The hunt against sybils: LayerZero completes the first snapshot of its crypto airdrop and invites...

The Cryptonomist · 2024-05-11T06:02:27.000Z

The famous LayerZero interoperability project is about to change the landscape of crypto airdrops once and for all, after the latest message launched to the community. The first of the snapshots to determine which users will have the opportunity to claim the ZRO token has already been carried out by the project team, but some individuals may lose eligibility if classified as sybil. In this first phase LayerZero, in an attempt to decentralize its network as much as possible and release a fair token distribution, invited members of its community to come forward in case they had maliciously managed sybil wallet clusters. For those who self-report, the project offers 15% of the total airdrop allocation. Risk everything or settle for less? Let’s see everything in detail below. LayerZero crypto airdrop: first official snapshot completed On May 2nd, LayerZero publishes on its profile X one of the most anticipated announcements by the crypto airdrop farming community: the first snapshot, which will determine which users will be eligible for the launch of the governance token ZRO, was taken on May 1st, 2024 at 11:59:59 PM UTC. More information coming soon. pic.twitter.com/NyMpJFVg9S — LayerZero Labs (@LayerZero_Labs) May 2, 2024 In this first phase, almost 6 million different cryptographic addresses have been revealed that have interacted at least once with one of the various interoperability protocols that leverage LayerZero technology since its launch in March 2022. Altogether over 50 different chains have been reached, including L1, L2, and various “exotic” networks reaching billion-dollar volumes. According to the data reported by Dune Analytics, cross-chain bridge activities on LayerZero have significantly intensified since March 2024, reaching a peak of approximately 250,000 daily transactions. Overall, more than 6 million transactions have been made thanks to the omnichain communication protocol, although the data could be significantly larger because this dashboard only takes into account the most well-known chains. In the coming days, more information will be published regarding the date when it will be possible to check the airdrop and make the claim of rewards in the form of the ZRO crypto. Now for LayerZero the main challenge is to define criteria that could potentially exclude a good portion of sybil users who have farmed with hundreds of wallets and at the same time offer a fair token distribution within the community. We still don’t know when the airdrop will actually be launched, but it could really be very soon. Many brokers are including ZRO in their pre-market exchanges, suggesting that an official listing is just around the corner. Meanwhile you can consult this “wallet checker“, and check the metrics related to your address with data on transactions made, days of activity, exchange volumes, networks used, and much more. It’s a hunt against the sybils: LayerZero agrees on a minimum allocation of the airdrop for those who register Immediately after announcing the first snapshot for the ZRO crypto airdrop, LayerZero has published more information regarding the means by which their team intends to exclude the sybil users. We remind you that sybils represent individuals (or groups) who, in order to obtain the largest share of an airdrop, use an ecosystem in an unethical manner by carrying out operations with dozens if not hundreds of different wallets. Given the large participation of Sybil in the LayerZero airdrop, the project team has decided to undertake a modus operandi that is still completely unexplored in the crypto world. For the first time in history, this category is formally invited to organize itself (by filling out a specific form) indicating the addresses with which farming was carried out, with an incentive of 15% compared to the original airdrop quota. At this point, Sybil only have two options: delivering to LayerZero and receiving a 15% reward compared to what they would have earned from legitimate users do not surrender and hope that the subsequent on-chain cluster analyses carried out by LayerZero do not identify the addresses in question. If they are identified, they will not receive any reward. We believe it is in the protocol's best interest to distribute tokens to durable users — not sybil farmers. If you are a sybil, you have two options: – Self-report sybil addresses for 15% of your intended allocation. No questions asked. The deadline to do so is May 17th. – Do… pic.twitter.com/Kme9ZKckC7 — LayerZero Labs (@LayerZero_Labs) May 3, 2024 The farmers community was shocked by the announcement: many users asked for explanations to Bryan Pellegrino, CEO of the project, wondering how an ordinary user can know if their activities fall below the sybil threshold or not. With an emblematic tweet, Pellegrino partially silenced the complaints of users (probably the sybils themselves), publicly declaring that: “if you think you are a sybil, you are probably a sybil” On a more technical level, we can define sybil as all those addresses that are closely connected (funded by the same wallet, with a similar activity) to dozens, hundreds, or thousands of other accounts. Also included in this category are all those who have exchanged trivial amounts like 0.01 dollars and have made “bridge ofNFTwithout value” on sybil farming applications like Merkly, L2Pass, L2Marathon etc. The bullet point you should focus is the final bullet point "If you think you are a Sybil, you are most likely a Sybil" If you're a real user who tested merkly or used it for a gas drop — you're probably not a sybil. If you literally only ever used merkly to send NFT in a… https://t.co/zZJlXBvix9 — Bryan Pellegrino (臭企鹅) (@PrimordialAA) May 3, 2024 At this point, however, many have complained that Merkly represents the second most used dapp under LayerZero technology, and it seems unfair to exclude all those who have interacted with the application. Actually, as communicated by the LayerZero team itself, using Merkly does not automatically mark the address as sybil as long as other protocols have also been used. Instead of using only and exclusively the dapp in question, it will most likely label you as incorrect users, and therefore you will be excluded from the airdrop. Using Merkly won’t disqualify you if you’re a real #LayerZero user pic.twitter.com/Sx2KzV3ZwE — Alpha Drops (@myAlphaDrops) May 3, 2024 Snitch Hunting: LayerZero’s next strategic move As communicated in the anti-sybil report, once the incentive campaign for all those who join the LayerZero team is completed, there will be an intermediate phase in which the project team will release its list of users who will be excluded from the airdrop. Starting from May 18th, the sybil report will be conducted in collaboration with on-chain analysis experts Nansen and Chaos Labs. The study will consider the quality of transactions made by each address in the community with specific evaluation criteria, aiming to detect suspicious activities and exclude wallet clusters that appear to be linked to the same person or funded by the same entity. Sybil Report LayerZero has been working with industry-leading partners @chaos_labs and @nansen_ai to conduct our sybil detection report. This analysis will consider every user’s total transactions weighted across all LayerZero applications with the goal of aligning TGE with… pic.twitter.com/5WmSHhQSYx — LayerZero Labs (@LayerZero_Labs) May 6, 2024 At the end of the report publication, there will be the final phase of identifying the sybils, also heavily criticized by some representatives of the crypto world. Basically the entire community will be invited to “be the spy” and report to LayerZero a list of individuals attributable to sybil through a bounty program. The addresses provided by the user (after confirmation by the team) will be removed from the list of eligible users, and the spies will receive a 10% share of the sybil airdrop. Some have ironically described this practice as “Snitch Hunting“, indicating how it could create bad blood within the community. By doing so, there is a risk of generating tensions and widespread discontent, especially considering that many will go as far as to report anyone in front of them in order to receive a larger allocation from the airdrop. Anyway, it is still early to evaluate whether this move by the LayerZero team will bear fruit and manage to exclude a wide range of dishonest users from the airdrop. Snitch 2 Earn Brought to you by Layerzero pic.twitter.com/ERGjoZm7VI — Sonic (@SonicTheAlpha) May 3, 2024

