I've been holding back comment on the Scroll airdrop until the full details came out. Now it's live, so here's my thoughts...
I've been actually using the chain for over a year, driven $72k of volume (mostly Aave) over 700+ transactions and spent ~$128 on gas fees. Additionally, I participated in the Scroll badges campaign collecting 55 which took significant time and fees.
The airdrop allocated 7% of tokens to approx 570k users. I received 279 $SCR which is currently trading around $1.37 dollar each. Not nothing, but nothing like previous L2 drops and the additional hoops definitely burned a lot of time and additional fees unnecessarily for minimal benefit.
Scroll also ran a Binance launchpool campaign which was allocated 5.5% of the token supply over a few days. I participated in staking 1 BNB ~$600 for a few days in exchange for ~2 SCR. That was definitely a game for whales and not worth the time or gas.
This has probably been one of the most disappointing airdrop rollouts to date as I actually genuinely used the chain a lot, even when it offered a worse experience on some things. For example, no flash loans, leading to a liquidation that would have been preventable elsewhere.
Either way, I will continue to be a delegate and advocate for the adoption of ZK rollups. So, if you are claiming and holding, consider delegating to me as I'll continue paying attention.
All the best in your adventures in the Scroll ecosystem!
