Marta and her ERA: from airdrop to staking 🚀💸

In June 2024, Marta, a 31-year-old programmer from Wrocław, read on Twitter about the upcoming airdrop of $ERA – a token from the zkSync Era network, one of the top L2 layers for Ethereum.

🔍 She became intrigued. She had some ETH in her wallet, made a few bridges, minted an NFT, exchanged tokens on DEXs...

After a month, she received 14,200,$ERA from the airdrop.

On the day of the launch – it was worth over $4,000! 😱

Instead of selling everything:

she converted half into stablecoins and paid off her laptop loan 💻

the other half she put into staking and her “passive income journey” began 🌱

Today, Marta passively earns about $80–100 per month from protocols based on zkSync.

And by the way… she started building her own dApps using ZK tech.

🧠 What does Marta's story show?

Participation in Layer 2 ecosystems can be rewarding – not just financially.

Airdrops are not just quick cash – they are also a gateway to DeFi, staking, and development.

$ERA and zkSync are not just hype – they are part of a real change in Ethereum's scalability.

💬 And you? Did you participate in the $ERA airdrop?

Did you hold, sell, or stake it? Let us know