著名的 LayerZero 互操作性項目在向社區發佈最新消息後，即將一勞永逸地改變加密空投的格局。
項目團隊已經進行了第一次快照，以確定哪些用戶有機會領取 ZRO 代幣，但如果被歸類爲 sybil，某些人可能會失去資格。
在第一階段，LayerZero 試圖儘可能地分散其網絡併發布公平的代幣分配，並邀請社區成員挺身而出，以防他們惡意管理 sybil 錢包集羣。
對於自我報告的人，該項目提供總空投分配的 15％。
冒着一切風險還是接受較少的代價？
下面讓我們詳細瞭解一下。
LayerZero 加密空投：第一個官方快照已完成
5 月 2 日，LayerZero 在其個人資料 X 上發佈了加密空投農業社區最期待的公告之一：第一個快照於 2024 年 5 月 1 日 UTC 時間晚上 11:59:59 拍攝，這將決定哪些用戶有資格啓動治理令牌 ZRO。
更多信息即將發佈。pic.twitter.com/NyMpJFVg9S
— LayerZero Labs (@LayerZero_Labs) 2024 年 5 月 2 日
在第一階段，已經發現了近 600 萬個不同的加密地址，這些地址自 2022 年 3 月推出以來，已經與利用 LayerZero 技術的各種互操作性協議之一進行過至少一次交互。
總共有超過 50 條不同的鏈被覆蓋，包括 L1、L2 以及各種交易量達 10 億美元的“奇異”網絡。
根據Dune Analytics報告的數據，LayerZero上的跨鏈橋活動自2024年3月以來顯著加劇，達到每日約25萬筆交易的峯值。
總體而言，得益於全鏈通信協議，已經完成了超過 600 萬筆交易，但由於該儀表板僅考慮最知名的鏈，因此數據可能要大得多。
在接下來的幾天裏，將會發布更多信息，說明何時可以檢查空投並以 ZRO 加密貨幣的形式領取獎勵。
現在對於 LayerZero 來說，主要挑戰是定義標準，以便能夠排除大量使用數百個錢包進行耕種的 sybil 用戶，同時在社區內提供公平的代幣分配。
我們還不知道空投何時會真正開始，但可能很快就會開始。
許多券商都在其上市前交易中納入了 ZRO，這表明其正式上市指日可待。
同時，您可以查閱這個“錢包檢查器”，並檢查與您的地址相關的指標，其中包括交易數據、活動天數、交易量、使用的網絡等。
這是一場針對女巫的狩獵：LayerZero 同意爲註冊者分配最低限度的空投
在宣佈 ZRO 加密空投的第一個快照後，LayerZero 立即發佈了更多有關其團隊打算排除 sybil 用戶的方法的信息。
我們提醒您，sybils 代表個人（或團體），他們爲了獲得空投的最大份額，以不道德的方式利用生態系統，通過使用數十個甚至數百個不同的錢包進行操作。
鑑於 Sybil 在 LayerZero 空投中的大量參與，項目團隊決定採用加密世界中尚未完全探索的運作方式。
歷史上首次，該類別被正式邀請自我組織（通過填寫特定表格）並註明進行耕作的地址，與原始空投配額相比，獎勵爲 15％。
此時，Sybil 只有兩個選擇：
交付給 LayerZero 並獲得 15% 的獎勵，相比從合法用戶那裏獲得的獎勵
不要投降，希望LayerZero後續進行的鏈上聚類分析不會識別出有問題的地址。如果被識別，他們將不會獲得任何獎勵。
我們相信，將代幣分發給長期用戶（而不是女巫農民）才符合協議的最佳利益。

