On grinding for allowlists

Here’s one for those wrapped up in the web3 energy at the moment. A call to calm, if you will.

In the web3 world, “Grinding for allowlists” (ALs) is the act of throwing large amounts of energy and effort into “being seen” so that you can receive outsized benefits ahead of a public sale.

There are many varieties of it around.

Grinding for ALs is unhealthy.

Here’s a healthy alternative:

1) Let there be a healthy benefit to being early

Unhealthy: Needing to be early mostly for frenetic flipping opportunities.

Healthy: Special ‘extras’ for being early, no freneticism required.

2) Let there be a healthy alternative to being early

Unhealthy: If you’re not ‘on the list’, you panic and grind harder.

Healthy: List or no list, minting & secondary purchases have huge value for you.

3) Let ‘being seen’ mean more than time & noise

Unhealthy: Racing to outwork your peers, regardless of what the reward is.

Healthy: Simply revealing you’re a good fit & will benefit from holding.

There are usually healthy options available.

You simply need to lead with a heart of service and a commitment to do better.

And to follow others who lead that way.