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How the Hunt for Yet-to-Exist Tokens Is Shaping Ethereum’s Layer 2 Landscape

Token airdrops – and the prospect of them – have become the default customer acquisition strategy for Ethereum's layer 2 scaling projects. But is this strategy sustainable?

By Sam Kessler
Updated May 29, 2023, 8:58 p.m. Published Apr 26, 2023, 11:00 a.m.
(Creative Commons, modified by CoinDesk)
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