Question 1

What is Zora (ZORA)?

Accepted Answer

**The token (ZORA)** is an ERC-20 on Base, with 18 decimals and a maximum supply of 10,000,000,000. Its contract on Base is `0x1111111111166b7fe7bd91427724b487980afc69`.

Zora’s own wording frames ZORA as a token that is “for fun only”. In the same disclosure, Zora says holding ZORA does not give governance rights, equity, dividends or other legal rights in Zora or its products.

Zora also published an allocation and unlock schedule around the token generation event (TGE). In that plan, 10% is set aside for an airdrop, 5% for liquidity, 20% for incentives, 20% for treasury, 19.49% for the team and 25.51% for investors. Airdrop and liquidity were described as unlocked at TGE, while team and investor allocations vest over three years with a six-month cliff, and treasury and incentives vest over four years. Zora also stated an initial circulating amount of roughly 3.5 billion at TGE.

On distribution, Zora described a retroactive airdrop of 1,000,000,000 ZORA across 2,415,024 addresses, with snapshots covering activity from 1 January 2020 to 3 March 2025 and then 3 March 2025 to 20 April 2025. Zora’s public materials also state the claim opened on 23 April 2025 and was set to end on 24 June 2025.

Question 2

What is the Zora project?

Accepted Answer

When people say “Zora”, they can mean a few related things.

At the product level, Zora positions itself as an onchain social network. The idea is that content and profiles can be linked to onchain activity, including “coins” tied to posts, alongside reward mechanics. Zora’s own support content describes these coin features as entertainment and social engagement rather than an investment product.

There is also the **Zora Coins Protocol**, which is the set of smart contracts and developer tooling behind the “coins” idea. In Zora’s documentation, a post can be turned into a tradable token, and developers can integrate creation and trading using Zora’s SDK. Zora’s docs describe an implementation that routes trading through Uniswap v4 and uses a hook to collect fees and distribute rewards to different parties such as the creator and referrers, depending on the configuration.

Separately, Zora also maintains and publishes software for **Zora Network**, a Layer 2 chain built on OP Stack. Its published parameters include chain ID 7,777,777, gas paid in ETH, and the RPC and explorer endpoints. Zora’s materials state it launched the software but does not operate the network.

Finally, Zora’s documentation includes “legacy” NFT tooling (contracts and SDKs for NFTs and premints), which reflects earlier parts of the ecosystem that are still documented for builders.

Question 3

What is Zora (ZORA) used for?

Accepted Answer

Zora’s explicit position at launch is that ZORA is “for fun only” and does not function as a governance or ownership token for Zora.

That said, ZORA still shows up inside Zora’s broader onchain design. In the Zora Coins Protocol documentation, ZORA is referenced as the currency backing a “CreatorCoin” model, where CreatorCoins are described as being backed by ZORA tokens. This is a protocol-level role (how certain onchain assets are structured), not a statement that ZORA grants control of the protocol or the company.

And, as a standard ERC-20 on Base, ZORA can be transferred and integrated into third-party applications that support Base and ERC-20 tokens, subject to whatever those applications choose to support.

Question 4

Who created Zora (ZORA)?

Accepted Answer

Zora’s public-facing materials tie the project to **Zora Labs, Inc.**

For the founding team:
- **Jacob Horne (Co-Founder, CEO):** Previously at Coinbase, involved in shaping Zora’s direction around open infrastructure for NFTs.  
- **Dee Goens (Co-Founder, COO):** Focuses on community and creator engagement, informed by his background and interest in music.  
- **Tyson Battistella (Co-Founder, CTO):** Worked with Horne at Coinbase and was involved from Zora’s early concept stage.  
- **Slava Kim (Co-Founder, Head of Design):** Recognised as a co-founder and leads design.

