verb Internet Slang

grinding

GRYND-ing · verb · internet

Doing tedious, repetitive crypto tasks to qualify for an airdrop or whitelist.

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Definitions

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Borrowed from gaming, in Web3 it means farming on-chain activity — swaps, bridges, daily quests, Discord roles — for weeks or months in the hope a protocol drops free tokens to early users. Sometimes pays life-changing money (Uniswap, Arbitrum), sometimes pays nothing.

“I've been grinding LayerZero for six months — if there's no airdrop I'm logging off forever.”
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Putting in repetitive community effort (chatting, tasks, events) in a project's Discord to earn rewards like whitelist/allowlist access.

“I've been grinding three servers just to get one WL.”
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grinding In A Sentence

I've been grinding LayerZero for six months — if there's no airdrop I'm logging off forever.

Origin & Usage

Gaming term ("grind") applied to NFT community participation.

Variants grindgrinder
Tags #crypto#web3#airdrop#farming

People Also Ask

What does grinding mean in NFTs?

Grinding means putting in repetitive community effort — chatting, completing tasks, joining events — in a project's Discord to earn rewards like a whitelist or allowlist spot.

Where does the term grinding come from?

It's borrowed from gaming, where "grinding" means doing repetitive tasks to level up or earn rewards, applied here to NFT community participation.

What is a WL you grind for?

WL stands for whitelist (or allowlist), a guaranteed or discounted mint spot that projects award to active community members who put in the effort.

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