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ZkSync rejects NFT creation accusations
Matter Laboratories news: Zk SynchronizationEthereum’s scaling platform, recently dismissed accusations of “internal minting” of NFTs.
In response to the rumors, 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.
Additionally, they confirmed that some minters participated in the minting events, but without favoritism or internal involvement. Let’s see all the details below.
Matter Labs Clarifies Position on NFT Minting Events: ZkSync’s Stance
As planned, on June 26, Matter LaboratoriesDeveloper of the layer-2 Ethereum network zkSync has denied accusations of “internal creation” of NFTs.
The company said all non-fungible token (NFT) miners Freedom Omnibus were eligible according to the official criteria.
Matter Labs’ statement follows a June 17 post by blockchain researcher soEasy. He accused the team of distributing the NFT Freedom Omnibus to ineligible individuals, including friends of the team.
SoEasy also claimed that these “insiders” were allowing some to mint ZK tokens without meeting the airdrop criteria.
In a statement, a Matter Labs representative reiterated that there were no invalid mints. He explained that there were multiple ways to mint the Libertas Omnibus NFT.
Some of these users were eligible for interacting with the first 100 zkSync NFTs, while others participated in events where they scanned a one-time QR code to mint the NFT.
Matter Labs has denied that owning a Libertas Omnibus NFT makes a user eligible for the ZK airdrop.
In particular, stressing that the allocations were based on eligibility criteria, funds held on The zkSync era and bonus multipliers. Additionally, development team employees were not eligible for the airdrop.
The Libertas Omnibus Open Workshop
Matter Labs launched the Libertas Omnibus NFT as a “test” in July 2023, announcing a future open currency for those who interacted with at least one of the first 100+ collections of NFT zkSync. The open mint ended in January 2024.
On June 17, zkSync launched an airdrop for its ZK Tokenbased on eligibility points, time-weighted average balance and multipliers.
SoEasy said it discovered corruption in the airdrop, accusing multiple wallet addresses of creating the Libertas Omnibus NFT without meeting the stated criteria.
The zkSync team denied these accusations, claiming that all addresses had acquired their Libertas Omnibus tokens legitimately.
Despite soEasy’s accusations, Matter Labs reiterated that the creation of Libertas Omnibus NFTs occurs regularly and that ownership of the NFTs does not guarantee eligibility for the ZK airdrop.
The blockchain transactions examined show that administrators used centralized functions to create NFTs, but the data does not confirm whether this was done for legitimate purposes or to favor insiders.
Matter Labs remains firm in its position, defending the legitimacy of its operations.