Ethereum’s Optimism Unveils New Token With Entire Airdrop Season
Ethereum scalability solution Optimism revealed their governance token, called OP. This will mark the beginning of a transformation process for the Optimism ecosystem. It aims and providing users with more power with a unique governance system. Related Reading | Bitcoin Beneath Key Support Level; What’s Next? Control via two entities, the Citizens’ House and the Token […]
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The DEX aggregator and automated market maker was first deployed on the Optimism mainnet in August 2021. Decentralized exchange aggregator 1inch is rewarding users with free tokens for their participation on Optimism — a move the organization says will further incentivize activity on the Ethereum layer-2 scaling solution.The exchange aggregator announced Tuesday that it would equally distribute 300,000 OP tokens among its most active wallets and regular users on Optimism through a retrospective Merkle drop. 1inch said 3,782 wallets have been selected for the airdrop. OP token is the native....
A very expected launch went live as the governance token OP was airdropped by the Ethereum layer-2 scaling solution Optimism. Why So Optimistic? In a mission to fund public goods and create a sustainable future for Ethereum, the Optimism Collective firmly believes that “positive impact to the collective should be rewarded with profit to the individual,” thus this latest airdrop is one more step in their process of creating “a new model for properly rewarding those who create or sustain public goods.” “The Optimism Collective will dispel the myth that public....
“We’re nearing the end of a chapter and the beginning of the next — one driven by community ownership and governance,” noted Optimism. The native token prices from multiple projects that employ Ethereum Layer 2 scaling solution Optimism have spiked around 20% amid rumors that the network will soon launch a token and airdrop it to the community. Optimism is a Layer 2 scaling solution that utilizes Optimistic rollups to process a high amount of transactions off the Ethereum blockchain. The project touts that it can operate smart contracts 5 to 500X cheaper than Ethereum's Layer 1. According....
“Why should Optimism Collective continue rewarding these kinds of mercenary actors who will dump their tokens on first sight? Why should any future airdrops reward these addresses?” an OP governance member argued. Optimism’s freshly launched governance token, OP, has plunged 40% since peaking at $2.10, leading members of the community to discuss baring those who dumped their tokens from future airdrops. Cointelegraph reported on Tuesday that the Ethereum layer-2 scaling solution was overwhelmed with demand for the first OP governance token airdrop, as 5% of the token supply was distributed....
“It has become clear that open, immutable finance requires open, immutable organizations,” said Erik Voorhees, founder and CEO of ShapeShift. ShapeShift, a leading non-custodial cryptocurrency exchange, is planning to open-source its platform and dissolve its entire corporate structure — an unprecedented move that underscores the company’s commitment to decentralization. Largest airdrop in historyAs part of its decentralization pledge, ShapeShift plans to airdrop 340 million FOX tokens to over one million users who traded $1 or more of Ether (ETH) or any ERC-20 token through the platform....