LayerZero Witch Hunt Concludes: How to Appeal if Wrongly Reported? Estimated Total Number of Witch Addresses to Exceed One Million

LayerZero, an all-chain interoperability protocol valued at over $3 billion and backed by major institutions like a16z and Sequoia Capital, is one of the most anticipated airdrop projects this year.

Previously, LayerZero announced the completion of the first airdrop snapshot at 7:59:59 AM (Taiwan time) on May 2, and on May 4 launched the "Witch Self-Reporting Program," encouraging users to confess whether their addresses had engaged in witch activities. The program was divided into two phases: the first phase of "self-reporting" and the second phase of "bounty hunting."

The two phases of witch self-reporting are as follows:

Phase 1: Users confess whether their address has engaged in witch activities. If they confess, they will receive 15% of the airdrop rewards. If they do not confess, the official will release a list of identified witch addresses. Users on this list who did not confess will have their airdrop rewards forfeited.

Phase 2: The official opens a bounty, allowing users to submit detailed reports on witch activities. Successful reports will result in the witch users receiving nothing, and bounty hunters will receive 10% of the witch's expected allocation.

At the end of the first phase, LayerZero initially identified a total of 803,093 addresses as witch accounts. On May 30, the second phase also officially ended, and the official team will further organize the witch reports submitted by bounty hunters and compile a complete list of witch addresses, with the total number of witch addresses estimated to exceed one million.

Witch List Not Yet Finalized In this context, LayerZero co-founder and CEO Bryan Pellegrino tweeted today (4th):

"We are currently reviewing this report, and I want to hear the strongest arguments against it (if there is actual data on false reports)."

Meanwhile, in the tweet comments, Bryan Pellegrino stated that the actual list of witch addresses is not yet finalized, and users can still submit objections. The current report may just be false positives, and erroneous reports will eventually be deleted.

How to Check if You Have Been Reported?

To check if your address has been reported as a witch, you can visit the Commonwealth's LayerZero witch address submission page and enter your wallet address in the "Search Common" field. If your address is not found, it means it has not been reported.

If you find that your address has been reported and you want to retain it, you can submit an appeal form to LayerZero requesting a review. However, according to previous reports, the appeal page has been closed, and you will need to wait for the official release of further appeal channels.