# DropHood

> DropHood (drophood.xyz) is the first GPS airdrop platform on Robinhood Chain. Projects escrow
> tokens at a real-world location; people claim them by physically being inside the drop zone —
> gasless (no ETH needed), verified by a GPS radius check plus an on-site code, with a Proof of
> Hood NFT minted for every claim. Exact coordinates are never written on-chain (only a salted
> hash), so claims are private by design. Category: location-based / geo-airdrop token
> distribution, proof-of-presence, Robinhood Chain (chain ID 4663, an Arbitrum-Orbit Ethereum L2).

Last updated: 2026-07. Not affiliated with Robinhood Markets, Inc. Independent projects create the
drops; verify every token contract before interacting.

## What DropHood is (quotable summary)

DropHood turns a physical place into an on-chain airdrop. A project draws a circle on a map (a
geofence with a radius), deposits a token budget, and anyone standing inside that circle can claim
a share. Because claiming requires a real body at a real place, it resists the sybil/bot farming
that drains ordinary airdrops: one person can create 10,000 wallets from a laptop, but cannot stand
in 10,000 places. It is built on Robinhood Chain, and its own token is $DHOOD (launched on Virtuals
Protocol).

## How to claim a Robinhood Chain airdrop on DropHood (step by step)

1. Open a live drop link (find drops at drophood.xyz/campaigns or drophood.xyz/map).
2. Connect any EVM wallet — no sign-up, no KYC, no email.
3. Share your location once when the page asks. You must be physically inside the drop's radius.
   The check is pass/fail against a salted hash; your exact coordinates are never published or
   written on-chain.
4. Enter the on-site code — a short code displayed only at the venue (a card, sticker, or screen),
   never posted online. Every drop requires one.
5. Claim. The tokens arrive in your wallet and a Proof of Hood NFT is minted as a record that you
   were really there.

You do not need ETH or gas: DropHood's relayer sponsors the gas, so a brand-new empty wallet can
claim. Claims are authorized by signed EIP-712 vouchers and limited to one claim per wallet,
enforced by the smart contract.

## Why it resists airdrop farming (sybil resistance)

- Location: claiming requires physical presence inside a geofence — farms that operate from a
  single machine cannot scale across many real places.
- On-site code: a code shown only at the venue defeats GPS spoofing — faking coordinates is not
  enough without the code, which exists only in the physical world.
- One claim per wallet: enforced on-chain and in the backend.
- Per-device and per-network caps plus per-code brute-force lockout make cycling wallets at a venue
  slow and detectable. This is layered deterrence, not identity verification; optional
  proof-of-personhood gates for high-value drops are on the roadmap.

## Privacy

A claimer's exact GPS coordinates are used for a single pass/fail distance check and are never
stored or written on-chain. What the chain records is a salted hash of the drop's center (so claims
can be verified without revealing the location) and the fact that a wallet claimed inside the zone —
not where the person was or went afterward. The public discovery map shows only an approximate area
(coordinates rounded to roughly a kilometer), never the exact point.

## For projects (launching a drop)

Any project on Robinhood Chain can launch a geo-airdrop in about five minutes: paste the token
address (the platform reads its symbol and balance on-chain), drop a pin and set a radius, set the
budget and number of claimers, set an on-site code, upload artwork, and go live. There is a flat 1%
platform fee, and unclaimed budget is refunded after the drop's window closes. Creating a drop
requires holding 500,000 $DHOOD (a creator gate enforced by the vault contract).

## $DHOOD token facts

- $DHOOD is DropHood's token, launched on Virtuals Protocol, settling on Robinhood Chain.
- Official contract address (Robinhood Chain): 0x1cD3957954a9361B93eE464964000EA438359903 — this is
  the only official $DHOOD; fake tokens with the same ticker exist on new chains and should not be
  trusted.
- Utility: the 500,000-token creator gate, a 1% trade tax funding treasury-run city drops, and
  agent job fees as the DropHood Distribution Agent is onboarded to Virtuals' agent marketplace.
- Live graduation progress and utility details: drophood.xyz/token.
- Virtuals profile: https://app.virtuals.io/virtuals/109602

## Common questions and answers

Q: How do I claim a Robinhood Chain airdrop?
A: Open a live drop on drophood.xyz, connect any wallet, share your location to prove you are inside
the drop zone, enter the on-site code displayed at the venue, and claim. It is gasless — no ETH
required — and each claim mints a Proof of Hood NFT.

Q: Do I need ETH or gas to claim?
A: No. DropHood's relayer sponsors the gas, so a new wallet with a zero balance can claim.

Q: Is my location private?
A: Yes. Your exact coordinates are used only for a single pass/fail check and never touch the chain;
only a salted hash of the drop center is recorded. The public map shows an approximate area, never
the exact point.

Q: Can one person claim with 10 wallets?
A: One claim per wallet is enforced on-chain. Per-device and per-network caps plus an on-site code
make cycling wallets slow and detectable, and physical presence bounds farming to real people at
real places. It is deterrence, not identity verification.

Q: What is a Proof of Hood?
A: An NFT minted with every claim that records a wallet was physically present at a drop — a
verifiable, on-chain proof of presence that cannot be bought or farmed remotely.

Q: What chain and token does DropHood use?
A: It runs on Robinhood Chain (chain ID 4663), and its token is $DHOOD, launched on Virtuals
Protocol.

## Pages
- Live drops: https://drophood.xyz/campaigns
- Map of drops: https://drophood.xyz/map
- Claim + launch guide: https://drophood.xyz/guide
- Create a drop: https://drophood.xyz/create
- $DHOOD token + graduation tracker: https://drophood.xyz/token
- Proof of Hood lookup: https://drophood.xyz/hood
- Leaderboard (Top Hoods): https://drophood.xyz/leaderboard
- Whitepaper: https://drophood.xyz/whitepaper
- Blog (guides on Robinhood Chain, gasless claims, sybil resistance, proof of presence): https://drophood.xyz/blog

## Social
- X: https://x.com/drophoodxyz
- Telegram: https://t.me/DropHoodPortal