Auroracoin (AUR)

The first recorded crypto airdrop looked nothing like what people call airdrops today.

Back then, “airdrop” meant free money.

Today, many people hear “airdrop” and think:

- exit liquidity
- endless farming
- crime-pump
- not eligible
- $0.5 reward

The word stayed, but the behavior changed.

What started as a monetary experiment became a rewards mechanism.

Then it became a profession.

Now, in many cases, it is exit liquidity.

Interesting how one idea evolved into an entire subculture.

$AUR
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Almost nobody knows what the first recorded crypto airdrop was.

In 2014, Auroracoin launched what is widely regarded as the first recorded crypto airdrop.

The project allocated 50% of supply for a national distribution in Iceland.

Around 330,000 citizens were eligible to claim 31.8 AUR each.

The goal was simple:
put digital currency directly in people’s hands.

That was one of the earliest documented uses of “airdrop” in crypto.

Interesting where this all started.