With January 15th coming up soon, I realized that I haven't claimed the tokens that I bought using the candies that I get for checking in each day. I haven't checked in as often as I would like but I was still able to buy some of the airdrop but I came across an issue: I need a Solana Wallet and I don't exactly have a hardware wallet either. Honestly, I am not really sold on Solana either because FTX was one of the VCs funding the entire operation but it's required for the airdrop.
Access Protocol Airdrop
$ACS is a token issued on the Solana blockchain. Upon redemption, please follow the instructions and provide your Solana wallet address via the form by January 15, 2023 (11am SGT / 3am UTC / 10pm EST / 7pm PST)
When I go to the claim page, I see this there and I need a Solana Wallet. I just want to claim these tokens because I earned them using my candies and I haven't really worried about anything else.
$ACS received from this airdrop will be non-transferable and instantly staked in CoinGecko’s pool, granting access to Gecko Ramblings newsletter. Users will be able to redeem and transfer rewards generated through staking.
Also, going through the page, people should know that the airdrop itself is staked directly to their pool and we can only claim the rewards from this pool. So I don't even think I need to move any SOL to this wallet address unless the rewards I get make it worthwhile.
Solana Wallet Question
Now the question that comes to me is what Solana Wallet is good? The first one that I saw was Phantom but when I was reading those google reviews, I came out a little skeptical about this wallet in general. It was full of people saying that someone hacked their wallet and stole their SOL or NFTs.
Next, I saw something called SolFlare but I wasn't sure what to make of it because one of the top results that I got after researching is about how bad the UI is and that there are better alternatives. At this point, I just kind of gave up. I am left with more questions as to what would be a good choice and I think it might be better to see what the people here on Hive have to say about a good wallet choice. At least, I trust the people here more than some reviews or some Reddit posts.
Conclusion
It looks like the Coingecko airdrop requires a Solana Wallet and I am lost because Metamask is not a valid option. The reviews and research that I spent into this have only caused me to be more confused than when I started and there are only a few days left to get the address in and get that airdrop. So if anyone does have a good suggestion, let me know. I haven't used much outside of Hive, WAX, and Metamask for my crypto-related wallets (which doesn't include exchanges because I don't own them).
Feel free to leave a comment if you read my post. If you have any questions, feel free to ask and I will do my best to answer.