2) Requires that you provide government issued identification (and possibly more) to be able to withdraw or sell the airdropped tokens for USD or bitcoin.
Call me paranoid, but this feels like a honeypot. It feels like an attempt to compile a database of programmers/developers (and their real identities) - with a bit of a bias towards those with knowledge in the areas of cryptography and/or cryptocurrencies.
Even if that is not the intent. Would you trust this company to safely store such information about you?
2) Namebase definitely makes things easier, but you can absolutely claim your airdropped coins locally on your own computer.
As a final note, if you think this is targeting those with knowledge in the areas of cryptography, I assure you, any cryptographer who reviews the code and paper would not have the same conclusion as you.
If I say in my diary "I give $100,000 to dublinben", or "dublinben can claim $100,000 from me for free by just asking", nothing has happened yet from the perspective of the IRS.
Nobody has any obligation to claim their coins, and even if they do, it will be private and nobody will know.
This is unlike Bitcoin forks or ERC-20 airdrops, because it’s 100pct opt-in.
The rule is you need to pay taxes on the value when you receive them, and then the profit / loss when you convert them to fiat, or another currency. Both are taxable events.