Betatester Airdrop Process
Background
To claim the betatester airdrop you will need to import the keys to your r-address on the testnet(s) into XUMM. This is the only way we can be sure you participated. Jump onto the Community discord if you need help. But we don’t wish to be stingy about this. We are grateful to all who assisted. If you don’t have your keys but you have some kind evidence that’s shows you ran a host, send us a DM on X/Twitter, and we’ll see what we can do.
Summary
We will use an Airdrop Hook to airdrop a total of 5,160,960 Evers to r-addresses on Xahau that match the r-address of a Host on V2 or V3 of our testnet before 1 September 2023. We are allocating 1 share for each registered Host on V2, one share for each registered Host on V3, and 2 shares for any Host we deemed large/especially professional or reliable. On current estimates, we think there are around 300 eligible Hosts and therefore 1 share will be between 12,000 and 14,000 Evers, depending of course on how many Hosts actually register for the airdrop.
The Detailed Steps
Before 11 December 2023 – Register Your Testnet r-address: Go to this page on our website https://claim.evernode.org/ and register the testnet r-address for each Host you ran. This will let us know you’re participating. Why? We are airdropping a fixed number of Evers shared between an unknown number of accounts. We need to know how who will participate in the airdrop and cross reference that with our data on the machine connected to that account to be able to calculate the number of Evers each participating account must receive.
Registration closes 6.00PM Monday 11 December AEDT: Registration for the airdrop closes Monday 11 December, 1 week before the scheduled launch date. Why? Because we need time before launch to collate all the addresses and calculate the Evers/Host and then to program and test the Airdrop Hook. For a limited time after registration closes you will still be able to reclaim your registration ticket if you lose it.
Between 11 December and Launch: Participants need to import each of their testnet r-addresses onto Xahau and set a trustline for the Evers issuing address (rEvernodee8dJLaFsujS6q1EiXvZYmHXr8). The tool for this is still be finalised by Xumm/XRPL Services and will be released shortly.
18 December – Targeted Launch Date: We plan to launch on 18 December. On launch, we will deposit the 5,160,960 Evers into the Airdrop Hook. The Address of the Hook will be known and published at that time. The Hook will perform like an individual safe deposit box containing each participating address’ gifted Evers. The Evers cease to be ours and become owned by each participant who has the exclusive capacity to access the Evers that the Hook holds for them. Each participant will need to seek their own advice. But we believe in most jurisdictions this mechanism means the Evers become yours (because they cease to be ours) once they are deposited into the Hook.
After Launch: Anytime thereafter, you can send a claim transaction to the Airdrop Hook from your registered r-address on Xahau. The Hook should respond by sending the Evers (if any) allocated to your r-address. Again, the tool for this is still be finalised by Xumm/XRPL Services and will be released shortly.
Testnet Keys
Back when we moved from V2 to V3 of the testnet, we advised Hosts to preserve their existing beta host address/secret by safely keeping a copy of following files:
/etc/sashimono/mb-xrpl/mb-xrpl.cfg/etc/sashimono/mb-xrpl/secret.cfg(requires ‘sudo’ access)
These same files contain your address and secret for V3 Hosts. You need these to be able to import the keys into Xumm so you can carry out the remainder of the tasks to claim the airdrop.
XUMM Wallet
Our airdrop process assumes you are using the XUMM Wallet. This is because XUMM is the only wallet that will support all the functions necessary to register for the airdrop, import your testnet address(es) to Xahau and then claim the airdrop. Other wallets, like Ledger, can be made to support registration, but the process of importing your account to Xahau will not be easy. Community tools may arise allowing for such functionality, but we don’t have the resources to develop them nor support users not using XUMM. We recommend users of other wallets use the SetRegularKey function to allow their account to be imported into Xumm without revealing the private masterkeys.
Legal Disclaimer
The airdrop is a gift. We do not represent or warrant that you will receive any particular number of Evers, or any Evers at all, even if all the above steps are followed. For various reasons, including a malfunction in the Airdrop Hook or the Xahau Network, the airdrop may proceed in a different form, a different amount, or not at all. If for any reason the Airdrop Hook fails, the Evers inside the Hook will become unrecoverable and will not be replaced or refunded. Whatever Evers (if any) you receive are final.