Optimism airdrops 19.4m of free OP tokens
The Ethereum scaling protocol allocated $26.7 million in free coins to wallets that delegated their OP tokens to community votes and on-chain governance. Layer-2 network Optimism airdropped 19.4 million of its native token OP to 31,879 unique addresses with on-chain participation between January and July 2023. Today Optimism is announcing OP Airdrop #3. 19M OP allocated to over 31k unique addresses to reward positive-sum governance participation in the Collective. Read on for details on eligibility criteria and allocations. — Optimism (_) (@optimismFND) September 18, 2023 These wallets either delegated OP above the minimum threshold or delegated voting power to an address that voted on-chain at least once, according to Optimism’s eligibility criteria. The free tokens serve as a reward for “positive sum governance participation”, Optimism wrote. Also, the airdrop is claimless and requires no action from users. Optimism urged vigilance from network participants to av...