It’s all perception. 100 dimes or a $10 bill is all the same. Less if something more valuable puts you in the same spot.
Think about this though, wouldn’t you rather have all of your spark on day one working for you or do you want it drip fed to you over 3 years. I would rather have all of it earning passive income on day 1.
Entire distribution eases my mind on tax implications. I don’t know if the IRS will buy the burn for airdrop approach. They may still tax first and make you fight it. And you may still lose. Much easier to defend 1 airdrop that had no tradeable market.
Bitcoin reached 60,000 per coin. There amazon i don’t even know the price but it is well over $1,000. There will be a market for a higher price led coin. In fact, most institutional investors want to see that. They don’t play with pennies.