{"id":204249,"date":"2023-12-01T12:32:42","date_gmt":"2023-12-01T07:02:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/?p=204249"},"modified":"2023-12-01T12:32:42","modified_gmt":"2023-12-01T07:02:42","slug":"starknet-airdrop-speculation-surges-after-purported-eligibility-screenshot-goes-viral-crypto-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/starknet-airdrop-speculation-surges-after-purported-eligibility-screenshot-goes-viral-crypto-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Starknet Airdrop Speculation Surges After Purported Eligibility Screenshot Goes Viral &#8211; Crypto News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p>The now-deleted starknet.io subdomain detailed eligibility criteria for a STRK airdrop<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Starknet, the Ethereum Layer 2 network, has attracted attention from the web3 community after a screenshot from a Starknet.io subdomain detailing the eligibility criteria for an upcoming airdrop made the rounds on social media.<\/p>\n<p>The <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/OlimpioCrypto\/status\/1730280686966243460\/photo\/1\">screenshot<\/a> was widely circulated on X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter, on Nov. 30. The <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/dzRNX2yPj3\">web page<\/a> it was derived from quickly went offline.<\/p>\n<p>The document suggests Starknet will distribute its forthcoming STRK token to a wide variety of ecosystem participants, including Starknet developers that uploaded at least 5 commits to GitHub, GitHub developers noted in Electric Capital\u2019s Ethereum reports, early Ethereum adopters and stakers, and Starkex users prior to June 2022.<\/p>\n<figure><\/figure>\n<p>Notably, eligibility criteria for Starknet users was not included in the document.<\/p>\n<p>Skeptics <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/yoLunchbag\/status\/1730282344269918238\">pointed out<\/a> that the document incorrectly spelled Starknet as \u201cStraknet\u201d twice.<\/p>\n<h2>STRK token<\/h2>\n<p>The STRK token\u2019s contract was <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/etherscan.io\/token\/0xca14007eff0db1f8135f4c25b34de49ab0d42766\">deployed<\/a> on Ethereum in November 2022. In October, Starknet announced it had <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/community.starknet.io\/t\/announcing-the-early-community-member-program\/102092\">delegated<\/a> 50M of the token\u2019s 10B supply to early community members. The contract shows that tokens will not unlock until April 15, 2024, at the earliest.<\/p>\n<p>The document\u2019s circulation also coincides with the launch of a <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/governance.starknet.io\/voting-proposals\/0xda9c99ba4b37bcfacf34e12f8c4f456bd3cbb2739f605eddf9cd2102c164dff1\">test proposal<\/a> on Starknet\u2019s governance hub. Only core members can submit proposals, with users who have been delegated STRK exclusively able to vote.<\/p>\n<p>While the screenshot and governance proposal have elicited excitement among active Starknet users, Olimpio, a STRK delegate, suggested a STRK airdrop may not happen any time soon.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI&#8217;m not sure how soon we will see a token launch\/airdrop&#8230; but there&#8217;s some stuff happening behind the scenes,\u201d Olimpio <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/OlimpioCrypto\/status\/1730280711448301595\">tweeted<\/a>. \u201cStay tuned.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"relative flex items-center gap-2 rounded-md bg-[#191919] p-2 my-4 lg:hidden\">\n<div class=\"relative group  flex w-max items-center gap-2  p-2 text-sm text-white mx-auto\"><strong class=\"whitespace-nowrap w-min sm:w-auto bg-gradient-to-r from-[#9FF9D2] to-[#DB9FF9] bg-clip-text text-transparent\">DeFi Alpha<\/strong><span class=\"whitespace-nowrap  w-min sm:w-auto border-l border-white pl-1 lg:hidden\">Premium Content<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"tooltip font-heading shadow-cta absolute hidden lg:visible left-6 z-10 -top-[80px] w-max max-w-xs translate-y-full flex-col rounded-lg bg-[#EEEEF4] p-3 text-left text-xs text-black group-hover:flex lg:left-auto lg:right-4\">Looking for Alpha? Become a premium member of The Defiant and join our DeFi Alpha community.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"list-inside list-disc\">\n<li>DeFi Daily | Weekdays<\/li>\n<li>DeFi Alpha Letter | Weekly<\/li>\n<li>Defiant Podcast Transcript | Weekly<\/li>\n<li>Inbox Dump | Saturday<\/li>\n<li>Weekly Recap | Sunday<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/thedefiant.io\/go-premium#pricing\" class=\"disabled:bg-cta-disabled-background disabled:text-cta-disabled-text rounded font-semibold border-cta-primary-border bg-cta-primary-background text-cta-primary-text hover:border-cta-primary-border-hover hover:bg-cta-primary-background-hover ml-auto block p-2 text-center text-sm !text-black !no-underline shadow-newButton\">Start for free<\/a><\/div>\n<p>Starknet is currently the third most active Layer 2 network by daily throughput, processing <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/l2beat.com\/scaling\/activity\">5.7<\/a> transactions per second (TPS) over the past 24 hours, according to L2beat. Starknet\u2019s throughput tagged an all-time high of 10.2 TPS on Nov. 25.<\/p>\n<p>The network also ranks eighth by total value locked, currently holding $169M after growing 12% in seven days.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The now-deleted starknet.io subdomain detailed eligibility criteria for a STRK airdrop Starknet, the Ethereum Layer 2 network, has attracted attention from the web3 community after a screenshot from a Starknet.io subdomain detailing the eligibility criteria for an upcoming airdrop made the rounds on social media. 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