Airdrop hunter’s self-report: Successfully deceived ZKsync, received 6.6 million $ZK airdrop and received death threats!

k1z4 cheated ZKsync to get 6.6 million $ZK

On June 22, X user k1z4 boasted that he had taken advantage of ZKsync's airdrop. He claimed that he managed 350 wallets, each of which received an average of 18,871 $ZK tokens.

k1z4 said provocatively: "Hey zksync just wanted to let you know that I finally completed the transfer of all tokens in 350 wallets - an average of 18,871 $ZK tokens in each wallet. Too bad I don't have enough money to buy a Lamborghini and a decent villa in Beverly Hills! I expected too much, you failed!"

He provided a screenshot showing that he had a total of 6,605,139 $ZK tokens. Although the value has dropped, this is equivalent to nearly $1.2 million.

k1z4 shares his strategy to avoid detection

In a follow-up report on June 23, k1z4 shared his strategy to avoid detection. He used advanced infrastructure for his 350 wallets, including unique IP addresses, VPNs, and AI tools. These measures made his bots indistinguishable from real users.

k1z4 used various techniques to mimic human behavior. His 350 addresses were designed to look unrelated, and their activities varied greatly. He emphasized that his system is more complex than most Layer2 solutions.

The plan involves a lot of costs

Executing this plan was not cheap. k1z4 revealed that he spent 29.68 ETH as network gas fees, $21,000 on building infrastructure, and paid two assistants $50,000 in ZK each. In addition, he allocated 200 ETH to liquidity pools for various DeFi protocols.

k1z4 also mentioned that in order to ensure the normal execution of the strategy, he also invested a lot of time and energy in it.

Initially, k1z4 was motivated by a desire to explore new technologies, realizing that his efforts had economic potential. However, he was unhappy with the results, criticizing ZKsync for a blockchain that was unable to perform properly despite being well-funded.

As the post gained popularity, k1z4 said he received death threats against himself and his family from supporters of zksync, saying they would find some hitmen on the dark web to hunt him down.

One amusing comment said, "They don't have enough ZK to pay the hitmen, don't worry."