ZkSync denies the existence of “internal minting” of NFTs, and some minters have participated in related activities

Matter Labs, the developer of Ethereum layer 2 network zkSync, denied claims of “insider minting” on June 26, claiming that all minters of Libertas Omnibus NFTs were eligible according to official criteria. This follows a June 17 post by blockchain researcher soEasy accusing the team of distributing Libertas Omnibus NFTs to friends of the team who were not eligible to receive them. SoEasy also claimed that these “internal mintings” allowed insiders to mint ZK tokens without meeting the airdrop criteria. A Matter Labs representative said that “there are multiple ways that users can mint Libertas Omnibus NFTs.” One group of eligible users consists of people who have interacted with the top 100 zkSyncNFTs, while another group consists of “event attendees who visited our booth or table (and) were able to scan a one-time QR code to mint NFTs.”