About Gate.io Startup Free Airdrop Program
In order to reward platform users, Gate.io launched the "Startup Project Free Airdrop Program". Free airdrops for excellent blockchain projects are launched in the Startup area from time to time. VIP and GT users can get a variety of tokens via airdrop benefits.

Gate.io Startup will launch its next project, The Protocol(THE) , on October 25th 2022 at 15:00 PM (UTC).

Startup Link: https://www.gate.io/startup

Introduction to The Protocol(THE)
THE Protocol is a meme token, directly brought to life by the Ethereum founder Vitalik Buterin through a tweet he made about the creation of such a project. As the first-ever meme project mysteriously inspired by Vitalik Buterin himself, with an incredibly strong foundation, $THE has the potential to become one of the largest projects on the Ethereum blockchain.

(The information below is provided by the team. Please follow the website for more information）

Token Information
Token name: The Protocol
Token symbol: THE
Max Supply: 1,000,000,000 THE
Token Type: ERC-20
Token Contract: 0x0cba60ca5ef4d42f92a5070a8fedd13be93e2861
Token Distribution and Unlocking Rules:
*Vitaliks: 10%
*Community: 90%

Website: https://theProtocoloff.com/
Whitepaper: N/A
Token Information: https://etherscan.io/token/0x0cba60ca5ef4d42f92a5070a8fedd13be93e2861

The Protocol(THE) Startup Sale Rules
(1) Duration: 15:00 PM on October 25th-08:00 AM on October 26th (UTC), 2022 (Orders placed by qualified users within these 17 hours will be treated equally.)
(2) To participate in the Startup Sale, VIP 0 users need to hold a minimum of 500 USD worth of assets, and will be offered the contribution share at 1/4 of VIP 1 users’ share; For VIP 1 and above, the higher the VIP level the higher the contribution share will be.
(3) Price: $0; Startup Supply: 9,723,190 THE
(4) Purchase limit: The maximum subscription limit for a single user is 1000 shares; the relationship between the VIP level and the maximum subscription allocation is:
the maximum number of subscriptions (not the final actual subscription number) = the square of the VIP level multiplied by 10.
For example:
VIP1 users can subscribe up to 1 * 1 * 10 = 10 shares
VIP2 users can subscribe up to 2 * 2 * 10 = 40 shares
VIP3 users can subscribe up to 3 * 3 * 10 = 90 shares
(5) Unlocking Rule: Unlock
(6) Users place orders using USDT.
(7) Users can place orders from 15:00 PM on October 25th-08:00 AM on October 26th (UTC), 2022. Orders placed by qualified users within these 9 hours will be treated equally.
(8) Users need to ensure that there is sufficient balance (exceeding the purchase value) in accounts for the purchase after placing the orders until we announce the sale result. An insufficient balance will result in the cancellation of the purchase order.
(9) Each type of currency can only be purchased once with each KYC account.
(10) After 08:00 AM on October 26th (UTC), 2022, we will collect all the qualified orders and distribute the tokens according to the ratio of the individual purchase orders to the purchase orders in total.
(11) Trading starts time: 10:00 AM on October 26th (UTC), 2022

Gate.io Labs Investment Participating Disclosure
Gate.io Labs didn’t invest in The Protocol

Attention
(1) Countries not supported:USA, Canada, Malaysia, Singapore, Mainland China, Malta, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Crimea, Sudan, Syria, Bangladesh, Bolivia.
For users from other countries, please check and make sure your participation in the token sale on Startup complies with local laws and regulations.
(2) Risk Warning:
- The project team does not guarantee that the token price will not be lower than its startup sale price. Please invest with caution, and don't invest beyond your financial capacity.
- The start-up project is still in its initial stage, factors including the operation and underlying technology of the project, and other related regulatory activities might contribute to significant risks.
- Advanced technical and financial knowledge is required to understand, and evaluate the inherent risks of crypto-asset investment.
- The market volatility is high, and the price of a token might fluctuate drastically due to technical, regulatory, and marketing factors.
- Users may not be able to withdraw all the purchased tokens due to technical issues of the project or Gate.io.
(3) Requirements for participants
- The participant should register on Gate.io and Log in;
- After logging in, complete user identity verification;
- Deposit a certain amount of cryptocurrencies in your gate.io account;
- Sign the Purchase Agreement on Startup before placing orders.


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October 25th, 2022