RootData Weekly Popularity Rankings: Scroll, Sui, Aleo in the Top Three

Author: RootData

Note: The popularity data in this article comes from user behavior results on RootData from last Saturday to this Friday (October 5 to October 11). The Popularity Ranking is based on multi-dimensional data such as search frequency, project click volume, user votes, and the popularity and influence on platform X, calculated through weighted metrics to rank project popularity in real-time. The Soaring Ranking focuses on the short-term rapid changes in project popularity, helping investors to sense potential trading opportunities earlier, providing important references for capturing short-term investment opportunities.

Top 10 Popular Rankings

Scroll

Scroll is the native zkEVM Layer 2 solution for Ethereum. It achieves native compatibility with existing Ethereum applications and tools. Scroll processes off-chain transactions and publishes concise correctness proofs on-chain.

On October 8, Scroll (SCR) announced its launch on Binance Launchpool and Pre-Market, with a total token supply of 1 billion, of which 5.5% (55 million) is allocated to Launchpool. Scroll plans to conduct an airdrop snapshot on October 19, with the claiming period starting on October 22. The project's last funding round valued it at $1.8 billion. After Binance's opening, the token price is approximately 1.2 USDT, corresponding to an FDV of $1.2 billion.

Sui

Sui is a permissionless Layer 1 blockchain designed from the ground up to enable creators and developers to build experiences for the next billion users in Web3. Sui features horizontal scalability, supporting a wide range of application development at unparalleled speed and low cost. This week, Sui remains highly popular, with the ecosystem announcing multiple positive news, including but not limited to:

• Grayscale Sui Trust has opened to qualified investors;
• Sui is advancing the Solana killer narrative, starting with TPS data and Meme segments, featuring "golden dogs" like Hippo, Blub, and AAA;
• Circle announced the official launch of native USDC on the Sui network, which has also been included in Coinbase's asset listing roadmap;

Aleo

Aleo is a developer platform for building fully private, scalable, and cost-effective applications. Using zero-knowledge cryptography, Aleo moves smart contract execution off-chain to enable a variety of decentralized applications that are both fully private and capable of scaling to thousands of transactions per second.

On September 18, Aleo's mainnet officially launched, followed by the listing of Aleo token ALEO on Coinbase. However, after the mainnet launch, Aleo faced significant criticism, particularly from miners, regarding drastic changes in token economics, a one-year lock-up period for rewards, and the requirement for all users to complete KYC to claim airdrops.

Additionally, HashKey Global recently launched the 10th phase of Launchpool with Aleo (ALEO), and trading will be opened simultaneously in the innovation zone. Users can participate in mining by staking USDT or ALEO to share a prize pool of 100,000 ALEO.

CARV

CARV is a modular identity and data layer for gaming and AI, aimed at changing the way data is used and shared. To create a future where data generates value for everyone, CARV has built a modular data layer CARV protocol integrated with over 40 chain ecosystems, along with its flagship game and super application CARV Play.

On October 10, CARV launched its token and was simultaneously listed on exchanges such as Bybit, Kucoin, HTX, BingX, Bitget, Gate, HashKey Exchange, and MEXC.

Vana

Vana is an AI identity generation application that allows users to create a digital persona, which can be used across different applications while maintaining privacy, controlled only by the user who created it and their authorized accounts.

Recently, Vana launched the Genepool DataDAO network, which has introduced a points-earning activity using genetic data. Currently, the TG App pre-mining is open, and any user connecting an EVM wallet to GenepoolDataDAO will receive 100,000 Vana points in the TG Mini-App. Additionally, the Vana TG App has undergone significant upgrades, allowing users to participate in building deepfake detection datasets to earn points.

Theoriq

Theoriq is a modular, composable AI agent foundation layer for machine learning and related complex data-driven computations in Web3. Theoriq collaborates with leading Web3 protocols as a design partner to apply machine learning in DeFi, gaming, social, and data infrastructure.

On October 9, Theoriq launched an incentive testnet, which will further develop its "Agent" during the testnet phase. Theoriq is launched by the modular, composable AI agent foundation layer ChainML, which raised $6.2 million in seed round expansion financing.

EigenLayer

EigenLayer is a protocol built on Ethereum that introduces the concept of re-staking, a new primitive in crypto-economic security. This primitive allows users to re-stake $ETH on the consensus layer. Users who stake $ETH can choose to join EigenLayer smart contracts to re-stake their $ETH and extend crypto-economic security to other applications on the network.

Recently, EigenLayer has been embroiled in trust issues, with investors raising concerns about staking rewards, lock-up tricks, and token distribution problems. Nevertheless, the project remains a leader in the re-staking sector, continuing to attract the attention of many DeFi players.

Babylon

Babylon is a layer 1 blockchain founded by Stanford University Professor David Tse. The project's mission is to bring Bitcoin's unparalleled security to all PoS blockchains without any additional energy costs. The team consists of researchers from Stanford University, experienced developers, and seasoned business advisors. On October 9, Babylon completed its Cap-2 deposit activity, with a total of 22,891 BTC staked.

Diamante Net

Diamante completed its rebranding last week. This Layer 1 utilizes Sync-Bridge technology to provide seamless interaction between decentralized and private ecosystems, aiming to address legacy issues in international trade, payments, and cross-border fees.

Sonic

Sonic is a Layer-1 platform with an Ethereum security gateway, providing the fastest settlement layer for digital assets, with TPS exceeding 10,000 and a transaction confirmation time of one second.
Sonic Labs co-founder Andre Cronje recently announced that the Sonic mainnet will be open to the public in December 2024, promising up to 90% of Gas rebates returned to the protocol from user/contract TX and airdropping 200 million tokens.

Selected Project Updates from the Popularity Rankings

Swell Network

On October 10, the Ethereum liquid staking protocol Swell Network announced that airdrop queries are now open. Swell also introduced the re-staking feature for the SWELL token, allowing users to stake tokens as rSWELL to help protect the Swell L2 network.

Puffer Finance

The Ethereum re-staking protocol Puffer Finance published its native token PUFFER's tokenomics, with a total supply of 1 billion tokens, of which 7.5% is allocated for the Crunchy Carrot Quest Season 1 airdrop. 1% of the total supply of PUFFER will support Ethereum core development, with a vesting period of 4 years. The ecosystem and community allocation is 40%, with 5.5% allocated for the second season airdrop, 20% for early contributors and advisors, and 26% for investors.

Azaar

On October 1, Azaar launched on the mainnet, and the project is a DEX aggregator in the BASE ecosystem.

StarChain

On October 9, the astronomical blockchain solution StarChain launched its mainnet.

RootData recently launched the first "Web3 Popular Project Ranking." This popularity ranking helps users capture the real pulse of attention through 4.3 million real user behavior data, improving the accuracy of user investment decisions. The ranking is based on weighted calculations of platform users' search frequency, project click volume, user votes, and the popularity and influence on platform X to rank project popularity in real-time.

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