Watchman Zēk
2 min readSep 15, 2023

Cheap Way to Get started with Layerzero Airdrop

This is a beginner friendly route to interact with Layerzero protocol with lesser fee.

1. Staking and Voting On Snapshot

Staking STG for voting Power on Stargate snapshot. Occasionally, community vote on snapshot.org whenever a proposal is being rolled out. This has being a major criteria for Airdrops in the past and will most likely be used by Layerzero.

Get Started

Get Some good amount of Arbitrum USDC Upto $40 and above. However, get this ready

  1. $3 worth of Arbitrum eth
  2. 2$ Avax
  3. $2 worth of Aptos

This is just to make transactions smooth for you. You will not use up $1 each chain for Gas fee.

Total gas fee spent on this transaction won’t be Upto $2 - $3

Go to : Swap to STG on Uniswap
Swap 5–10 USDC to STG

Go to : stargate.finance/stake/

Input the amount of STG you want to vote.

Select Lock up duration (3 - 4 month)

Stake and confirm transaction

Now,

Go to : snapshot.org/#/stgdao.eth.

Join and always check for upcoming proposal to vote.

Follow Starknet official account:

2. Using Stargate Finance

Visit : stargate.finance/transfer

Swap Arbitrum to Avalanche chain preferably

Select USDC and choose Chain as Arbitrum
Select USDT and choose Chain as Avalanche
Click on "MAX" & transfer

3. Using Bitcoin Bridge

Go to : traderjoexyz.com/avalanche/trade.

Swap all Avax USDt to $BTC.b

Go to : bitcoinbridge.network/bridge.

Bridge from Avalanche chain to Aptos chain. Two different wallets required. Use Martian wallet preferably for Aptos

Connect your metamask and Martian wallet
Bridge all BTC.b on Avalanche From to Aptos chain.

4. Using the Aptosbridge

Go to : theaptosbridge.com/bridge
Connect your Metamask and Martian Wallet
Choose BTC.b on Aptos chain then BTC.b on Avalanche chain as destination.

Choose MAX then transfer

It can take Upto 3 days before transaction complete on the destination chain

5. Final Lap

Swap back your BTC.b on Avalanche to Avax on trader Joe.

This is a quick way to interact on Layerzero. Total gas fee used here isn’t Upto $3

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Watchman Zēk
Watchman Zēk

Written by Watchman Zēk

Tech Expert, Defi Analyst, Blockchain Researcher and Data Analyst

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