# Airdropping Responsibility

*Author: Ryan Sean Adams*
*Published: Nov 13, 2021*
*Source: https://www.bankless.com/airdropping-responsibility*

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Dear Bankless Nation,

Did you get the [ENS airdrop](https://bankless.ghost.io/-alpha-alert-claim-your-ens-airdrop/) last week? (*you did if you used our [Airdrop Guide](https://bankless.ghost.io/the-ultimate-guide-to-airdrops/)!*)

In just a handful of days, the ENS airdrop peaked at [$8 ](https://www.coingecko.com/en/coins/ethereum-name-service)*[billion](https://www.coingecko.com/en/coins/ethereum-name-service)* of wealth creation.

The last time I saw this type of energy was the [Uniswap airdrop](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HCddlSnNwdQ), which happened over a year ago in September 2020. In crypto years that’s eons.

**There was a lot to like about the ENS airdrop.**

Let’s take a look:

- It was designed to be Sybil resistant against domain squatters. Early adopters were airdropped [proportionally](https://www.reddit.com/r/ethereum/comments/qlni49/ens_token_airdrop/) to their faith in the project.
- It had a [57% claim rate](https://dune.xyz/hildobby/ENS-Airdrop) in just a few short days with nearly 75k addresses claiming close to 15M tokens—nearly 140k total address recipients
- The event created massive, *but not disproportionate*, [wealth opportunities](https://twitter.com/0xhung/status/1457912272165113860?s=12) with many making over 7-figures—this is life changed money for many
- No VCs were involved. Just a team of [core contributors](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwadHC5ha-E) and a handful of tangential parties, like translators, active Discord users, and partners.
![](https://bankless.ghost.io/content/images/public/images/8ed4470d-85e9-4c60-8cc0-b778152d6c7d_1258x984.png)*Look at this hump. Incredible claim rate & wide distribution for this public good.*
This has to be one of the best “fair launch” projects to date. But the wealth creation and distribution here is just a tiny part of the story.

The Ethereum Name Service is a *public good*. As [Kevin Owocki](https://bankless.ghost.io/-layer-zero-kevin-owocki) points out, public goods are [non-rivalrous and non-excludable](https://twitter.com/owocki/status/1458541434001264642?s=21) — everyone can consume them and benefit at no cost to their peers.

Typically markets don’t value public goods—in fact, many of them are run by volunteers. Free and open-source software is a great example. But we’re seeing an emerging market for high-value public goods like [Gitcoin](https://www.coingecko.com/en/coins/gitcoin) and [ENS](https://www.coingecko.com/en/coins/ethereum-name-service).

Why? Because these projects are **community-owned** and **community-operated**. These tokens aren’t just valued assets… **they’re** **shared responsibilities**.

> [](https://twitter.com/BrantlyMillegan/status/1458167522340052992)

We’re on the frontier here. We’re building foundational lego pieces the rest of the Web 3 world will continue to use for decades and centuries to come. And what we’re seeing is that when you equitably hand governance back to an enthusiastic community, you get **shared responsibility**.

You weren’t just airdropped money.

You were airdropped responsibility.

Want moar on the ENS airdrop?

- Clip: [David and I talk about the airdrop for on the weekly rollup](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R6MDT26VLiY&t=1485s) (15 mins) 📺
- Interview: [Our interview with Nick and Brantly from ENS](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwadHC5ha-E) (70 mins) 📺
Here’s what we have slated for next week:

- Podcast episode with former CFTC Chairman, [Chris “CryptoDad” Giancarlo](https://twitter.com/giancarlomkts)
- How to group bid on NFTs
- Comparing and contrasting two zkRollup powerhouses: zkSync and StarkWare
Have a 🦄 weekend,

- RSA

*P.S.* *Buy $500 worth of crypto on [Dharma’s crazy awesome crypto wallet](https://bankless.cc/dharma) and get $50 in ETH.*
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