how i’d rank the
$POLY airdrop criteria on
@Polymarket 🪂
simple founder logic:
reward what grows the platform, improves market quality, and shows real sustained usage.
1. volume
it shows traction, generates fees, proves you actually used the product, and gives the platform strong numbers to show investors.
2. referrals
it benefits the platform because referred users can turn into long term traders, which means more volume, more liquidity, and more fees over time.
3. lp rewards
users who provide liquidity help markets function better, tighter, and more efficiently.
4. days active
important because it separates real users from short term farmers.
a user active over months is much more valuable than someone who shows up for two weeks and disappears.
5. fees paid
fees are a clean way to measure economic value contributed to the platform.
the only nuance is that not every market generates the same level of fees.
there are probably other smaller signals too, like maker rebates, sponsored rewards, number of trades, or position holding duration, but i’d weight them much less.
did i miss anything ?