Nansen released zkSync user portraits, does it hide the airdrop screening criteria?

Original source: Nansen Research

Original compilation: Nan Zhi, Odaily Planet Daily

Introduction

zkSync Era is one of the current leading rollups, providing users and developers with a scalable universal smart contract platform. Since the launch of Era's mainnet in March 2023, user metrics, DApps, and integrations have all grown exponentially. Today, zkSync has over $456 million in net traffic and over 2.26 million unique users, bridged exclusively through the Ethereum mainnet.

zkSync User Analysis

View the time when an address was first active on Ethereum , we can better understand the wallet age on zkSync. Over 71% of wallets were created in the last year, indicating that there are many new wallets interacting with zkSync.

In addition to address age, what is the distribution of value deposited into zkSync?

Most of the funds entering the zkSync Era from the main network are mainly in amounts less than $1,000 wallet. As for measuring activity over time, we can look at unique users over time.

Daily Independent Depositors

We visualized data on daily and cumulative unique depositors who cross-chain from Ethereum to zkSync using the native cross-chain bridge. This shows that the demand for new addresses has increased since the inception of zkSync. The number of new users peaked in May 2023 and has trended downward since then. However, as of March 13, 2024, the average daily unique depositors still exceeded 8,280.

Cross-chain is a good indicator, but let’s see who is really active on the zkSync Era in 2024.

zkSync Activity Analysis

Our analysis of zkSync in 2024 Active addresses on Era are visualized and grouped into four categories: new and old EOA addresses and new and old contract addresses. While many new addresses are joining zkSync, most activity is dominated by existing EOA addresses (Existing EOA).

(Note: Here Nansen  indicates that existing EOA  addresses can also be called long-term active users.)

zkSync Whale positions and activities

We compiled the top 30 addresses based on their token balances in USD as of March 14th. We filter addresses based on:

· Active in 2024;

· Average of 50 transactions or less per day (filtering out noisy addresses);

· Not a part of zkSync or an entity on the Ethereum mainnet;

· Non-exchanges, contract addresses, MEV robots, NFT washers.

The top 10 coins held by these wallets as of January 1, 2024 are shown below.

The number one coin by dollar amount is ETH, followed by ZKID, IDO and KOI.

Below we visualize the number of addresses that own a specific token. We only count these 30 whale wallets, so if the number of addresses is 10, 33% of whales own a given coin. Not all addresses will be active in 2023, so we will see an increase in the number of assets until today.

Not surprisingly, all whale addresses own ETH, followed by USDC , WETH, USDT and wBTC. This shows that most whales’ asset exposure is tilted towards mainstream coins and stablecoins. However, over time we have seen an increase in zkSync native asset holdings.

Similar to general account activity, whale activity reached the end of February 2024 peak. Their activity has been quite stable, with an average daily transaction volume of over 189 transactions in the 2024zkSync Era.

Nansen Conclusion

The zkSync Era from 2023 to 2024 marks a strong evolution in user engagement and asset allocation. With over 2.26 million unique users, the platform is showing strong growth, driven primarily by new entrants. Activity on zkSync remains active and supported by a large number of long-term users, particularly the EOA addresses.

Overall, the zkSync era as an ecosystem has been experiencing rapid growth, characterized by an expanding user base, continued participation from existing players, and generation Coin preference continues to grow.

Summary

zkSync Whether it will be airdropped and when it will take snapshots has not yet been determined. However, some evaluation criteria can be gleaned from the report, including cross-chain amount, single-day excessive activity, address creation time, etc. In addition, zkSync officials left three questions when forwarding the report, including "What is the average cost of zkSync transactions on March 23, 2024?" "Involves a specific date, or may be a hint of related events.

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