Aptos airdrop landing: Web2 operation, "scientists" win big

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2022-10-19 08:50

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After announcing the launch of the mainnet, the hasty and low-transparency operation style has been criticized by the community.

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Mail notification, derided as Web2 operation

The Aptos Foundation has announced an airdrop of APT tokens for early network participants. Users who complete the Aptos Incentivized Testnet application or mint APTOS:ZERO testnet NFTs are eligible to claim Aptos tokens (the original user who minted the NFT is eligible, not the current owner) and will receive an email within the next few hours Email from airdrop@aptosfoundation.org. A total of 20,076,150 APT tokens will be airdropped to 110,235 participants.

At the same time, the official reminded that there are no other airdrops or gifts for Aptos tokens, and users should pay attention to only trusting official sources and channels; Aptos tokens can only be collected through the official Aptos community page, and provide information in the emails of users who are eligible to participate in the airdrop.

Although the official has issued a security reminder, notification by email is still "ridiculed" by the community for being too Web2, and there is a real risk of email phishing.yesterday's articleyesterday's article

According to the official economic model, the community (51.02%) tokens are also held by the Foundation and Aptos Labs, accounting for 86.52% of the official current or total token holdings.

In addition, the Aptos Foundation has also clarified their respective responsibilities with Aptos Labs. The Aptos Foundation will focus on the development of the Aptos network and ecosystem. Its main goal is to support the development of the Aptos blockchain. The foundation will be responsible for formulating grant programs, promoting Aptos globally and cultivating the Aptos ecosystem. Aptos Labs will focus on building infrastructure on the Aptos network. The Petra wallet and the official domain name service Aptos Name Service are two products built by the Aptos Labs team.

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Unprotected from Sybil Attacks, Wool Party/Scientists Win Big

As soon as the news of the airdrop came out, some were happy and some were sad.

Aptos airdrop lands, 'scientists' win

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Screenshots of claiming airdrops posted by community users

There were also people who beat their chests and sighed, thinking that they would not be selected if they applied for the testnet, but they didn't expect that they would get a prize if they participated.

Aptos airdrop lands, 'scientists' win

In fact, preventing sybil attacks is a common practice of project parties during token airdrops this year. For example, Optimism excluded 17,000 sybil addresses during token airdrops, but surprisingly, Aptos did not exclude sybil addresses. Another direct negative impact of distributing tokens to real and valid users is huge selling pressure.

Due to the community's dissatisfaction with the centralized operation of Aptos' initial launch, and the overvaluation, based on its total token amount of 1 billion, the price reached 15 US dollars, and the market value of the full circulation exceeded Solana. Although Aptos is known as the successor of the Solana ecology, the prosperity and perfection of the ecology is far behind Solana.