Congratulations to Nansen and Linea on the new sybil report. However, as they have noted, the filtering process was applied using a somewhat ‘lenient’ model, allowing up to 20 wallets per user. This once again highlights the importance of
Tiered, Hybrid
model.
According to the latest data, 780,243 wallets are eligible for the airdrop, with a two-week appeal period. Assuming a 4-5% approval rate for appeals, this number is likely to rise to around 800,000 wallets.
Found this data on X thanks to
0xBeggar
Data shows that the wallets between 500-2,000 LXP have sybil ratio up to %50
and this is only the ones thats flagged by Nansen.
Here is an example of a sybil wallet I discovered through my research on Lineascan, along with 22 wallets it funded. On average, each wallet earned approximately 4,500 LXP. Based on my observations, I believe most sybil/multi wallets fall within the 1,000-4,500 LXP range. Upon further analysis of this wallet, it’s clear that the owner is quite AMATEUR in their approach.
Due to the ‘lenient’ filtering applied by Nansen, there are still sybil/multi wallets among us, and they will inevitably affect the average rewards per wallet.
As for those with more than 40 wallets that haven’t been flagged yet, a simple search on Twitter will lead you to them. Many are openly boasting about their actions and even sharing screenshots of their POH status for multiple wallets.
Additionally, what we know is:
Double LXP transfer affecting 2005 wallets
Browser extension HACK affecting between 19,600-33,800 wallets that holds LXP
Note:
This browser extension is used to farm airdrops with multi-accounts. I’m not sure how much sympathy the wallet holders deserve, but the amount of $Linea that may end up in the hands of hackers is significant and should be taken into account.
What should team do ?
- First, the updated data needs to be shared publicly.
- To simplify the calculation and distribution process, a new token could be issued (LXP2.0/FLXP) and transferred to non-Sybil wallets instead of LXP. However, before doing this, all questions in people’s minds need to be addressed, and the process should be carried out together with the community.
- Corporate Sybil elimination might be finished, but I don’t think the community would be happy with allowing 20 wallets per user. Therefore, KYC / CEX claim / Multi-account filtering is necessary. (It might seem difficult, but if Metamask Card’s global access is ready by TGE, making MM Card a direct requirement could be a great solution, as it requires KYC and in the scenario where multi-accounts are filtered out, starting with 400-500,000 MM Card users would also have significant advantages. This would be a better solution than providing KYC to other institutions, firms, or CEXs.)
- Checking with the existing Sybil Lists like Layerzero and others could be useful.
If No new filtering measures or KYC-like precautions are taken for Sybils and Multi-accounts,
then the reward difference between a wallet with the minimum LXP and a wallet with above-average LXP should be 20-25 times instead of the 10-12 times to keep it fair.
- Minimum Criteria: A minimum of 1,500 LXP
2. Bonus Criteria Ideas
This section rewards wallets that meet specific activity-based criteria:
- Ownership of both ENS and Linea-ENS.
- Pre-Dencun Activity: At least 30+ transactions before the Dencun upgrade.
- Wallet activity metrics:
- Wallet age
- Main Bridge
- Volume
- Active months (6-12 months)
- Contract creation
- Attestation of Digital Sovereignty AND ConsenSys Shanghai/Regenesis NFTs
- Linea Mirror NFTs: 10 pieces — 20 pieces — 30 pieces
- IRL event participation NFTs: 1 piece — 2 pieces — 3 pieces
- veTOKEN voting count: 10 votes — 20 votes — 30 votes
- Private Testnet participants (as most were dissatisfied with the 100 LXP reward)
- Node Operators with >3 months of continuous uptime
- Metamask Card
- Top %0.5 LXP Holders
- Surge 6 Volt Lp providers ( >0.1 eth)
LXP-L
*Top 100 wallets can be vested
*Reward reduction for Short Time - Whales
Community Rewards (NFT-Meme)
Given their history, contributions, volume, innovation and impact on Linea, an allocation reward should be provided to these community members from a separate pool in proportion to these factors.
Although these investigations may seem meaningless to some, I want to emphasize how crucial a
Fair Distribution
is on behalf of those who have been dedicated to Linea and have contributed to the network’s growth and the formation of its community over the past two years.
As the data shows, the Sybil/Multi-account ratio among the Top LXP holders is almost negligible, and I am confident that these wallet owners have been active across all aspects of the Linea ecosystem with only 1-2 wallets.
For this reason, we need a Tier and Hybrid-based distribution model.
Looking forward for your thoughts on this
@dfox @bigironchris