# Zksync Airdrop

By [Hemanta Kumar Behera](https://paragraph.com/@hemanta-kumar-behera) · 2023-03-19

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1.  Visit the zkSync Faucet Portal & connect your MetaMask Wallet.
    
2.  Select 'Request Funds from Faucet'.
    
3.  You will then be prompted to tweet that will verify you are not a bot that you are claiming your zkSync token. ...
    
4.  Wait 5 minutes and faucet tokens will arrive on your MetaMask Wallet.
    
5.  zkSync gives you: **Low gas: up to 1/100 of L1 gas & cheaper than using optimistic rollups**. High speeds: 2000+ transactions per second (tps) compared to 14tps on L1. Security: secured by the main Ethereum blockchain.

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*Originally published on [Hemanta Kumar Behera](https://paragraph.com/@hemanta-kumar-behera/zksync-airdrop)*