Original author: Frank, PANews

At 12:00 on February 20 (UTC time), the Layer 2 project Starknet officially opened its airdrop redemption plan. A total of 1.3 million addresses are eligible for this airdrop plan. As of 11:00 on February 22 (Beijing time), a total of more than 427 million tokens have been claimed. Among them, the largest single address obtained 1,532,750 STRK tokens by pooling tokens from 1358 addresses, worth approximately 300 Ten thousand U.S. dollars.

According to PANews statistics, the largest single address received 180,650 STRK, which is approximately US$360,000. There are 31 addresses that have obtained more than 90,000 tokens, 93 addresses that have obtained more than 40,000 tokens, and 217 addresses that have obtained more than 20,000 tokens.

Is it better to enter early than to interact more? Early community members (ECMP) benefit the most

Since the official announcement of the airdrop plan, Starknet has continued to occupy the list of hot topics discussed in the community, and has once again sparked discussions on social media about getting rich through hair. However, according to PANews analysis, the allocation rule of Starknet this time is likely to be that time takes precedence over the number of interactions.

Judging from the data analysis of Starknets airdrop, although the previously officially announced distribution table was that 50.89% of the token share was allocated to Starknet users, and 8.98% was allocated to the Early Community Member Program (ECMP). During the actual distribution process of Starknet, early community members (ECMP) and users were classified into the same category of Starknet users, with a total proportion of 59.87%. One advantage of this is that it is not possible to directly query the largest address of the same category. Distinguish whether this address is an interactive user address or an ECMP member address.

According to data from tokenflow.live, among the Starknet users, the largest address can claim 180,650 STRK.

As previously reported by BlockBeats, more than 2,000 people can receive Provisions as part of the Early Community Membership Program (ECMP). Those who rank highest among the allocation criteria will receive a massive allocation of 180,000 tokens. That is to say, the number of tokens that the early community member program may receive may far exceed that of early users who interact normally.

In fact, PANews analyzed the addresses that obtained the largest number of tokens and found that the amount of data these addresses interacted with on the chain was not large.

Take the address 0x0161a9bca8dcc5975a03b12f5f7bf9610e1541635eb40eb3a89baeedc168e636 as an example. According to the Starknet query website, the number of airdrop tokens available for this address is 180,650, making it the single address that has received the most tokens. However, the number and amount of interactions on the chain of this address are not large (but this address has already started interacting on the Starknet chain as early as 2 years ago). Therefore, the holder of this address should be a member of the Early Community Membership Program (ECMP).

According to the early community member plan announced by the Starknet Fund, the following members can receive rewards as early members: In the first phase, the plan will involve the following categories:

• Individuals who have made significant contributions to technical discussions in the community

• Individual contributors listed on key projects in the ecosystem

• Individuals who organize events worldwide (parties, conferences, seminars)

• Individuals who regularly publish Starknet branded content

The criteria for judging contribution value are as follows:

1. Coverage/Influence: Refers to the extent to which a contributors work is disseminated in the community. It might include things like the number of people who use or rely on their code, the number of people who interact with their content, or the number of people who follow their thought leadership.

2. Importance: Evaluate the importance of a contributors work in the community or a specific project. This might mean focusing on the importance of a persons work to the success of a project, or focusing on their influence in shaping the direction and growth of an ecosystem.

3. Effort: Effort evaluates the time and effort contributors put into their contributions. This may include not just coding, but community support, mentorship, and interacting with others to share knowledge.

4. Originality: Look at how unique or innovative the contributor’s work is. This can include creating new algorithms, methods or tools that have not been seen before, or solving existing problems in novel ways.

But so far, Starknet has not announced who has been selected for the program, nor the specific metrics by which it will be measured.

The Master of Hair Lugging earns US$3 million

Of course, even if the income of a single address cannot be maximized through interaction. But it seems that Lumao Studio has not been at a disadvantage in this round of airdrop battles.

According to Lookonchain monitoring, an airdrop hunter obtained 1,530,000 STRK tokens by pooling 1,358 addresses, worth approximately US$3 million. Another address brought together 1,800 addresses and received 1.22 million STRK tokens, making a profit of approximately US$2.4 million.

PANews analyzed the interactions of some of these addresses. The number of airdrops received by these single addresses ranged from 600 to 1,200, and the interactions basically started 7 months ago. After receiving the tokens, both addresses transferred all the tokens to the same suspected exchange address:

0x0213c67ed78bc280887234fe5ed5e77272465317978ae86c25a71531d9332a2d

Whether these two airdrop hunters are the same team, we have no way of knowing. But judging from the current results, it seems that Starknets anti-witch measures have not had much effect.

The community continues to question

Generally speaking, after a billion-dollar airdrop is issued, there will be a large number of users posting orders in the community. But this phenomenon does not seem to happen after the Starknet airdrop. On the contrary, a large number of users raised questions on official or KOL social media accounts.

Some users questioned Starknet’s requirement to have at least 0.005 ETH in an account before taking a snapshot, with one user saying: “I am disapproving of the project’s decision to distribute to all minimum participants, bypassing those who are currently unable to do so due to circumstances and/or demand. People who don’t have funds in their wallets are disappointed. Just like in my case. It’s such a shame to see this happen.”

Other users expressed their incomprehension about airdropping to GitHub developers who have not had any interaction. In fact, as of now, the proportion of classified airdrops received by Starknet users is 91.85%, and the proportion of airdrops received by open source developers is only 3.27%. According to the official introduction, unclaimed airdrop tokens will be withdrawn into the pool after 4 months and distributed in future rounds and/or plans.

“After months of transactions and tasks with nothing to show for it. Maybe airdrops should start to be regulated as these tasks are used to attract capital (like ICOs) and then lack transparency or fairness in terms of standards Implemented. One user left a disappointed message on the Starknet Foundations Twitter.