The token airdrop activity of Zksync has sparked widespread criticism in the community, even leading to the #zkscam movement, calling for strong penalties against the project. Many people believe that the official rules of Zksync’s airdrop are opaque, with many tokens being airdropped to whales and related projects, while actual users receive very little.
However, some in the community believe that these negative voices mainly come from airdrop farming studios, which invest a lot of costs but are rejected by the project, thus attempting to pressure them through public opinion to relax the airdrop conditions.
Despite this, the official stance has not changed so far, still maintaining the original airdrop plan without any changes. ZK Nation stated in an announcement:
Additionally, whether mainstream exchanges will list the ZK token is currently a focus of community opinion. Generally, projects of the caliber of Zksync are usually listed on major exchanges at the first opportunity, but this time, many exchanges have not yet announced listings due to strong community backlash.
As of now, Bybit and Gate.io have announced the listing of the ZK token, but these exchanges have been labeled as “letting platform users catch falling knives for whales,” leading to boycotts and calls for investors not to use these exchanges. OKX CEO Xu Mingxing questioned the wind direction on X:
While Binance co-founder He Yi commented on the issue in Space:
In addition, Justin Sun also questioned the community on X whether to boycott ZKsync and not allow ZKsync to be listed on Huobi, with the voting results showing that seventy percent of people do not support the listing.
Currently, Binance, Huobi, and OKX are still unsure whether they will list the token.
