Ethereum layer-2 scaling solution (L2) has postponed the initial unlock date of StarkWare’s native token, Starknet (STRK), to April 2024.
There was an unexpected development on the StarkWare front. STRK’In the latest update to the lock mechanism of 29 November 2023 The first lock opening transactions are expected to take place on to April 15, 2024 It was noticed that it was postponed.
Not currently traded on the market STRKin total 10 billion supply is available. It is not yet known how many tokens are affected by the date change in question. However, the first token unlocking to core developers, StarkWare It is planned to be made available to early supporters of the ecosystem and StarkWare employees.
Commenting on the postponement, a StarkWare spokesperson said: developments regarding the project’s technology He stated that the process continues and changes have been made in the road map accordingly:
We focus on improving technology. We are updating the roadmap as needed and this includes the lockdown update.
On the other hand, StarWare spokesperson stated that the unlocking processes are not technically related to each other and that the problems experienced in the first unlocking delay will not affect the latter hinted.
What about the Starknet (STRK) airdrop?
With the postponement of the unlocking of Starknet tokens, it started to be talked about that the expected airdrop would also be delayed. The airdrop, which was normally planned to take place this year, has been shifted to next year. While many Starknet users on social media reacted to the postponement, it was brought to the agenda that the company was expecting an increase in this period and therefore postponed it.