Taiko Airdrop

Updated October 12, 2024

About Taiko

Taiko is an open-source, Ethereum-equivalent ZK-EVM and general-purpose ZK-Rollup designed to provide decentralization, security, and permissionless operations. By being fully compatible with Ethereum’s existing infrastructure, Taiko allows developers of Ethereum L1 dApps to easily deploy on L2, inheriting Ethereum’s security and decentralization while offering significant scalability.

Why we choose Taiko?

Taiko has successfully raised $37M from prominent ventures including Sequoia, Hashed, and OKX Ventures.

In June 2024, Taiko announced the Trailblazer campaign, allocating 10% of their total supply (100M TAIKO) across multiple Seasons.

With the conclusion of Season 1 on September 17th, the Taiko Trailblazer Season 2 is now underway, offering a total of 5 million TAIKO tokens (valued at $10M at the time of writing) to be distributed among participants. This presents an excellent opportunity to start farming Taiko and claim a share of the airdrop.

Taiko Airdrop Guide

Airdrop Eligibility

  • Complete all tasks below:
  • Join Trailblazers Season 2 - Do daily transactions on Taiko
  • Complete Taiko Layer3 campaign

How to get Taiko Airdrop?

To qualify for the Taiko airdrop, you will need to participate in Taiko’s Trailblazers campaign and accumulate Taiko XP. XP determines your Rank and Level on the leaderboard, which effectively presents your airdrop allocation. In Season 2, there are 2 main ways to earn Taiko XP, each capped at 75000 XP/day:

  • Transaction: All transactions will earn XP based on gas spent (Capped 1000 XP/transaction)
  • Transaction Value: Transactions also earn XP based on the value being exchanged (Uncapped on max XP/transaction)

To view your XP and Level, visit https://trailblazers.taiko.xyz/ => Profile.

Deadline: Monday, December 16, 2024, 23:59 UTC (total 91 days, 13 weeks)

How to earn Taiko Airdrop: Do daily transactions on the Taiko Network.

Recommended strategy: Achieving the cap for Transaction XP is the easiest and most cost-effective way to participate in this campaign. You can use the Ruby Vote method below to push maximum daily Transaction XP – this will cost approximately $65 throughout the campaign (0.7$/day * 91 days).

If you have more capital, consider wrap and unwrap ETH to reach the daily cap for Transaction Value and maximize potential earnings. 

To maximize your chances for the Taiko airdrop, follow the guide below.

In Taiko Trailblazers Season 2, there are 2 main ways to earn Taiko XP, each capped at 75000 XP/day:

  • Transaction: All transactions will earn XP based on gas spent (Capped 1000 XP/transaction)
  • Transaction Value: Transactions also earn XP based on the value being exchanged (Uncapped on max XP/transaction)

Visit https://taiko.xyz/ecosystem to view the list of dApps on Taiko. Choose a dApp (such as DEXes or Lending protocols) and interact with it by conducting transactions. For each transaction, you will earn Transaction XP (depends on gas spent) and Transaction Value XP (depends on transaction value). All activity caps will be reset at 0:00 UTC everyday.

Alternatively, you can use the two methods below to push transactions more effectively:

#1: Use Ruby Vote to achieve Transaction XP cap:

Ruby Vote is a voting protocol where you can cast votes on different networks. You can use Ruby Vote as a cost effective way to achieve maximum daily Transaction XP.

Visit https://rubyscore.io/dashboard and connect your wallet. Click on the Vote button for the Taiko Network to vote. Repeat this step as many times as you want to achieve the cap of 75000 XP/day (around 150-160 transactions depending on gas spent) – this should cost 0.6-0.7$ a day given you reach the cap. 

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Optionally, you can also modify the Gas Price and Priority Gas to a higher value to do fewer transactions.

#2: Wrap and unwrap ETH to achieve Transaction XP + Transaction Value cap:

Note: This method requires significantly more capital, but in return you will have much more Taiko XP.

You can use DEXes to wrap and unwrap ETH and earn Transaction XP + Transaction Value XP depending on the ETH amount used. Find DEXes on the Taiko Network here

Visit any DEX, for example Ritsu and connect your wallet. Wrap and unwrap ETH until you reach the cap for Transaction XP and Transaction Value XP.

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Participants in Trailblazers Season 1 will have a XP headstart for this Season 2. Additionally, there are NFTs and badges that will give you a XP boost during Season 2:

Note that XP boost will only be applied for transactions that occur after you buy these NFTs. Selling those NFTs will forfeit the boost instantly.

Visit Taiko Layer3 and connect your wallet. Complete all tasks available, including Swapping, Providing Liquidity, and Revoke Approval on the Taiko Network to earn more XP.

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You can now claim your Trailblazer Season 1 rewards. Note that your Level might differ from before due to Taiko’s sybil elimination process.

Visit Trailblazer and navigate to your Profile. Switch to the Claim tab to view your allocation claim the airdrop.

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Here is the allocation details for each Level (in $TAIKO tokens):

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Taiko Airdrop Claim

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