[//]:content-type-MARKDOWN-DONOT-DELETE About Gate.io Startup Free Airdrop Program. In order to reward platform users, Gate.io launched the "Startup Project Free Airdrop Program", and free airdrops for blockchain excellent projects are launched in the Startup area from time to time. VIP and GT users can get a variety of tokens airdrop benefits. This Ethereum Express(ETE) Startup subscription is a free subscription, and will not deduct the users' participation funds at the end of event. Startup Link: https://www.gate.io/startup Introduction to Ethereum Express(ETE) The Ethereum Express network is a faster, safer, and cheaper L1 network based on the underlying framework of the Ethereum EVM. (The information below is provided by the Ethereum Express (ETE) team. Please follow Ethereum Express (ETE) for more information） Token Information Token Name: Ethereum Express Token Symbol: ETE Max Supply：200,000,000 Token Type: ERC20 & ETRC20 Contract: https://etherscan.io/token/0x000000e29fa2bd3e5c215ffc71aa66b29c9769a2 https://scan.etescan.net/ Token distribution ratio and unlocking rules: Pinksale launchpad: 10%, totally unlock Liquidity: 12.5%, totally unlock Airdrop: 2.5%, totally unlock Team: 5%, Lock-up for 12 months CEX listing & Market Making: 70%, 28.6% has been unlocked, and the remaining 71.4% will be unlocked for 12 months. Website: https://www.ethereumexpress.net/ WhitePaper ：https://www.ethereumexpress.net/WP.pdf Ethereum Express (ETE) Startup Sale Rules (1) Duration: 7:00 AM 8th Nov., 2023 - 7:00 AM 9th Nov., 2023 (UTC) (Orders placed by qualified users within these 24 hours will be treated equally.) (2) Trading Starts Time: 10:00 AM 9th Nov., 2023 (UTC) Trading Pairs: ETE/USDT (3) Price: 0 USDT (4) Startup Supply : 972,222 ETE (5) Unlock rule: 100% unlock. (6) Startup Participation Rules: Each user can only purchase once with KYC account. a)Startup Participation Rules for VIP Users: 1.For Airdrop Projects, the system will no longer verify the VIP Users’ assets adequacy, instead, the system will verify the Users’ VIP Level. The actual shares each VIP User received will be determined based on the actual VIP Level at the time of token distribution. 2.Purchase limit: The maximum contribution limit for a single user is 1500 shares. The VIP Users' existing subscription share rules remain unchanged and can get 100% airdrops. The higher the VIP level, the more Startup airdrop shares can be subscribed. The relationship between the VIP level and the maximum contribution allocation, please refer to the link: https://www.gate.io/article/29892 b)Startup Participation Rules for Non-VIP Users (VIP 0 Users): Spot assets not less than 10 USD, after participating in the subscription, whether the Non-VIP Users win or not will be announced at the end of the project subscription. A portion of lucky Non-VIP Users will be randomly selected and the airdrop amount will be evenly distributed. Non-VIP users who use Startup vouchers to join the subscription will have their Voucher benefits prioritized. Startup vouchers guarantee a 100% corresponding share, the specific subscription rules can be found at https://www.gate.io/zh/article/31899 . (7) Announcement of results: After the end of the day's subscription, the system will count all eligible subscription orders. VIP users will be distributed according to the ratio of the individually subscripted tokens to the total subscripted tokens. Non-VIP users will be randomly selected as part of the lucky Non-VIP users and the airdrop quota will be distributed equally. The subscription results will be announced before listing. (8) That multiple accounts with the same KYC information when claiming Startup shares will be deemed as cheating behaviour, and any cheating behaviour is prohibited. In case of cheating, Gate.io reserves the right to disqualify the users involved and forfeit their rewards. Gate.io Labs Private Sale Participating Disclosure Gate.io Labs hasn't participated in the Ethereum Express(ETE) investment. Gateway to Crypto Trade over 1,400 cryptocurrencies safely, quickly and easily on Gate.io [Sign up](https://www.gate.io/signup "Sign up") to enter the crypto gateway and get 40% commission from [referrals](https://www.gate.io/referral "referrals") [Download iOS/Android App](https://www.gate.io/mobileapp?ch=ann27560 "Download iOS/Android App") right now. Reach out to us! Twitter: https://twitter.com/gate_io GateVIP Twitter:https://twitter.com/Gateio_Inst Telegram: https://t.me/gate_io API Telegram: https://t.me/gateioapi Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gateioglobal Medium: https://gateio.medium.com/ Podcast: https://gateio.buzzsprout.com/?ch=buzzs Gate.io Team November 16th, 2022