What are the next steps after zkSync launches its airdrop query feature

Original | Odaily Planet Daily
Author | Asher


The big news has finally arrived, ZK Nation announced this afternoon on the X platform that zkSync airdrop query is now online (
click here to go to the query link
), and will airdrop 3.675 billion ZK tokens to early users and contributors next week, accounting for 17.5% of the total supply of 21 billion ZK tokens; at the same time, it stated that this will be a one-time airdrop, and users will be able to claim their tokens starting next week, with the deadline set for January 3, 2025.


zkSync airdrop query is online
As soon as this news came out, major “hair shaving” communities suddenly became lively, with users participating in the interaction rushing to check the amount of tokens they received. From the emotions on social media, it seems that this ZK airdrop is “a mix of joy and worry”:
“The overall witch rate is very high, after all, less than 700,000 out of several million addresses were left. The hit rate for individual addresses is around 15%, all are low rewards, and with ZK prices so low, it doesn’t seem very meaningful.”
“In simple terms, the more assets you interact with, the more you receive. Individual wallets receive a minimum of 450 ZK and a maximum of 100,000 ZK. Overall, it seems that individual premium accounts receive more, and it’s unknown how bulk accounts will fare. At least looking at the fact that only 1/10 of the total 6 million addresses received the airdrop, the witch hunt seems quite harsh.”
“Just by interacting with UniSat, you get $800 worth of PIZZA as a low reward, by interacting with Ordinals, you get $8000 worth of DOG, while zkSync gives you the disappointing message ‘Unfortunately, the address is not eligible for the airdrop.'”
“Only 4 accounts with god lamp NFTs are eligible for zkSync, the rest are not eligible at all, it’s really frustrating.”
Overall, the overall witch rate is very high, and many “hair shaving” enthusiasts and studios are experiencing “complete annihilation”. So, what are the specific rules for the ZK airdrop? Below, Odaily Planet Daily has compiled the rules for the zkSync airdrop based on official information.
ZK Token Economics
According to the information provided by ZK Nation, zkSync’s native token is ZK, with a total supply of 21,000,000,000 ZK tokens. Community distribution accounts for 66.7%, while team and early investor distribution accounts for 33.3%. The specific distribution is as follows:
Token Assembly: 6,153,000,000 ZK, accounting for 29.30% of the total supply;
Ecosystem Rewards: 4,179,000,000 ZK, accounting for 19.90% of the total supply;
Airdrop: 3,675,000,000 ZK, accounting for 17.50% of the total supply;
Early Investors: 3,612,000,000 ZK, accounting for 17.20% of the total supply;
Team: 3,381,000,000 ZK, accounting for 16.10% of the total supply;


ZK Token Economics
Regarding the airdrop, this time there are 695,232 eligible wallets, and the eligibility and distribution of the airdrop are based on the zkSync Era and zkSync Lite snapshot taken at 0:00 UTC on March 24, 2024. This time marks the one-year anniversary of the zkSync Era mainnet launch, with 17.5% of ZK airdrop allocated to two groups of community members:
Early Users (89%): zkSync users who have conducted transactions on zkSync and reached the activity threshold;
Early Contributors (11%): Entities that have contributed to the zkSync ecosystem and protocol through development, promotion, and education.


ZK Airdrop Distribution
Detailed Rules for ZK Airdrop
In order to distribute tokens to real users, the eligibility review and distribution for zkSync users go through four consecutive steps:
Step One: Eligibility. Each address that has conducted transactions on zkSync Era and zkSync Lite is checked against eligibility criteria. Each address that has conducted transactions on zkSync Era and zkSync Lite is checked against eligibility criteria to determine who has actively explored zkSync. Each address must have at least one point to be eligible for the airdrop (point rules as shown in the image below).


ZK Point Rules
Step Two: Allocation. A value scaling formula adjusts the allocation of an address based on the amount sent to zkSync Era and the duration of these encrypted assets in the wallet. The allocation of eligible addresses is based on a value scaling formula. This formula adjusts the allocation of an address based on the amount sent to zkSync Era and the duration of these encrypted assets in the wallet. In determining the allocation of an address, the encrypted assets held on zkSync Lite are not taken into account.
Step Three: Multiplier. Addresses meeting specific criteria can receive a multiplier for their allocation. Each address can receive a multiplier based on activities that indicate higher likelihood of human behavior or contribution to zkSync. These multipliers apply to eligibility and allocation on zkSync Era and Lite.
Step Four: Bot Detection. Standard anti-phishing methods are used to detect bot behavior. The combination of eligibility criteria, value scaling, and multipliers eliminates the majority of bot groups. However, the team’s witch detection method further filters out the remaining bots.
The first method is based on the repeated use of CEX deposit addresses. CEX creates deposit addresses for customers to handle deposits. The second method is the study of fund acquisition patterns. Each time a new address is created, its owner needs to provide funds in ETH to pay for transaction fees. If it is found that a group of EOA’s ultimate funders are the same, they are likely to belong to the same entity.


The image above shows an example of bot groups detected using this method. There are 1,029 EOAs that ultimately receive funds through CEX (the red nodes).
Off-Exchange Market
With the opening of the ZK token airdrop query, the ZK price on the AEVO platform’s off-exchange trading has dropped below 0.35 USDT in a short period, now at 0.3411 USDT, with a 24-hour decrease of up to 47.88%.


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