# LAYER-ZERO 101 By [Ibrahim - @ikh011](https://paragraph.com/@ikh011) · 2023-04-11 --- The only LayerZero Guide You Need --------------------------------- _Please follow my socials before we start!_ [_Twitter_](https://twitter.com/ikh011) [_Discord DAO for airdrops_](https://discord.gg/jXr6bpWU) `What is Layer0?` Little info about the project ⬇️ \* LayerZero Labs, a web3 protocol, that has closed a $120 million Series B round - > $300M in total from Sequoia Capital, a16z, Binance Labs, Coinbase, Tiger Global, Polygon, PayPal and others, raising its valuation to $3B.\* `Why is it the best airdrop?` **🔹 Layer0 has fundraised the most 💰**( despite ZkSync that needs a year to fix everything and airdrop). **🔹 The token and the airdrop are confirmed** **_Disclaimer:_**\* In my opinion, the best way to farm this airdrop and minimalize your spending is to make the most transactions out of ERC20 which has huge gas atm. The whole process take about 20$ in comissions(besides the guild tasks)\* First of all. Let’s check some on-chain data ![LayerZero Tx analysis](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/ae38bbf0ff28bb28c87f8dc61d6d171c3cd0f6203cdd650677c245e4541a5ebb.png) LayerZero Tx analysis As you can see, only a small portion of users make over 20 Tx and over 1000$ in volume => If we manage to pass this bar, we are more likely to get the Airdrop!Let’s start! _I advice repeating the steps below at least once in 2 weeks_ ⬇️ * * * LAYER-ZERO BRIDGES ------------------ **🔹** Before we start using the bridges, I want you to top up your MetaMask with ETH in **Arbitrum** network. I willl be using 0.5 ETH and advice to use the most you can to get a lot of volume * `Stargate Finance` [https://stargate.finance/transfer](https://stargate.finance/transfer) Select **ETH - ARBITRUM** to **ETH-OPTIMISM**. We want to transfer our ETH from Arb to Opt on this website. Then swap exactly the same amount back!I would advice using around 50% of your balance ![TRANSFER ETH FROM ARB TO OPT AND BACK](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/5e114e46dbe03781ef44b197d10952c24cd9d9c8eb1bb9077a2514463dc66c59.png) TRANSFER ETH FROM ARB TO OPT AND BACK * `WooFi` [https://fi.woo.org/](https://fi.woo.org/) Select **ARBITRUM - ETH** to **AVALANCHE-AVAX** and swap the 30% of your balance here ![WooFi Platform](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/5285b9873fb835bd8da90532d86a1fb6bde2c6fd90655f3be0945d7764f9cf8b.png) WooFi Platform * **Trader Joe** [https://traderjoexyz.com/avalanche/trade](https://traderjoexyz.com/avalanche/trade) _Here we want to swap 90% of our AVAX to BTC.b_ ![Swap almost everything but leave some for the commissions!](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/eff3fe2ffbbf22cdc670cab16189c05953e24324a8c82e579a29e43b7f640595.png) Swap almost everything but leave some for the commissions! * `Bitcoin Bridge` [https://bitcoinbridge.network/bridge](https://bitcoinbridge.network/bridge) Here we will be using Layer0 to swap our BTC from AVAX to any network you want. I advice using ARB or OPT again. * You can swap it Back on [TraderJoe’s Bridge](https://bridge.traderjoexyz.com/) Then go to [https://traderjoexyz.com/avalanche/trade](https://traderjoexyz.com/avalanche/trade) and swap your BTC back to AVAX. * Then use [https://fi.woo.org/](https://fi.woo.org/) to swap AVAX back to ARB. ![Swap ALL your BTC.b from AVAX to ARB](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/5658fb4aebc9d169d65d21421749d79df91dc6fab33c1678709c0f8022ec21b7.png) Swap ALL your BTC.b from AVAX to ARB * **The Aptos Bridge -** [https://theaptosbridge.com/bridge](https://theaptosbridge.com/bridge) * [Liquidswap](https://liquidswap.com/#/) - Another Aptos Bridge > First. [Get Martian wallet here](https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/martian-wallet-aptos-sui/efbglgofoippbgcjepnhiblaibcnclgk) First you want to Top up APT wallet with some APT - around 5-10$( I use Binance). Send ETH to Aptos wallet back an forth * **DISCLAIMER** - The ETH that you swap to APT are gonna arrive quickly, however if you withdraw from APT to ETH its gonna take **couple days**, that's why i swap only 0.001 ETH * * * * NFT BRIDGES ----------- One of the main features of LayerZero is NFT Bridging. There are 2 great websites for that * [Holograph](https://app.holograph.xyz/) Create a Collection, mint an NFT, → Deploy a collection on AVAX and Polygon. → Bridge an NFT from AVAX to Polygon * [Minter Merkly](https://minter.merkly.com/) Simply mint an NFT and bridge to whichever chain you want. * * * THE GUILD --------- [https://guild.xyz/stargate](https://guild.xyz/stargate) > First of all, join the guild above We want to get every role possible, however all of them require some form of investment 1. VeStaker role - Hold 25 veSTG and stake them for 3 years! 2. 100 STG - just hold 100 STG - no locking(if you sell you lose the role) 3. 1K LP FARMER - Hold 1000 STG - Then farm the LP tokens at [https://stargate.finance/farm](https://stargate.finance/farm) 4. Mint Pin Holder. Mint a NFT for 1$ in the guild I don’t think that getting these roles are mandatory, however I advice you to get the first one 100% * * * SNAPSHOT -------- Stargate has their own DAO. Make sure you have some $STG staked. * You can [buy STG here](https://app.1inch.io/#/42161/simple/swap/ETH/STG) * And [stake here](https://app.1inch.io/#/42161/simple/swap/ETH/STG) You can stake any amount and receive a voting power. Make sure to vote on [Snapshot](https://snapshot.org/#/stgdao.eth) Might be one of the criteria Additional tasks ---------------- **_First, you can collect this Article to show your web3 activity on Optimism. Press the button below_** **Some other websites, where you can show activity in LayerZero** 1. Futures trading - [https://www.rage.trade/](https://www.rage.trade/) 2. Bridge any tokens here - [https://www.sushi.com/swap](https://www.sushi.com/swap) 3. Bridge $CAKE here - [https://bridge.pancakeswap.finance/](https://bridge.pancakeswap.finance/) 4. Use Daxelot. Check the guide [here](https://twitter.com/CC2Ventures/status/1676335994822438915?s=20) 5. Bridge agEUR on [Angle](https://app.angle.money/bridges-agEUR) 6. Bridge $MIM on [Abracadabra](https://app.abracadabra.money/#/beam) Check your LayerZero Statistics 👇🏼 ------------------------------------ * [**10KDROP**](https://www.10kdrop.com/layerzero) Check your wallet’s statistics in LayerZero! I would advise you to have 16+ points! ![](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/4a2ec3f4702653c32369b5b35be4c1968d4e244a1f714ff6b3790667a33a5939.png) ### Thanks for reading! I would advise you to have at least 20-30 transactions on LayerZero and interact with 10+ chains to show maximum activity because L0 is most importantly the **Omni-Chain** which means you have to have history on lots of networks like ERC20,ARB,OPT,Polygon etc. * Imo, snapshot will be taken in August/September Good luck in your journey and follow my socials! [https://twitter.com/ikh011](https://twitter.com/ikh011) [https://discord.gg/jXr6bpWU](https://discord.gg/jXr6bpWU) --- *Originally published on [Ibrahim - @ikh011](https://paragraph.com/@ikh011/layer-zero-101)*