Freshly Released ZKsync Airdrop Distribution How is it Allocated Who Qualifies

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The highly anticipated ZKsync airdrop distribution plan has been finalized. The ZKsync Association will airdrop a one-time total of 3.6 billion ZK tokens to early users and adopters of ZKsync next week, with 695,232 eligible wallets. The snapshot was taken on March 24th, and community members can check their eligibility for the airdrop on the Claim.zknation.io website and claim the airdrop starting from next week until January 3, 2025.
This airdrop accounts for 17.5% of the total supply of ZK tokens. Users will be able to claim their tokens starting from next week until January 3, 2025. Contributors can claim from June 24th onwards.
Who is eligible for the ZKsync airdrop?
There are two categories of ZKsync users eligible for a 17.5% airdrop allocation:
1. Users (89%): ZKsync users who have conducted transactions on ZKsync and reached the activity threshold.
2. Contributors (11%): Individuals, developers, researchers, community members, and companies who have contributed to the ZKsync ecosystem and protocol through development, promotion, or education (unrelated to activity on ZKsync).
Airdrop eligibility and distribution are based on the ZKsync Era and ZKsync Lite activity snapshots taken on March 24, 2024, at 00:00 UTC to commemorate the first anniversary of the ZKsync Era mainnet launch.
How is the ZKsync airdrop distributed?
Eligibility: ZKsync has reviewed each address that has conducted transactions on ZKsync Era and ZKsync Lite according to eligibility criteria to identify genuine users who have spent time exploring ZKsync. Each address must have at least one point to be eligible for the airdrop.
Distribution: Once the eligibility of wallets is determined, the airdrop distribution is calculated based on the encrypted assets bridged to ZKsync Era by each address. The formula adjusts the distribution of addresses based on the assets in their wallets (both on-chain and in DeFi) during the ZKsync Era and the existence time of these assets in the ZKsync Era. The more points obtained, the larger the final distribution amount, with a maximum airdrop limit of 100,000 ZK tokens per address.
Multiplier: Each address can receive a multiplier based on activities that indicate genuine human behavior or contributions to ZKsync. These multipliers apply to eligibility and distribution for ZKsync Era and Lite.
– Owning ZKsync native NFTs;
– Supporting the ZKsync ecosystem by holding ZKsync native ERC20 tokens;
– Experimenting with ZKsync Era’s native account abstraction using smart contract wallets;
– Receiving and holding airdrops from other ETH community projects;
– Engaging in transactions with mainstream ETH mainnet smart contracts and exploring new use cases and DApps.
Every address that meets the “eligibility,” “distribution,” and “maturity” criteria is granted a token allocation. Each address must meet the minimum requirement of 450 ZK, with a maximum airdrop limit of 100,000 ZK tokens. Tokens for addresses with less than 450 ZK will be recycled back into the pool.
Witch Detection: The airdrop aims to reward “real users.” The vast majority of witch addresses have already been eliminated through eligibility and distribution criteria. Each wallet undergoes additional witch detection steps, specifically filtering based on CEX deposit address reuse and fund source patterns.
ZKsync states that there are over 6 million unique addresses on ZKsync Era, and the ZK airdrop focuses on using a human-centric approach to identify genuine users. The on-chain history of wallets reveals a lot of information about the habits of their owners. Genuine individuals are often willing to take risks, especially those who feel they are part of a community.
In the contributor airdrop, over half (5.8%) of the allocation includes the treasury of ZKsync native projects based on ZKsync Era, including DeFi protocols, ZK chains, NFT collections, decentralized markets, infrastructure, games, etc. The remaining contributor airdrop is allocated to contributors, companies, and individuals who have laid the foundation for ZKsync:
1. Contributors from the Ethereum development organization, including client execution, consensus clients, developer tools, RPC, and other projects that have a positive impact on ZKsync.
2. Contributors to Github repositories with advanced blockchain technology that directly or indirectly contribute to the success of ZKsync, including significant work related to blockchain, zero-knowledge proofs, developer tools, and developer education.
3. Educators who provide training for developers and security researchers and have contributed to the ZKsync community center on GitHub.
4. Contributors to Github repositories dedicated to zero-knowledge proofs, Ethereum development tools, and open-source software.
5. Security researchers who participated in audit competitions hosted by Cantina, Code4rena, and CodeHawks.
6. ZKsync community mods, ZK Credo translators, ZK Quest participants, and participants in live events.
Additionally, 0.4875% of the total supply is allocated to a small group of experimental on-chain communities to explore new ways of organizing using tokens and NFTs. These communities include airdrop recipients of $DEGEN and $BONSAI, players of Crypto the Game, and holders of Pudgy Penguin and Milady Maker NFTs (based on addresses rather than NFTs).
The ZKsync snapshot was taken on March 24th, and community members can check their eligibility for the airdrop on the Claim.zknation.io website and claim the airdrop starting from next week until January 3, 2025. Eligible GitHub developers and ZKsync GitHub Discussion Helpers must link their addresses to their accounts by June 25th. External project, Protocol Guild, and ZKsync native project contributors will be able to claim from June 24, 2024.
How are ZKsync tokens distributed?
The total supply of ZK tokens is 21 billion tokens, with 66.7% allocated to the community, 19.9% to ecosystem incentives (distributed by the ZKsync Foundation), 17.2% to investors, 16.1% to the team, and 29.3% to Token Assembly. Tokens allocated to investors and the team will be locked for the first year and then unlocked over a 3-year period from June 2025 to June 2028.
ZKsync states that two-thirds (about 67%) of ZK tokens will be allocated to the community. Of this, 17.5% of the total supply will be distributed through a one-time airdrop, and the remaining community tokens will be distributed over time through ecosystem plans managed by the ZKsync Foundation and ZK Nation governance processes to support the evolving ecosystem.