[//]:content-type-MARKDOWN-DONOT-DELETE Vote for your favorite Crypto potential projects now! Supporters of the winning project will share a $2,000 airdrop token pool!  #### Event Period: April 2nd - April 8th, 11:00 (UTC) Choose your Startup Crypto Dark Horse project and cast your vote. Startup Crypto Dark Horse Competition is the exclusive benefit event provided by Gate.io for all Startup airdrop project community users. Support your favorite dark horse project for a chance to help it become the champion of the Startup Crypto Dark Horse Competition. Supporters of the champion will share all the token rewards in the event pool. This event runs from Tuesday to Monday each week, during which the airdrop projects launched will be nominated synchronously for the competition. Scoring Method for Participating Projects: Final score = Ranking of total participants in the Startup project * 2 + Ranking of the trading volume 24 hours after the project listing * 8 ### Easy steps to vote: 1.Select the project you want to vote for. 2.Click on Submit. 3.Participate in the [Startup](https://www.gate.io/startup "Startup") subscription for the selected project. 4.Complete spot trading of not less than $1. **Event Rules:** 1.Each participant has the privilege of casting only one vote. All participants must complete the voting steps to be eligible for rewards. 2.All participants need to complete KYC 2 verification to claim rewards. 3.Participants need to participate in the Startup subscription of the voted project and complete any transaction to be eligible for the final reward (they can also participate in the subscription or transactions of other Startup projects simultaneously). 4.The use of duplicate accounts and any other cheating behaviors, such as inflation of trading volume, bulk registration of fake accounts, self-trading, order matching, etc, are strictly prohibited. Multiple accounts with the same KYC verification information will be treated as the same account. 5.Rewards will be distributed in form of token airdrops, which will be distributed within 14 working days after the campaign ends. You can go to "Wallet" – "Bill". The rewards distribution announcement will be released at [Gate.io News](https://t.me/GateioOfficialNews "Gate.io News"). 6.Market makers' accounts are not eligible to participate in this event. 7.Users can only receive rewards from one campaign if participating in many other campaigns on Gate.io at the same time. 8.Trading volume = buy volume + sell volume. 9.Where any discrepancy arises between the translated versions and the original English version, the English version shall prevail. 10.Gate.io reserves all rights to the final explanation. 11.This event is not affiliated with Apple Inc. 12.Users in the United Kingdom and other Restricted Locations cannot access the Services (including the participation in this event, game or competition). See the [User Agreement](https://www.gate.io/user-agreement "User Agreement") for further details on Restricted Locations. Gateway to Crypto Trade over 1,700 cryptocurrencies safely, quickly, and easily on Gate.io Download Gate.io [App](https://www.gate.io/mobileapp?ch=ann28618 "App") / [Web](https://www.gate.io/mobileapp "Web") Client now>>> Follow us on [Gate.io X (Twitter)](https://twitter.com/gate_io "Gate.io X (Twitter)") to get more bonuses>>> Join our [Telegram](https://t.me/gateio_en "Telegram") to discuss hot topics>>> Join our [Global Community](https://www.gate.io/community "Global Community") to get more updates>>> We provide [100% proof of reserve](https://www.gate.io/proof-of-reserves "100% proof of reserve")>>> [Sign up](https://www.gate.io/signup "Sign up") to enjoy max. $6666 in rewards exclusively for new users Get 40% commission from [referrals](https://www.gate.io/referral "referrals") Gate.io Team April 2nd, 2024