{"id":13804,"date":"2024-05-25T11:42:28","date_gmt":"2024-05-25T08:42:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/polyhedra-network-accuses-zksync-of-token-ticker-theft\/"},"modified":"2024-05-25T11:42:28","modified_gmt":"2024-05-25T08:42:28","slug":"polyhedra-network-accuses-zksync-of-token-ticker-theft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/polyhedra-network-accuses-zksync-of-token-ticker-theft\/","title":{"rendered":"Polyhedra Network Accuses zkSync of Token Ticker Theft"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Web3 infrastructure startup Polyhedra Network has criticized the Layer 2 solution zkSync for choosing the ticker ZK for its token.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We trust that the community understands the true meaning of fairness and justice.<\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s see who will endorse such misconduct and who will stand as the guardian of fairness and justice.<\/p>\n<p>Great job as a robber and a thief, not a blockchain builder. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/zksync?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@zksync<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Polyhedra Network (@PolyhedraZK) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PolyhedraZK\/status\/1793996575276167540?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 24, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\n<cite>\u201cIt\u2019s incredible that in 2024, even with the approval of the ETH ETF, there are still projects that offer advantages to certain parties and deprive others of their rightful name. Web3 was not meant to be a breeding ground for bullying,\u201d stated Polyhedra.<\/cite><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The startup team called on the crypto community for fairness and labeled zkSync as \u201crobbers and thieves, not blockchain builders.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On May 24, the cryptocurrency exchange Bybit <a href=\"https:\/\/announcements.bybit.com\/en\/article\/bybit-to-list-zksync-zk-on-spot-blt5eb88dc6cc2ce41f\/\">announced<\/a> the upcoming listing of the zkSync token, assigning it the ticker ZK. However, this ticker is associated with Polyhedra, prompting the trading platform to <a href=\"https:\/\/announcements.bybit.com\/en\/article\/important-updates-on-polyhedra-network-ticker-symbol-bltfa719234dbb13c49\/\">issue<\/a> a notice about its change. The new ticker and further details will be announced \u201csoon.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Journalist Colin Wu noted that Polyhedra Network was initially called ZKbridge with the ticker ZKB. Later, with its listing on OKX, it was changed to ZK.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Polyhedra Network was originally called ZKbridge. The ticker used to be ZKB, but it was later changed to ZK when it listed on OKX. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/63rUgMNF23\">pic.twitter.com\/63rUgMNF23<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Wu Blockchain (@WuBlockchain) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WuBlockchain\/status\/1794029434221273168?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 24, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The crypto community criticized Polyhedra Network for a \u201cshoddy\u201d airdrop and refused to support the project.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Literally no one supports you in this.<\/p>\n<p>You changed your ticker twice prior to choosing <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%24ZK&#038;src=ctag&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">$ZK<\/a> which you knew full well that zkSync was going to use.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Picolas Cage (@Picolas_Caged) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Picolas_Caged\/status\/1794043745312133569?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 24, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\n<cite>\u201cNo one supports you. You changed your ticker twice before choosing ZK, which zkSync was going to use, and you knew it,\u201d wrote Picolas Cage.<\/cite><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>A user named Hanzo quoted the original Polyhedra Network post and called it \u201cunbelievable\u201d that projects with \u201cshoddy\u201d airdrops believe in community support.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">It\u2019s unbelievable that, here in 2024, even with the approval of the ETH ETF, there are still projects that conduct shitty airdrops and believe that the community will support them<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Hanzo \u3297\ufe0f (@DeFi_Hanzo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DeFi_Hanzo\/status\/1794020272732885488?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 24, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Earlier reports indicated zkSync&#8217;s intention to launch a token in June, with an airdrop allegedly taking place in the same month. The total supply will be 21 billion tokens.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Web3 infrastructure startup Polyhedra Network has criticized the Layer 2 solution zkSync for choosing the ticker ZK for its token. We trust that the community understands the true meaning of fairness and justice. Let\u2019s see who will endorse such misconduct and who will stand as the guardian of fairness and justice. Great job as [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13803,"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":[1564,1110,1518],"class_list":["post-13804","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-polyhedra","tag-web-3-0","tag-zksync"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"7","promo_type":"","layout_type":"","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13804","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=13804"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13804\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13803"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13804"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13804"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13804"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}