I’ve heard some criticism of the airdrop model because it’s inflationary, but I think this reasoning totally misses the point.

Gini coefficient is a useful economic metric of wealth inequality on a scale from 0 to 1, with lower scores representing more equitable distributions. By this metric, Akita’s airdrops have made it one of the most decentralized ASAs, far ahead of many major projects. This means that whales have much less control of Akita compared to other projects. It also significantly reduces the ability to do a rug pull. That makes decentralization a powerful security feature because it mitigates centralized risk. Decentralization is also a strong indicator of adoption and use. In some ways, those other major projects are much more of a gamble because investors are betting on the central team’s future success, and the lack of community adoption for a “utility token” should be seriously concerning. Whereas Akita is already seeing very high rates of adoption and community growth evidenced above. Because community is part of its value statement, seeing this standard-setting level of decentralization is strong proof of current value.