{"id":76071,"date":"2023-03-23T16:08:33","date_gmt":"2023-03-23T14:08:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=76071"},"modified":"2025-09-10T15:17:05","modified_gmt":"2025-09-10T12:17:05","slug":"on-the-eve-of-the-arbitrum-airdrop-arbitrums-daily-transactions-surpassed-ethereums","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/on-the-eve-of-the-arbitrum-airdrop-arbitrums-daily-transactions-surpassed-ethereums\/","title":{"rendered":"On the eve of the Arbitrum airdrop, Arbitrum&#8217;s daily transactions surpassed Ethereum&#8217;s."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On March 22, in the run-up to <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/arbitrum-team-announces-arb-token-airdrop\">Arbitrum airdrop<\/a>, the daily number of transactions in the network reached a new all-time high \u2014 1,312,052. Data from the on-chain analytics firm <a href=\\\"https:\/\/arbiscan.io\/chart\/tx\\\">Arbiscan<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\\\"wp-block-image size-large\\\"><img loading=\\\"lazy\\\" decoding=\\\"async\\\" width=\\\"1024\\\" height=\\\"365\\\" src=\\\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-127-1024x365.png\\\" alt=\\\"image-127\\\" class=\\\"wp-image-202118\\\" srcset=\\\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-127-1024x365.png 1024w, https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-127-300x107.png 300w, https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-127-768x274.png 768w, https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-127.png 1337w\\\" sizes=\\\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\\\" \/><figcaption>Data: Arbiscan.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>For comparison, on the same day the Ethereum network processed 1.07 million transactions.<\/p>\n<figure class=\\\"wp-block-image size-full\\\"><img decoding=\\\"async\\\" src=\\\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-127.webp\\\" alt=\\\"image-127\\\" class=\\\"wp-image-202119\\\"\/><figcaption>Data: <a href=\\\"https:\/\/etherscan.io\/chart\/tx\\\">Etherscan<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The previous peak for Arbitrum at 1.1 million was recorded on February 21. Across the lifetime of the <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/what-is-a-layer%e2%80%912-solution-in-blockchain\">Ethereum layer-2 network<\/a> it has processed 155.4 million transactions.<\/p>\n<p>Since the airdrop was announced, the number of active addresses on the network has risen by more than 50% \u2014 to 3.87 million.<\/p>\n<figure class=\\\"wp-block-image size-large\\\"><img loading=\\\"lazy\\\" decoding=\\\"async\\\" width=\\\"1024\\\" height=\\\"365\\\" src=\\\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-127-1024x365.png\\\" alt=\\\"image-127\\\" class=\\\"wp-image-202117\\\" srcset=\\\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-127-1024x365.png 1024w, https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-127-300x107.png 300w, https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-127-768x274.png 768w\\\" sizes=\\\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\\\" \/><figcaption>Data: <a href=\\\"https:\/\/arbiscan.io\/chart\/address\\\">Arbiscan<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>According to 0xroll on <a href=\\\"https:\/\/dune.com\/0xroll\/arbitrum-airdrop\\\">Dune Analytics<\/a>, 625 143 wallets are eligible to participate in the airdrop.<\/p>\n<p>The team will allocate 44% of the total supply of 10 billion ARB to early users and investors. Additionally, the community and the DAO will receive assets that will allow them to control 56% of the votes. The first phase includes a distribution of 12.75% of the total coins.<\/p>\n<p>8.11% of airdrop participants have confirmed that they will list ARB on decentralised exchanges, according to the analyst going by the pseudonym The Data Nerd.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\\\"twitter-tweet\\\">\n<p lang=\\\"en\\\" dir=\\\"ltr\\\">A quick look at <a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%24ARB&#038;src=ctag&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">$ARB<\/a> approval before launch reveals some interesting insights:<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 50K airdrop recipients have approved <a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%24ARB&#038;src=ctag&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">$ARB<\/a> to be traded on DEX.<br \/>\u2022 This accounts for 8% of the total eligible (625K).<br \/>\u2022 The closer the launch is, the more this number rises.<\/p>\n<p>cc <a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DuneAnalytics?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">@DuneAnalytics<\/a> <a href=\\\"https:\/\/t.co\/BcK6a5neEw\\\">pic.twitter.com\/BcK6a5neEw<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The Data Nerd (@OnchainDataNerd) <a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/OnchainDataNerd\/status\/1638861322959077377?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">March 23, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\\\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\\\" charset=\\\"utf-8\\\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Amid the hype ahead of the token airdrop, journalist Colin Wu reported a new fraud scheme. According to him, a fake ETH\/ARB pool appeared on the crypto exchange Uniswap, containing 400 wrapped ETH and more than 95 million fake Arbitrum tokens.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\\\"twitter-tweet\\\">\n<p lang=\\\"en\\\" dir=\\\"ltr\\\">When searching for ARB directly on Uniswap, the fake ETH\/ARB Pool is at the top. 0x64\u20269545 added a fake ETH\/ARB Pool consisting of 400 WETH and more than 95 million fake ARBs on Arbitrum Uniswap V3. Users need to pay attention. H\/T <a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/levels_crypto?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">@levels_crypto<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Wu Blockchain (@WuBlockchain) <a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WuBlockchain\/status\/1638842077634232320?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">March 23, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\\\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\\\" charset=\\\"utf-8\\\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Earlier, several security firms warned the community about <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/community-warns-of-hundreds-of-fake-arbitrum-airdrops\">fake ARB airdrop sites<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Moreover, Arkham researchers said that the hacker <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/arkham-warns-of-potential-loss-of-funds-in-arbitrum-airdrop\">sent<\/a> small amounts of Ethereum to several compromised wallets to redirect Arbitrum tokens.<\/p>\n<p>As reported earlier, even before the official airdrop, the community <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/unreleased-arbitrum-tokens-have-already-begun-selling-on-otc-markets\">began selling unissued ARB<\/a> on OTC markets. BitMEX launched futures on future Arbitrum coins, with peaks reaching $1.77.<\/p>\n<p>Cryptocurrency exchanges Binance and Huobi <a href=\\\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/arbitrum-token-finds-its-way-to-otc-market-before-the-airdrop\\\">\u043d\u0430\u0437\u043d\u0430\u0447\u0438\u043b\u0438 \u0434\u0430\u0442\u0443 \u043b\u0438\u0441\u0442\u0438\u043d\u0433\u0430<\/a> ARB on March 23.<\/p>\n<p>Later, KyberSwap <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/kyberswap-announces-liquidity-mining-pools-for-arbitrum-tokens\">announced the launch of farming pools<\/a> for Arbitrum tokens.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On March 22, ahead of the Arbitrum airdrop, the daily number of transactions in the network reached a new all-time high \u2014 1,312,052. 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