Hi, i’m ozero
self-taught web3 airdrop hunter, from zero to 24+ airdrops
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Journey
Starting from zero
+Began learning crypto and blockchain in 2022, focusing on airdrops. No capital, no support. Just a phone, YouTube tutorials, and Telegram groups.
First six months
+Earnings only covered my monthly internet data. I kept going anyway.
The breakthrough
+Airdrops from Aptos ($3,600), Arbitrum ($4,000), and Fuel ($12,000), followed by Space ID, Arkham, Manta, AltLayer, Jupiter, Sei, Sui, and many more.
Community
+Joined KOPI HITAM DAO, learned from its founder, and now serve as a Mod in the community.
Airdrops
My biggest airdrop.
Token ARB.
Token APTOS.
FAQ
Articles
Guides, breakdowns and lessons from the airdrop trenches.
Hyperliquid
Self-funded perps L1 with a fully on-chain order book — HYPE is live.
Key facts
- Token status
- Live$HYPE
- Cost
- Trading capital at risk
- Difficulty
- Hard
- Last verified
- October 15, 2026
Overview
Hyperliquid is a purpose-built Layer-1 blockchain engineered as a fully on-chain financial exchange. Its core is HyperCore — a central-limit order book where every order, cancel, trade, and liquidation settles onchain with ~0.2s finality via the custom HyperBFT consensus. HyperEVM (launched Feb 2025) adds Ethereum-compatible smart contracts that interact directly with exchange state. Founded by Jeff Yan (ex-Hudson River Trading); famously built with zero venture capital.
- Use cases
- Perpetual futures with on-chain order book
- Spot trading and HIP-1 token auctions
- HyperEVM DeFi apps composable with exchange state
- HYPE staking / validator delegation
Funding & investors
| Investors | Round | Amount | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| None — fully self-funded, no VC | — | Undisclosed | Verified |
Hyperliquid famously raised nothing: no VCs, no private investors, no investor token allocation. This is central to its fair-launch narrative.
Tokenomics
- HYPE TGE: November 29, 2024. 1B max supply.
- 31% (310M) genesis airdrop to ~94,000 early users — one of the largest airdrops in crypto history.
- Allocation: 38.888% future emissions/community, 23.8% team (1-yr lock, mostly vesting 2027–2028), 6% Hyper Foundation, 0.3% grants.
- HYPE is gas for HyperEVM, stakable for consensus, and gives trading fee discounts.
Earning activity
31% of supply airdropped Nov 29, 2024 based on pre-TGE points. Fully distributed.
EVM-compatible layer live since Feb 2025; DeFi apps building on shared HyperBFT security with direct exchange-state access.
Risks
- Team unlocks (23.8%) vest mostly 2027–2028 — major future supply overhang.
- High valuation leaves less upside; late buyers subsidized early farmers.
- Perps trading is high-risk; onchain does not remove market risk.
- Concentrated ecosystem: exchange revenue dependence.
Ozero's take
analysisHyperliquid is the gold standard for fair launches: no VCs, 31% to users, product-first. The airdrop already happened, so this is reference, not a farm. What matters now: the 2027–2028 team unlocks are the single biggest overhang in perps-land, and HyperEVM is where the next wave of opportunity (and risk) lives.
Sources
- SwapZone: Hyperliquid overviewverified October 15, 2026
- LiveBitcoinNews: HYPE unlock scheduleverified October 15, 2026
Facts, rumors, and personal analysis are labeled separately. Nothing here is financial advice — always do your own research.