of loss.

The most common threats are phishing, fake claim sites, signing malicious transactions that drain a wallet, and theft of the recovery phrase. The best protection remains caution and the systematic verification of official sources.

A legitimate airdrop never asks for your recovery phrase, nor to send crypto in order to receive some. These two requests are sure signs of a scam.

The warning signs to know:

• •You're asked for your recovery phrase or private keys: guaranteed scam, no serious project does this.
• •You're asked to send crypto to unlock or receive the airdrop.
• •The claim site is not the project's verified official site.
• •You're put under pressure with a countdown and a sense of urgency.
• •Guaranteed or unrealistic gains are promised.

This is a practice called sybil farming, and most serious projects detect and exclude it. It can lead to the loss of all rewards.

Projects analyze wallet behavior and filter out farms of artificially created addresses. Rather than multiplying wallets, genuine and regular activity on a main wallet is today a more reliable and less risky approach.

The tax treatment of cryptocurrencies received through an airdrop may depend on your situation and on how you use them. This point should be checked with a professional.

This FAQ does not constitute tax advice. The rules applicable to crypto-assets evolve and are assessed on a case-by-case basis. For an answer tailored to your situation, get in touch with a chartered accountant or consult the official information on impots.gouv.fr.

It depends on the type of airdrop. Quests and testnets are free, but interactions on a mainnet involve network fees called gas fees.

Gas fees pay the network to process a transaction. They vary depending on the blockchain and how busy it is at the time. For a beginner, starting with free actions, quests and testnets, lets you learn before committing the slightest cost.

The basic tools are a crypto wallet, quest platforms, and a blockchain explorer to check your transactions.

The wallet is used to interact with protocols, quest platforms gather tasks to complete, and the explorer lets you confirm that your actions are properly recorded. For a beginner, the point isn't to pile up tools, but to learn to use them correctly and safely, which VenaLabs builds into its courses.

Airdrops often concentrate on growing ecosystems and on specialized networks looking to build their community of users.

Opportunities regularly appear on active ecosystems like Arbitrum, as well as on networks with a strong identity such as Stellar or XRPL. VenaLabs offers dedicated courses for several of these ecosystems, built with the projects themselves, which lets you learn directly on the ground where airdrops play out.

You start with the basic concepts, blockchain, wallet, security, through free educational resources, ideally by practicing rather than just reading.

Most free resources come from exchange academies, which often steer you toward trading. VenaLabs' Learn to Earn approach, on the contrary, lets you learn by performing real guided Web3 actions, with gamified progression and rewards, which anchors knowledge better than theory alone.

VenaLabs is a Learn to Earn platform that teaches you to master Web3 through practical quests, while giving access to airdrop opportunities from partnerships with recognized projects.

Rather than following a theoretical course, you learn by performing real on-chain actions, guided step by step, and you build up experience and rewards as you go through the quests. The platform collaborates with established Web3 players such as Kraken, Stellar, Arbitrum, XRPL and iExec, to offer dedicated courses for each ecosystem.

Yes, access and many quests are free. A Premium plan unlocks advanced features and optimized airdrop routines.

The model lets you start learning and practicing without paying anything. The details of the Premium plan and its benefits are presented directly on the platform.

No. VenaLabs is designed for beginners: the quests guide you step by step, from creating the wallet to your first on-chain interactions.

The goal is precisely to remove the technical barrier that discourages many beginners. Every step is explained, and learning is progressive.

An aggregator just lists airdrops. VenaLabs teaches you to understand them and carry them out properly, turning learning into rewarded practice.

A simple list of opportunities leaves the beginner alone facing the complexity and the scam risks. VenaLabs' educational, gamified approach aims to make every user autonomous and informed, not merely aware of an opportunity.