Aunque el equipo de Optimism indicated a few minutes ago that the first airdrop for its token a digital unit designed with utility in mind, providing access and use of a larger crypto economic system. has started. OP, it seems that by mistake there were beneficiaries who received their cryptocurrencies early, which allowed them to trade them at a much higher starting value than they currently have on the major exchanges.
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- Optimism announced the first airdrop for its token OP.
- Some people got early access to the token and sold it on the major exchanges.
- The token went from USD $4.5 to USD $1.19 in just six hours.
The project responsible for the scalability solution for the network a network refers to all nodes in the operation of a blockchain at any given moment in time. of Ethereum a decentralized open-source blockchain with smart contracts functionality. known as Optimistic Rollup, Optimism, began distributing its new tokens today through an airdrop campaign, although according to some reports several users were able to access the assets early.
Airdrop a marketing campaign that distributes a specific cryptocurrency or token to an audience. token for the Optimism started with irregularities
This was revealed by the team of Optimism through a report published in its official channel of Discord discord is a web-based communication tool or application primarily built to enable communication between gamers. where they reported that there were users who already had access to the new tokens. OP today, and they did this by interacting directly with the smart contract in traditional finance, a contract is a binding agreement between two parties. In cryptocurrencies, smart contracts execute functions on the blockchain. while the developers were still testing some of the airdrop processes in question.
What happened would go hand in hand with what was stated by several people with knowledge about what happened, who in several interviews previously indicated that the first airdrop is part of the schedule contemplated by the official team, which was scheduled for today May 31. However, it was the team of Optimism who confirmed it several minutes ago through his Twitter account an account is essentially a whose purpose is to track the financial activities of a specific asset/ with the following message:
Let the claims (officially) begin! ????‿???? pic.twitter.com/9NgqyyQgiy
— Optimism (✨????_????✨) (@optimismPBC) May 31, 2022
Although sources revealed that the first airdrop would take place today, the team from Optimism stressed that he would not announce dates until distribution officially began.
The claims of some
Although the airdrop for the token is now available OP, Several users and interested parties showed their discontent through the main social networks for what the early access meant for a few beneficiaries.
Among the complaints, many of the users pointed out that this “error” was already opening a significant window of time for the beneficiaries to trade their tokens on the main exchanges that announced support the opposite of Resistance, it is a threshold that crypto’s price doesn’t fall below. for the cryptocurrency. Optimism. They also stressed that it was unfair and distasteful that such a possibility was not open to all equally.
The fact is that those who benefited in the first instance were able to instantly trade their tokens. Data published by CoinMarketCap reflect that the token OP was trading as of 12:30pm (New York time) at around USD $4.5 per unit, and almost six hours later, at the time of publishing it was trading at around USD $1.19, which implies a 74% drop in its price.
Let’s keep in mind that, according to information published in the White Paper del airdrop the Optimism, the first distribution contemplated offering the tokens among the users that “figured as early adopters of the protocol, and those active in the ecosystem.” of the project. It is expected that this will be done among the 248,699 addresses available in this first phase.
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Source: CoinDesk , Twitter
Version by Angel Di Matteo / DiarioBitcoin
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