NFTs
ZkSync rejects accusations of minting NFTs
Matter Laboratories News: Zk Synchronizationthe scaling platform for Ethereum, recently rejected accusations of “internal minting” of NFTs.
In response to the rumors circulating, Matter Labs, the company behind ZkSync, clarified that its employees were not eligible to participate in the ZK airdrop and denied any distribution of NFTs to friends or insiders.
Furthermore, they confirmed that some minters participated in the minting events, but without any favoritism or insider involvement. Let’s see all the details below.
Matter Labs Clarifies Position on NFT Minting Events: ZkSync Position
As expected, on June 26th, Matter LaboratoriesEthereum layer 2 network developer zkSync has denied allegations of “internal mining” of NFTs.
The company stated that all non-fungible token (NFT) miners Libertas Omnibus were eligible according to official criteria.
Matter Labs’ statement comes in response to a June 17 post by blockchain researcher soEasy. He accused the team of distributing the NFT Libertas Omnibus for ineligible persons, including friends of the team.
SoEasy also claimed that these “internal minting houses” allowed some to mint ZK tokens without meeting the airdrop criteria.
In a statement, a Matter Labs representative reiterated that there were no invalid mintings. He explained that there were multiple ways to mint the Libertas Omnibus NFT.
Some of these users were eligible because they interacted with the first 100 zkSync NFTs, while others participated in events where they scanned a unique QR code to mint the NFT.
Matter Labs denied that owning a Libertas Omnibus NFT could make a user eligible for the ZK airdrop.
In particular, noting that the allocations were based on election criteria, funds held in zkSync Era and bonus multipliers. Additionally, development team employees were not eligible for the airdrop.
Libertas Omnibus Open Mint
Matter Labs launched the Libertas Omnibus NFT mint as a “test” in July 2023, announcing a future mint open to those who interacted with at least one of the first More than 100 collections of zkSync NFT. The open mint was completed in January 2024.
On June 17th, zkSync launched an airdrop for its ZK Tokenbased on eligibility points, time-weighted average balance and multipliers.
SoEasy stated that it discovered corruption in the airdrop, accusing multiple wallet addresses of minting the Libertas Omnibus NFT without meeting the stated criteria.
The zkSync team denied these allegations, claiming that all addresses acquired their Libertas Omnibus tokens. legitimately.
Despite soEasy’s accusations, Matter Labs reiterated that the minting of Libertas Omnibus NFTs occurred regularly and that owning the NFTs did not guarantee eligibility for the ZK airdrop.
Blockchain transactions examined show that administrators used centralized functions to mint NFTs, but the data does not confirm whether this was done for legitimate purposes or to favor insiders.
Matter Labs remains firm in its stance, defending the legitimacy of its operations.