First of all, I want to thank you for the tremendous work you have done over the past two years. The Linea project has been developing at an impressive pace: from the testnet and the issuance of unique NFTs to the launch of the Surge program and the broad involvement of the community. Many of us have been following Linea since the very beginning, believing in the project and investing not only funds, but also our time, attention, and energy.
Today I once again found out that I will not receive the drop, just like thousands of other users whose addresses were hacked through Ads Power in February of this year and were added to the sybil lists after the team had already announced the final PoH check. Many people were affected because they used Ads Power to complete quests. Personally, I used this tool not for bots or automation, but on the contrary — to avoid opening dozens of suspicious websites on my personal computer and to make participation in campaigns safer. As the team itself stated: “you visit projects in our quests at your own risk.”
I have been with Linea since the testnet, received a high-tier NFT, and earned more than 5,371 LXP. I also provided liquidity for 6 months when the Surge program was launched. Over the course of all activities, I spent more than $150 on gas fees, and during the hack the hacker stole about $500 from me.
Someone informed the team that such addresses should be marked as sybil, and we were excluded without any explanation. Later the team said that options for changing wallets would be considered, but nothing was ever resolved. This is not logical. The hacker stole the funds, while real users were left with nothing. The team explained that one of the reasons for not distributing tokens to hacked wallets was the risk that a hacker could withdraw them, but at the time you promised to consider options to address this situation. Now I see that liquidity rewards are still being credited even to these same addresses — which means there is no longer a concern that a hacker will withdraw them.
I myself have a negative view of sybil accounts, because it is impossible to compete fairly with them. But I am convinced that over the course of two years, no genuine user would stick to just one wallet. Moreover, the Linea team itself previously stated that linking up to 20 wallets would not automatically be considered Sybil behavior. This is a reasonable approach that many other projects also follow, understanding that there are always fewer unique users than active wallets.
I also know that the team did tremendous work identifying real bots, which only started to appear en masse during the final weeks of quests. Those accounts are indeed easy to detect due to their repetitive activity. But adding people whose wallets were compromised in Ads Power to the sybil list is not a justified decision. Real users have been affected. Furthermore, it is not even possible to run scripts or bots in Ads Power.
I kindly ask the team to treat this situation with understanding and provide a comment. We all appreciate your work and strive for fairness. I hope that the decision regarding such addresses can still be reconsidered so that thousands of honest participants who actively supported Linea from the very beginning are not unfairly punished.
Telegram is full of sybilant dialog, go ahead and look for it. Sybil really thinks anyone will waste time on photoshop for him? lol, get over being caught, the whole community told you and sybil like you who you are a long time ago. It’s been almost a year now and you’re still cracking comedies
I linked to an article above that breaks down the combined use of wallet farms with trash and main wallets bone by bone. Go rest, you lost