Ethereum L2 airdrop season guide: OP, HOP, ACX and what could come next
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Guide to L2 airdrop farming after the Optimism and Hop token launches, summarizing allocation sizes and pointing to zkSync v2 testnet activity as the likeliest next candidate.
Key claims
19% of OP supply is airdropped to the community, first round 5%
8% of HOP supply went to early users
Across announced a community airdrop for ACX
0/ Recently, @optimismPBC & @HopProtocol have kicked off the #Ethereum L2 #airdrop season! 🔥
Missed out on the $OP and $HOP airdrops? 😱
Don't worry, there are more L2 #airdrops likely to take place in the coming months 🪂
Guide 🧵on the $ETH rollup #L2 airdrop season (0/29)
1/ This thread focuses on potential #rollup L2 protocol airdrops 🪂
Why do rollups matter? 👀
Short answer: By transforming the #Ethereum L1 into a major data availability / settlement layer for rollups, #ETH2 will scale the @ethereum network almost infinitely ⚡️
2/ For more info on $ETH #rollup scaling see:
x.com/expctchaos/status/1527419709616013313
For more info on the #rollup landscape, see:
x.com/expctchaos/status/1527434609637478400
3/ But let’s get started. End of April, @optimismPBC, an optimistic rollup protocol, announced the launch of its governance token $OP
4/ A total of 19% of $OP supply will be airdropped to the community with the first airdrop (early users & some $ETH L1 users) amounting to 5%
Check your eligibility here:
app.optimism.io/governance
5/ While no details have been announced yet, #Optimism has announced a whole “season” of airdrops for early users of the protocol and ecosystem participants
Read more here: optimism.mirror.xyz/gQWKlrDqHzdKPsB1iUnI-cVN3v0NvsWnazK7ajlt1fI
6/ Keep engaging in the @optimismPBC ecosystem to increase your chances to be eligible for upcoming airdrops. #Optimism has a fast growing and vibrant #DeFi ecosystem:
www.optimism.io/apps/defi
7/ In early May, @HopProtocol, a protocol for sending tokens across rollups and their shared L1 network in a fast & trustless way, announced the launch of $HOP via an airdrop to early users with a total of 8% of supply being airdropped to early network participants
8/ Read more on the $HOP airdrop here:
hop.mirror.xyz/AI5fOUR0X_l0mktShDOx3mwr-hsB24gp8GvTWtS-MBc
9/ Moreover, there is @AcrossProtocol, a rollup-focused cross-chain bridge, supporting @ethereum, @arbitrum, @optimismPBC & @bobanetwork. Already mid-March, it announced the launch of the #across token
10/ The $ACX launch is an effort to grow and unite the #across community, incentivize liquidity providers, increase awareness of Across, and further the mission of becoming the fastest & cheapest L2 bridge
11/ The token will be launched via a community airdrop. Read more here:
forum.across.to/t/across-token-launch-proposal/195
12/ Have you missed out on $OP, $HOP and $ACX? Dont worry, there is a number of opportunities to farm potential airdrops. Let’s dive into what L2 #airdrop season still has in store for us
13/ One potential upcoming airdrop is @zksync. #zkSync is a zkRollup-based L2 scaling solution for #Ethereum. To increase your chances to be eligible for the airdrop, engage in the zkSync v2 testnet
14/ V2 testnet is accessible here:
portal.zksync.io/
Request funds from the faucet, make transfers and bridge assets in to and out from zkSync and $ETH Goerli testnets
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