Overview
Shardeum is an EVM Blockchain that raised 18.2 million USD for the Seed round, with famous investment funds such as DFG, Spartan Group, Jane Street Capital… This is also a blockchain to look forward to soon.
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Some notable parameters from this blockchain:
- TPS: more than 100,000 transactions/second
- Transaction fee: about 0.01 USD
- More than 1280 Validators
- Community with nearly 75,000 members
The difference of this project comes from supporting EVM on Blockchain, autoscaling mechanism. Now that Shardeum is in the testnet stage, it's a good time to start the Airdrop plan.
![Source: Shardeum Whitepaper](https://www.holdstation.news/content/images/2022/11/image-329.png)
An airdrop of 5% of the total supply to the community has been confirmed by Shardeum, together with Holdstation, to have a chance to receive the airdrop through the steps below.
Instructions
Add Shardeum Liberty network to Metamask
Go to chainlist.org, and type Shardeum Liberty in the search bar.
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Both Liberty 1.5 and Liberty 2.0 networks on Shardeum have been updated regularly recently, so Holdstation encourages adding both networks not to miss any opportunities.
Select Connect Wallet -> Metamask -> Add to Metamask.
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Choose Approve -> Switch Network
Claim token SHM faucet
- Liberty 1.5: http://faucet.liberty10.shardeum.org
- Liberty 2.0: http://faucet.liberty20.shardeum.org
Users access the above address and perform instructions:
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Click on the 'Tweet Now' link.
Twitter will automatically open with a pre-filled tweet. Replace wallet address: 0x000… with personal wallet address on your Metamask, and choose to post Tweet.
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Copy the Tweet URL.
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Paste the URL in the box below, enter the captcha and click 'Request SHM'
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After that, a pop-up will appear, informing you that you will receive 100 SHM.
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Interacting with Blockchain
http://dex.shardeumswap.finance/swap
Interacting with Shardeum Swap, currently, this project only has 3 tokens, so the implementation is quite simple.
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Select Connect Wallet -> Metamask
Swap tokens together and add liquidity to the liquidity pool in the 'Liquidity' section
NFTshm – Name service on Shardeum
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Select Connect Wallet -> enter the name you want to mint in the domain box -> Confirm the transaction
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https://shardeumtest.netlify.app/
Mint test token on Shardeum
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Connect the wallet to the website, enter '1' and select Mint token
https://disperse.shardeum.us
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Click on 'Connect wallet'
Click on ‘SHM’ and a green panel will appear below
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In this table, enter the address (you can use the address of your own wallet) followed by the '=' sign to enter the number of tokens to send (randomly enter the number of tokens, in the picture for instant)
Select dispense SHM.
https://testnet.swapped.finance/en/swap
Similar to Shardeum Swap, swap tokens with each other and provide liquidity to the pool
Swap pairs SHM and SWPD
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Add liquidity pair SWPD and SHM
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https://www.spriyo.xyz/
Create NFT on Spriyo
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Connect to views Metamask-> choose Create
Select Single -> fill in the necessary information for NFT (select an image and fill in any information) -> select Create
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https://dotshm.me/
Mint domain on Dotshm. However, the NFT mint will be saved on the Polygon network, so users can completely own this name forever without being reset due to Testnet.
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Note: 1 time registration of name service costs 99 SHM, one account can only claim 100 SHM faucet within 12 hours, so to complete this project need to claim 2 times faucet.
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Deploy Contract
This is a special step that very few users know about. Taking this step may put your account in a better position to receive airdrops from Shardeum. The steps are as follows:
Go to https://docs.openzeppelin.com/contracts/4.x/wizard, select ERC20, enter the token name, symbol, and quantity (as shown), then select 'Open in Remix'.
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Wait for the 'Compile' button to appear and click on it (if it fails to load, close the tab and reopen it to refresh)
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After compiling, go to DEPLOY & RUN TRANSACTIONS (marked with number 1), and select ENVIRONMENT -Injected Provider Metamask (You must on Shardeum 1.5 network). Click Deploy.
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Go to Remix, find the Transfer section, and enter your wallet address in the first box. Confirm transaction.
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Generate ERC721 token and mint the NFT.
Create a standard ERC721 token on OpenZeppelin, select 'Mintable' and fill in the same information as the token creation step.
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Select Remix - Compile - Deploy. In the Deployed Contracts section, click the down arrow in the SHARDGOBBLERS... section to display the options.
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Find the safeMint section – enter your personal wallet address and the number of NFTs you want to mint. Click 'transact' to finish.
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Conclusion
Above are all the steps required to complete the airdrop for Shardeum. Holdstation wishes you to receive the project's airdrop as expected.