zkSync airdrop (retrodrop): guideline activities

ZKsync developers announced the launch of ZKsync Ignite campaign. The essence is to provide liquidity in lending protocols and DEX in the ZKsync network.

Campaign prize pool: $300,000,000 $ZK ($60 million).

List of available tokens to provide liquidity: ZK, ETH, wETH, wstETH, USDT, USDC.

The campaign will last 9 months (there will be 3 seasons in total), the first season has now started.

✅ What we do:

1. Go to website
2. Connect the wallet
3. Provide liquidity in apps
4. Checking and claim rewards in the Dashboard

Rewards are awarded every 8 hours, but can only be picked up once a week

Deadline for the first season: March 31.

The pools have limits and they fill up pretty quickly, so hurry up if you were planning on participating.

zkSync announced details of Airdrop and launched Airdrop checker.

Airdrop Checker - here

Criteria for zkSync network users:

• Interaction with 10 smart contracts
• Deposit to DeFi protocols in the zkSync network
• 5 transactions using paymaster
• Exchanges from 10 different tokens
• Libertas Omnibus NFT Hold
• Donations in Gitcoin via zkSync Lite
• Three active months in zkSync Lite before launching zkSync ERA

The snapshot was made on March 24.

Claim Deadline: June 17

Read more about zkSync Airdrop in this article

ZkSync has a new feature called "Paymaster", which allows you to choose what you want to pay with when exchanging gas and allows you to use any supported token in the ZkSync network besides ETH.

The use of this feature can be a separate multiplier and therefore we recommend everyone to test it.

✅What to do:

1. Go to SyncSwap and connect a wallet in the ZkSync network
2. If you have only ETH in the ZkSync network, first change ETH to another cryptocurrency
3. Activate "Paymaster" and choose a token for commission payment
4. Now make any swap and the gas payment will be in the currency you have chosen

Here’s a streamlined guide based on your ZkSync Manual 2024 for better readability and usability:

ZkSync Lite

1. Connect and Refill Your Wallet
   • ZkSync Lite
   • Orbiter Finance
2. Make Transactions
   • Trade on ZigZag Exchange

ZkSync ERA

1. Add Network
   • Add ZkSync ERA Network on Chainlist
2. Bridge Assets
   • ZkSync Bridge
   • Orbiter Finance

Layer 3 Activity

• Explore tasks and activities: Layer3 ZkSync

Boost Transactions and Liquidity

• Use these platforms to bulk up transaction volume and improve liquidity:
  • SpaceFi
  • ZKEX
  • Rubic Exchange
  • Velocore
  • PancakeSwap
  • UniDex
  • Wagmi
  • Symbiosis Finance
  • Mav
  • iZUMi Finance
  • 1inch
  • WOOFi
  • Reactor Fusion

Email and Domain Services

1. Email Creation
   • Dmail
2. Domain Purchase
   • ZkNS Domains

NFT Platforms

• Buy, sell, mint, or bridge NFTs:
  • KreatorLand
  • OmniBase
  • Element Market
  • ZKStars
  • OmniSea

Would you like me to create a downloadable document version of this manual?

One of the most important criteria for the airdrop is the number of transactions made and, more importantly, the number of different smart contracts your wallet has interacted with.

While you can easily meet the first criterion by simply swapping on any platform, the second one can be tricky. There aren't many places to interact that count as a separate smart contract.

Here's a great way to boost your transaction count and unique smart-contract interactions for pennies, elevating your wallets to the top with minimal costs

We can mint NFTs from various collections on the ZkSync ERA network. We've compiled them all in this post for convenience. They're super affordable (≈$0.07 each) and each NFT counts as an independent smart contract, which can significantly boost our stats on these metrics.

Let's go ahead and mint each of these NFTs on ZkSync:

• Superpossible
• Inf1n1ty
• Dizzying
• IN BTC
• Pulsat1on
• WaterZorb
• Fire Ball
• Zk Art
• Rotation Squared
• Black Hole

OpenName is a new Omnichain domain service offering 55 unique domain names and utilizing LayerZero technology, enabling seamless transfers between different networks.

✅What we do:

Visit the website

Connect to the zkSync network

Choose an available domain name

Find the free (open name) option and register

Free domains are also available on Base and Optimism networks. It's an easy and cost-effective activity to warm up your wallet and increase your chances of receiving a retro airdrop from zkSync!

The zkSync team announced the transition of ZkSync Era mainnet to a new stage.

The network is now available to all users, developers, and projects.

Light and Era are now separate networks, and in ZkSync Era, you can deposit and interact with dApps.

Where can we get active in ZkSync Era mainnet right now?

✅ Steps:

1. Add Era Mainnet network
2. Transfer Ether to zkSync ERA
3. Swap and provide liquidity
4. Swap and provide liquidity
5. Swap and provide liquidity
6. Stake our ETH
7. Create, buy, and sell NFTs
8. DeFi aggregator - Bridge ETH to zkSync (transactions are currently slow)
9. Bridge ETH to zkSync (we tried from Arbitrum to zkSync, took a couple of minutes)

Register a .zk domain on zkSync Name Service, set it up in your profile to display across all networks, and claim OAT

Create NFTs on mintsquare you can list them for sale immediately

Create a MetaMask account and test token transfers through the official wallet

Leave your email at the bottom of the website to receive updates.

Dashboards:

- https://dune.com/a2finance/zksync

- https://dune.com/kylin/Zksync

- https://dune.com/stace/zksync-era

- https://dune.com/angry/zksync-era-wallet-rank

- https://dune.com/gm365/era

zkSync Era is a rollup that scales Ethereum using cutting-edge Zero Knowledge (ZK) technology, while maintaining 100% Ethereum security and increasing throughput along with reducing transaction fees.

Invested: $458 million from a16z, DragonFly, BitDAO, ConsenSys, Blockchain Capital, Alchemy, and others.

Yesterday, the team announced the long-awaited launch of the zkSync Era Mainnet, which has undergone more than $3.8 million worth of testing and audits.

The launch of the $ZKS token is confirmed, and according to the CEO of the development company, it will take place in about a year. In the tokenomics, 2/3 of the tokens are allocated for the community and ecosystem development, so the chances of a good drop are high. To help you take part, we've prepared a list of activities below:

Activities:

• Add the network to your MetaMask using Chainlist
  
• Transfer tokens via the main bridge to the zkSync Era network and back
• Swap tokens and add liquidity on SpaceSwap
  
• Buy/sell and create your own NFT on Mint Square
  
• Register a .zk domain on zkSync Name Service, set it up in your profile to display in all networks and claim OAT from Galxe
  
• Create a MetaMask account and test token transfers using the official wallet
  
• Complete tasks on Crew3
  
• Leave your email at the bottom of the website to receive updates

To save on fees, wait for network activity to decrease and catch gas in Ethereum below 20 Gwei during deposit. Increase your chances and drop size by being active periodically, build up volumes, and test new dApps in the network.