Was the ENS airdrop a secret?

    The graph below shows the registered addresses for ENS from September 1st to December 13th, 2021. For this analysis, we use ethereum.udm_events to calculate the number of registration of ENS address.

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    Conclusion

    ENS Airdrop announcement - 2nd November 2021

    Registered address cutoff date - 31st October 2021

    The graph shows that from September 1st to November 7th, the average number of registered addresses each day was less than 2500, and that the volume began to increase on November 8th, peaking on November 10th with 7123 addresses registered. As a result, there is no suspicious registrations were found before the deadline of October 31st resulting in a significant rise in number. It is reasonable to assume that ENS Airdrop is a well guarded secret.

    In fact, once the Airdrop was announced, the volume began to rise. We may presume that individuals are intrigued and have begun to register, which resulted with a peak of 7123 addresses registered on November 10th.