ZKsync Airdrop Controversy: Community Dissatisfaction and Large Airdrops to Sybil Addresses
After four years of development, ZKsync finally announced an upcoming airdrop for users on June 11, 2024. Optimism, Arbitrum, StarkNet, and ZKsync have been the most prominent projects in the Layer2 space, with Optimism and Arbitrum using Optimistic Rollups and StarkNet and ZKsync using ZK Rollups. Due to the numerous opportunities for gains in these projects and their respective ecosystems, many users have actively participated. Previously, Optimism, Arbitrum, and StarkNet implemented different airdrop strategies for their users, resulting in significant benefits for many. This led to increased attention on ZKsync, which had not yet announced its token issuance. However, after announcing its airdrop plan and opening the query tool, ZKsyncs airdrop mechanism sparked considerable dissatisfaction among users.ZKsync Airdrop Rules According to official documentation, ZKsyncs total issuance of the $ZK token is 21 billion, with 17.5% (3.775 billion tokens) allocated for the airdrop. For regular users, 89% of the airdrop portion is allocated based on their usage, with distribution factors including seven main criteria. Additional factors, such as on-chain funds and market holdings, as well as NFT holdings, serve as multipliers to increase the airdrop rewards. Ultimately, 695,232 addresses qualified for the airdrop. Community statistics revealed that 9,203 addresses received 23.9% of the total airdrop