I want to build a small tool for airdrop hunters and get paid or funded for it. Where do I start?
The best way to get funded is to be a user first. Farm a few real programs, feel where tracking breaks, then build the fix. Grant reviewers and early users both back someone with a visible track record.
Free. Tick off each stop as you go; it remembers where you are.
Open Cielo, add three wallets to a watchlist, turn on Telegram alerts, and write down the three things that annoy you most about it.
You want to build for airdrop hunters and get funded for it. That is a smart lane, because you know the pain and the audience. So the route is: study the best existing tool, earn live points in an agent ecosystem, ship a first version, then apply for a real grant. You never have to guess what to build.
- + a goal: build a tool and get paid or funded
- + an idea still being shaped
- + no stated budget, so I am keeping every step free to start
- + no stated skills, so I am starting with no-code
- + an interest in airdrop hunters as your audience
Post a short weekly thread on exactly what you farmed, what it cost and what broke, then use that as your pitch. Most hunters hide their process. A public track record gets you users, collaborators and a stronger grant application, and the same trail also fits the Polymarket Builder Program, whose details you should check on their official channels.
Most people will not do this. That is why it works.
A personal airdrop route tracker that turns your chosen projects into a daily checklist with deadline alerts and a cost log.
- Daily checklist per project with done and skipped states
- Deadline alerts sent to Telegram
- Running log of gas and money spent per route
- Plain-language scam warnings per project
- One-click weekly summary you can post publicly
Start with a Google Sheet: one row per project, columns for daily action, deadline, cost and status. Then connect it to a free Telegram bot builder or a saved AI prompt that reads the sheet and messages you each morning.
Every route uncovers something nobody has built yet. Building it is the highest-leverage move in web3: builders get the grants, the developer airdrops and the users.
- 10 minutes: Pond check-in and Agent Chat
- 10 minutes: scan your Cielo feed and note one thing your tool should have told you
- 20 to 30 minutes: build or improve one small feature
- 5 minutes: post what you shipped publicly, on X or Farcaster
- Any 'airdrop' DM or site that asks for your seed phrase or a wallet connection. Use a fresh wallet for testing.
- Building a tool that fakes activity or runs multi-wallet farming. It breaks project rules and kills your credibility with grant reviewers.
- Paying for subscriptions or ads before you have 10 real users
- Spending gas or USDC on test tasks you do not need. Keep every test tiny.
“Ship small, ship public, ship this month. The grant is a result of that, not a replacement for it.”
Terry Ajayi · @web3wikis
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Same question, re-plotted with your budget, your device and your time. Free.
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- Start · where you area goal: build a tool and get paid or funded, an idea still being shaped, no stated budget, so I am keeping every step free to start, no stated skills, so I am starting with no-code, an interest in airdrop hunters as your audience
Cielo is wallet intelligence with a real-time feed and Telegram/Discord alerts. It is the best free classroom for what a hunter tool should do, and the gaps you spot become your product.
- Add a few known whale or smart-money wallets to a watchlist
- Turn on Telegram alerts and note which ones are noise
- List 3 things it does not do for airdrop hunters, such as deadlines, points tracking or route checklists
Cost: Start on the basic tier and check current plan limits before paying for anything. No token is announced, so treat it as a tool, not a drop. · Time: 1 to 2 hours, then 10 minutes a day- Destination: positioned