如果你是女巫，你有兩個選擇：

– 自行報告 sybil 地址，獲得您預期分配的 15%。無需回答任何問題。截止日期爲 5 月 17 日。

– 做... pic.twitter.com/Kme9ZKckC7
— LayerZero Labs (@LayerZero_Labs) 2024 年 5 月 3 日
農民社區對這一聲明感到震驚：許多用戶要求該項目首席執行官 Bryan Pellegrino 做出解釋，想知道普通用戶如何知道他們的活動是否低於 sybil 閾值。
佩萊格​​裏諾發佈了一條具有象徵意義的推文，部分平息了用戶（可能是女巫們自己）的抱怨，公開宣稱：
“如果你認爲自己是女巫，那麼你可能就是女巫”
從更技術層面上講，我們可以將 sybil 定義爲所有與數十、數百或數千個其他賬戶緊密相關（由同一個錢包資助，具有類似活動）的地址。
這一類別還包括所有那些交換了 0.01 美元等微不足道的金額並在 Merkly、L2Pass、L2Marathon 等女巫耕種應用程序上建立“沒有價值的 NFT 橋樑”的人。
你應該關注的要點是最後一個要點

“如果你認爲自己是女巫，那麼你很可能就是女巫”

如果您是真正的用戶，並且測試過 Merkly 或將其用於氣體投放 — — 您可能不是 Sybil。

如果你真的只使用過 merkly 來發送 NFT......https://t.co/zZJlXBvix9
— Bryan Pellegrino (臭企鵝) (@PrimordialAA) May 3, 2024
然而，此時，許多人抱怨說，Merkly 是 LayerZero 技術下使用率第二高的 dapp，排除所有與該應用程序交互過的人似乎不公平。
實際上，正如 LayerZero 團隊自己所傳達的那樣，只要使用了其他協議，使用 Merkly 並不會自動將地址標記爲 sybil。
它不會只使用有問題的 dapp，而是很可能會將您標記爲錯誤的用戶，因此您將被排除在空投之外。
如果你是真正的#LayerZero用戶，使用 Merkly 不會取消你的資格 pic.twitter.com/Sx2KzV3ZwE
— Alpha Drops (@myAlphaDrops) 2024 年 5 月 3 日
追捕告密者：LayerZero 的下一步戰略舉措
正如反女巫報告中所傳達的，一旦針對所有加入 LayerZero 團隊的人的激勵活動完成，將會有一箇中間階段，項目團隊將發佈將被排除在空投之外的用戶名單。
從 5 月 18 日開始，sybil 報告將與鏈上分析專家 Nansen 和 Chaos Labs 合作進行。
該研究將使用特定的評估標準來考慮社區中每個地址的交易質量，旨在檢測可疑活動並排除看似與同一個人有聯繫或由同一實體資助的錢包集羣。
西比爾報告
LayerZero 一直與行業領先的合作伙伴 @chaos_labs 和 @nansen_ai 合作，編寫我們的 sybil 檢測報告。此分析將考慮每個用戶在所有 LayerZero 應用程序中加權的總交易，目的是使 TGE 與……保持一致 pic.twitter.com/5WmSHhQSYx
— LayerZero Labs (@LayerZero_Labs) 2024 年 5 月 6 日
報告發布結束時，將進入識別女巫的最後階段，這也受到了加密世界的一些代表的嚴厲批評。
基本上，整個社區都將被邀請“成爲間諜”，並通過賞金計劃向 LayerZero 報告可歸因於 sybil 的個人名單。
用戶提供的地址（經團隊確認後）將從合格用戶列表中刪除，間諜將獲得 sybil 空投的 10% 份額。
一些人諷刺地將這種做法描述爲“獵捕告密者”，表明它可能會在社區內引起不滿。
這樣做有引發緊張局勢和普遍不滿的風險，尤其是考慮到許多人爲了獲得更多空投分配甚至會舉報當面舉報的人。
無論如何，現在評估 LayerZero 團隊的這一舉措是否會產生成效併成功將大量不誠實用戶排除在空投之外還爲時過早。
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— Sonic (@SonicTheAlpha) 2024 年 5 月 3 日

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