The deadline for registering for the Alighned airdrop was on 23 December 2024. The registered users will be able to claim their share of the airdrop tokens soon after the official Token Generation Event (TGE). The dates of the TGE will be announced soon. Those registered users who have connected their Ethereum-based wallets to the airdrop page of the Alinged protocol will get their share of the $ALIGN tokens directly in their wallet.
Read more about the Aligned protocol and the $ALIGN airdrop here.
More Details about The Aligned Airdrop
The exact date from when you can claim $ALIGN tokens allocated as part of the airdrop is unknown. However, you must understand the airdrop process in detail to remain prepared.
The $ALIGN tokens will be distributed only to the holders of any of the following tokens built in the Ethereum blockchain ecosystem and on the zero-knowledge (ZK) system.
- STRK (Starknet)
- MINA (Mina Protocol)
- ZK (ZKSync)
- POL (Polygon)
- SCR (Scroll)
- TAIKO (Taiko)
- EIGEN (EigenLayer)
The token holders who have owned these tokens during their all-time low prices are considered eligible. This is done to make sure that a broad number of people are made eligible for the Aligned airdrop.
How to Participate in the Aligned Airdrop?
The steps to be followed to participate in the Aligned airdrop are as follows.
- Go to the official website of the Aligned protocol and register your name for participating in the airdrop.
- Select an Ethereum-compatible wallet, fill it with any of the cryptocurrencies mentioned above, and connect it to Aligned’s official website.
- Check your eligibility to participate in the airdrop using the eligibility tool provided on its official website.
- If you have found yourself eligible for the airdrop, complete the registration processes before the given deadline.
- You can now directly claim the Aligned airdrop during the Token Generation Event (TGE) of the protocol.
More About the Aligned Protocol
The Aligned Protocol uses the zero-knowledge mechanism to make proof verification faster in the Ethereum ecosystem. With the Aligned protocol, the Ethereum protocol will be expanded to accommodate the ZK capabilities. The Aligned protocol has many use cases. It ensures the fast finality of transactions with the help of ZK proofs. The Aligned Protocol also ensures faster bridging using the ZK capabilities.
The Aligned Protocol also rolls up new settlement layers by combining Aligned and EigenDA to promote rollups and intent-based systems. The protocol also gives rise to alternate layer 1 protocols that are interoperable with the Ethereum blockchain. The verification procedures for identity protocols ensure interoperability between identity protocols. The Aligned Protocol will also facilitate on-chain gaming.
The Aligned Protocol employs two different modes to increase the scalability and ensure high throughput: fast mode and the proof aggregation service.
- Fast Mode: The fast mode has many uses such as a very high throughput, cost efficiency, and low latency. In the fast mode, a network of verifiers checks the correctness of the proofs until a threshold is met. These verified proofs signed by the accredited verifiers are then checked and approved by the Ethereum blockchain.
- Proof Aggregation Service: In this mode, the verification of ZK proofs is done recursively and several ZK proofs are aggregated. The final proof is sent to Ethereum and is verified to ascertain its validity. It has higher latency and lower throughput compared to the fast mode. However, this mode ensures complete security.
The Bottom Line: Security Guarantees and Trust Assumptions of Aligned Protocol
The working model of the Aligned Protocol guarantees security and trust. The validators re-execute the verification code and check the proof before signing and approving it. These proofs are then sent to the aggregators who check the proofs again to ascertain their validity. The valid proofs are aggregated and sent to the Ethereum blockchain network.
The security system employed by the Aligned Protocol requires a minimum of 67% of operators to behave dishonestly to enable the submission of false proof. Proofs approved in batches require validators to approve them in batches and not individually. This eliminates the possibility of operators falsely colluding to censor a batch of proofs.
After the proofs reach the aggregators they can refuse to approve it further if they suspect any odds. Thus the Aligned protocol is secure and safe to use in every way.
