{"id":13734,"date":"2024-05-23T10:34:01","date_gmt":"2024-05-23T07:34:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/taiko-l2-project-announces-token-airdrop-ahead-of-mainnet-launch\/"},"modified":"2024-05-23T10:34:01","modified_gmt":"2024-05-23T07:34:01","slug":"taiko-l2-project-announces-token-airdrop-ahead-of-mainnet-launch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/taiko-l2-project-announces-token-airdrop-ahead-of-mainnet-launch\/","title":{"rendered":"Taiko L2 Project Announces Token Airdrop Ahead of Mainnet Launch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Taiko, a Layer 2 solution for scaling Ethereum, has announced a token airdrop for community participants and the imminent launch of its mainnet.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Dear community,<\/p>\n<p>The moment that you&#8217;ve been waiting for has arrived: The Taiko token airdrop is here! ?<\/p>\n<p>Check your airdrop eligibility: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/rI3yTSxvxf\">https:\/\/t.co\/rI3yTSxvxf<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>1\/ <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/RcAJo7abVm\">pic.twitter.com\/RcAJo7abVm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Taiko ? (@taikoxyz) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/taikoxyz\/status\/1793380651150016545?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 22, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The team has allocated 5% of the total supply of 1 billion TKO for the &#8220;genesis airdrop.&#8221; Allocation details can be checked <a href=\"https:\/\/claim.taiko.xyz\/\">here<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Community members eligible for the tokens include those who interacted with the Taiko testnet, such as validators and provers, GitHub contributors, and Loopring ecosystem participants. The claim process will commence with the mainnet launch.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Phase 1 of our airdrop season offers a substantial 5% of the initial TKO token supply for claiming.<\/p>\n<p>Check your eligibility now if you are a Taiko proposer, prover, bridgooor, user (Galxe points included), developer, GitHub contributor, or a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/loopringorg?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@loopringorg<\/a> community member.<\/p>\n<p>2\/<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Taiko ? (@taikoxyz) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/taikoxyz\/status\/1793380666526326888?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 22, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>TKO distribution structure:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>48.5% \u2014 key stakeholders;<\/li>\n<li>20% \u2014 Taiko Labs and the core development team;<\/li>\n<li>16.88% \u2014 Taiko Foundation reserves;<\/li>\n<li>11.62% \u2014 investors.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/taiko.webp\" alt=\"taiko\" class=\"wp-image-233403\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Data: <a href=\"https:\/\/claim.taiko.xyz\/\">Taiko<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The DAO treasury will hold 20% of the tokens. The team has also allocated 5% of the supply for grants and <span data-descr=\"Retroactive Public Goods Funding \u2014 a program supporting projects contributing to the development of the Taiko and Ethereum ecosystems\" class=\"old_tooltip\">RetroPGF<\/span>. Another 5% is earmarked for market making and 10% for the <span data-descr=\"a program rewarding community members actively participating in the development of the Taiko ecosystem; TKO is awarded for various activities within the project\" class=\"old_tooltip\">Trailblazer airdrop<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>The mainnet launch is expected &#8220;in the near future.&#8221; The network is a rollup and a <span data-descr=\"zero-knowledge Ethereum Virtual Machine \u2014 a virtual machine that executes Ethereum smart contracts using zero-knowledge proofs\" class=\"old_tooltip\">zkEVM<\/span> of the first type (equivalent to Ethereum).<\/p>\n<p>Taiko Labs <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptorank.io\/ico\/taikoxyz\">raised $37 million<\/a> in two funding rounds, with participation from Sequoia China, OKX Ventures, Generative Ventures, and other investors.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Back in January, the project <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/taiko-launches-final-testnet-for-ethereum-scaling-solution\">launched<\/a> the final testnet, Katla (Alpha-6).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Taiko, a Layer 2 solution for scaling Ethereum, has announced a token airdrop for community participants and the imminent launch of its mainnet.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13733,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"","news_style_id":"","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1158,1562],"class_list":["post-13734","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-airdrops","tag-taiko"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"41","promo_type":"","layout_type":"","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13734","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13734"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13734\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13733"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13734"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13734"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13734"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}