# StarkNet AirDrop Guide

By [Crypto Giant Cutie](https://paragraph.com/@crypto-giant-cutie) · 2022-11-16

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**About starknet：**

**StarkWare’s token launch：**

StarkWare native Token went on-chain in the month of October

[https://decrypt.co/111857/ethereum-merge-sets-precedent-further-change-starkware-president-ben-sasson](https://decrypt.co/111857/ethereum-merge-sets-precedent-further-change-starkware-president-ben-sasson)

Ten billion tokens have been minted off-chain by StarkWare. 8.1% allocated in place to support the StarkNet community in a manner to be decided by the community.

[https://medium.com/starkware/part-3-starknet-token-design-5cc17af066c6](https://medium.com/starkware/part-3-starknet-token-design-5cc17af066c6)

**Introducing Starkware：**

[**https://starkware.co/**](https://starkware.co/)

StarkWare, creator of blockchain scalability solution StarkNet was established in May 2018, similar to zkSync it is a solution to zero knowledge scalability。

StarkNet is a layer 2 zero-knowledge (zk) rollup that seek to address Ethereum's dual scalability issues of slow transaction speeds and high transaction fees, while maintaining the security and decentralization of the main blockchain.

[https://www.theblock.co/post/148672/starkware-raises-series-d-funding-8-billion-valuation](https://www.theblock.co/post/148672/starkware-raises-series-d-funding-8-billion-valuation)

Ethereum scaling project StarkWare has raised $100 million in Series D funding at a valuation of $8 billion, with Greenoaks Capital & Coatue leading

**Current Stats：**

Total number of depositors：55247。

[https://dune.com/gm365/L2](https://dune.com/gm365/L2)

![](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/63543575188feafad1a5c756aca3f9d2798dd82868c74e2e2e70acc34452714a.png)

TVL：2.79 million dollars。

[https://l2beat.com/scaling/tvl/](https://l2beat.com/scaling/tvl/)

**Dapps：**

1，Cross-chain swap：stargate。

2，Cross rollup bridge：orbiter Finance

3，Layer2 Wallet：argent-X

**Airdrop Guide：**

1\. Layer2 wallet，argent-X。

Add Argent X wallet extension from google Chrome

[https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/argent-x/dlcobpjiigpikoobohmabehhmhfoodbb](https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/argent-x/dlcobpjiigpikoobohmabehhmhfoodbb)

  

![](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/e6233045bd45164be978734f30cc9a980826f4787cefd516bc98c5901008dd37.png)

Register new wallet，keep a copy of the phrase key

2\. Cross-chain swap: stargate。

Connect to Metamask Ethereum network，and argentX starknet Mainnet

[https://starkgate.starknet.io/](https://starkgate.starknet.io/)

  

![](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/c9957821e0c302f2349cf5883ffcf16fa06bd8f70482631ec4d53ebb12595ac5.png)

Click on ‘Deposit’，Ethereum--Starknet。

![](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/6a40251014ad2f661a52c24931ce961eed819cadcf555e49349d261705da4290.png)

Click ‘Withdraw’，Starknet--Ethereum。

3\. Cross rollup bridge，orbiter Finance

Connect to Metamask Ethereum network，and argentX starknet Mainnet，transfer ETHtoken from Ethereum to StarkNet

[https://www.orbiter.finance/?dest=StarkNet](https://www.orbiter.finance/?dest=StarkNet)

  

![](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/a0a4814fecc2989b0f1f51ceb577134ea8a8c8ee91b1c3a5918d6a0591fd3515.png)

2，Send ETH token from StarkNet cross brige back to Ethereum

![](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/5b897fe82c72aafe63b67c2c317adf7084d76b660e400eca3ac48b9329beb5cf.png)

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*Originally published on [Crypto Giant Cutie](https://paragraph.com/@crypto-giant-cutie/starknet-airdrop-guide)*