ChainCatcher news, Wormhole Foundation co-founder Robinson Burkey shared some progress on social media regarding the W airdrop, which has been live for nearly 3 months. He mentioned that the anti-witch efforts conducted through Allium for over 5 months have been successful.After sorting through addresses to prevent witch attacks, 400,000 wallets from 26 different ecosystems qualified for the airdrop. Since Wormhole has been running for over 3 years, there was a significant amount of data to process, which took about 4 months. So far, the team has processed 265,476 airdrop claims.Burkey summarized, "I believe the best airdrops are those that are unexpected for users. However, I think we can no longer return to that simpler time and have to engage in points activities and witch wars. Points activities are like an understanding between the protocol and 'new users', where airdrop farming is acceptable.The question becomes whether the protocol can effectively support farmers in their farming efforts. I personally support points programs because they can alleviate the workload of the protocol team (i.e., reduce the time related to anti-witch efforts)."

ChainCatcher news, according to official sources, the Wormhole Foundation has granted funding to Supranational for Wormhole ZK hardware acceleration contributors.It is reported that Supranational designs and develops hardware-accelerated cryptography for verifiable and confidential computing. The team has decades of experience in algorithm optimization, with work spanning CPU, GPU, FPGA, and ASIC computing platforms.

ChainCatcher news, the Wormhole Foundation announced a partnership with Succinct to develop an Ethereum ZK light client, aimed at further decentralizing message verification within the Wormhole platform. This collaboration leverages zero-knowledge proof technology to minimize trust in the Wormhole platform, improve cross-chain composability, and enhance network security.According to data from RootData, Succinct Labs has received investment from f.actor and launched the zkSNARKs-based Ethereum interoperability protocol Telepathy on March 17, 2023.

ChainCatcher news, Wormhole China has received a contributor grant from the Wormhole Foundation. It is reported that Wormhole China is the official Chinese community and media platform for Wormhole, with functions including community building, content planning, event hosting, and assisting developers/projects in obtaining support from the Wormhole Foundation, such as project incubation, technical support, and financial support. Developers in the Chinese community can contact Wormhole China to seek various forms of support from the Wormhole Foundation.

ChainCatcher news, the cross-chain protocol Wormhole has announced the establishment of the Wormhole Foundation, aimed at supporting those passionate about research and development in blockchain interoperability technology.It is reported that the Wormhole Foundation is co-led by Robinson Burkey and Dan Reecer, and will promote innovation through its xGrants program, enabling a $50 million fund to nurture the next generation of cross-chain startups and build a thriving community of developers from around the world.