How to use
- Total supply and Airdrop share define the pool size. Typical values: 5-15% of supply (Dragonfly State of Airdrops 2025).
- Recipients — number of addresses receiving the airdrop. More recipients means a smaller average airdrop.
- Token price — expected price at TGE. Affects the dollar equivalent of the average airdrop.
- TGE unlock and Sell rate — determine market pressure on day one. High unlock + high sell rate = strong pressure.
- Chain preset — sets default gas cost for claim (Ethereum L1 ≈ $0.50, L2 ≈ $0.05, Solana ≈ $0.001). Override the gas value directly with the slider.
- The table shows: pool size, its value, average airdrop, day-1 pressure, pressure relative to airdrop float, and minimum price for a profitable claim.
Calculator
Airdrop: Pool Size & Sell Pressure
Formulas
Pool = Total_supply × Airdrop_%
- Pool — airdrop token pool (computed)
- Total_supply — total token supply
- Airdrop_% — share of supply allocated to airdrop, typical range 5-15% (fraction, 0 to 1)
Avg_airdrop = Pool / Recipients
- Avg_airdrop — average airdrop per recipient, tokens (computed). Assumes uniform allocation across recipients
- Pool — airdrop token pool (computed above)
- Recipients — number of airdrop recipients
Pressure_day1 = Pool × TGE_unlock × Sell_rate
- Pressure_day1 — day-1 sell pressure, tokens (computed)
- TGE_unlock — share of tokens unlocked on TGE day (fraction, 0 to 1)
- Sell_rate — share of the unlocked airdrop pool sold on day 1 (fraction, 0 to 1). Empirical ceiling ≈ 66% (Messias et al. arXiv 2312.02752)
Float_ratio = Pressure_day1 / (Pool × TGE_unlock)
- Float_ratio — day-1 sell pressure relative to the unlocked airdrop float (computed). Equals Sell_rate by construction but is the economically meaningful ratio for price impact
- Pressure_day1 — day-1 sell pressure (computed above)
- Pool × TGE_unlock — unlocked airdrop float at TGE (computed)
Min_price = Gas_cost × 10 / Avg_airdrop
- Min_price — minimum token price for a profitable claim (computed). Displayed only when Avg_airdrop × price ≥ $5; otherwise the airdrop is too small to meaningfully constrain price
- Gas_cost — gas cost for claiming (user input; presets: Ethereum L1 ≈ $0.50, L2 ≈ $0.05, Solana ≈ $0.001)
- Avg_airdrop — average airdrop per recipient (computed above)
- Multiplier 10 — profitability threshold (gas < 10% of airdrop value)