#	Instrument	Exchange	Benchmark Score	Price	24h Change	24h Volume	24h Trades	24h Open	24h High
1	ZORA-USDT ZORAUSDT	bybit	A	0.006167USDT	-1.58%	114,931,847.00ZORA	11,035	0.006266USDT	0.006280USDT
2	ZORA-USD ZORA-USD	coinbase	AA	0.006168USD	-1.52%	92,558,405.00ZORA	6,419	0.006263USD	0.006271USD
3	ZORA-USDT ZORA_USDT	whitebit	BB	0.006166USDT	-1.66%	45,562,158.88ZORA	7,556	0.006270USDT	0.006282USDT
4	ZORA-USDT ZORA-USDT	okex	A	0.006168USDT	-1.55%	33,824,482.09ZORA	6,754	0.006265USDT	0.006282USDT
5	ZORA-USDT ZORA_USDT	gateio	A	0.006168USDT	-1.55%	22,103,577.00ZORA	4,645	0.006265USDT	0.006276USDT
6	ZORA-USD zorausd	bitstamp	AA	0.006171USD	-1.18%	17,322,800.50ZORA	747	0.006245USD	0.006273USD
7	ZORA-USDT ZORAUSDT_SPBL	bitget	BB	0.006172USDT	-1.45%	9,081,251.15ZORA	941	0.006263USDT	0.006274USDT
8	ZORA-USD ZORAUSD	kraken	AA	0.006182USD	-1.36%	8,064,200.80ZORA	1,146	0.006267USD	0.006270USD
9	ZORA-EUR zoraeur	bitstamp	AA	0.005464EUR	-2.03%	5,304,326.10ZORA	702	0.005577EUR	0.005584EUR
10	ZORA-USDT ZORA-USDT	kucoin	BB	0.006196USDT	-1.02%	2,116,019.00ZORA	119	0.006260USDT	0.006260USDT
11	ZORA-EUR ZORAEUR	kraken	AA	0.005451EUR	-3.73%	322,551.30ZORA	14	0.005662EUR	0.005662EUR
12	ZORA-USD ZORA_USD	cryptodotcom	AA	0.006065USD	-10.41%	219,288.00ZORA	20	0.006770USD	0.006770USD
13	ZORA-USDC ZORA-USDC	okex	A	0.006042USDC	-4.22%	64,994.98ZORA	10	0.006308USDC	0.006308USDC
14	ZORA-EUR ZORA-EUR	okex	A	0.006699EUR	0.66%	0ZORA	0	0.006655EUR	0.006655EUR
15	ZORA-USDT ZORAUSDT	cexio	BB	0.006207USDT	-0.51%	7,939.50ZORA	2	0.006239USDT	0.006254USDT
16	ZORA-USD ZORAUSD	cexio	BB	0.006056USD	-4.79%	4,622.70ZORA	1	0.006361USD	0.006361USD
17	ZORA-USDC ZORAUSDC	cexio	BB	0.006151USDC	-4.65%	2,746.90ZORA	1	0.006451USDC	0.006451USDC
18	ZORA-USDT zora_usdt	lbank	C	0.006173USDT	-1.45%	1,064,299,923.00ZORA	84,789	0.006264USDT	0.006273USDT
19	ZORA-THB THB_ZORA	bitkub	C	0.2065THB	-3.00%	115,721,331.50ZORA	11,036	0.2129THB	0.2133THB
20	ZORA-KRW KRW-ZORA	upbit	B	8.24KRW	-1.67%	107,093,957.91ZORA	1,893	8.38KRW	8.40KRW
21	ZORA-USDT ZORAUSDT	toobit	C	0.006174USDT	-1.45%	24,662,798.00ZORA	8,483	0.006265USDT	0.006279USDT
22	ZORA-TRY ZORATRY	btcturk	E	0.3058TRY	-1.70%	22,215,967.60ZORA	563	0.3111TRY	0.3124TRY
23	ZORA-KRW ZORA_KRW	bithumbkorea	-	8.21KRW	-1.54%	18,319,128.24ZORA	813	8.34KRW	8.34KRW
24	ZORA-USDT ZORAUSDT	mexc	C	0.006167USDT	-1.53%	18,104,468.02ZORA	3,881	0.006263USDT	0.006276USDT
25	ZORA-USDT ZORA_USDT	bydfi	-	0.006169USDT	-1.50%	12,862,180.23ZORA	3,217	0.006263USDT	0.006276USDT
26	ZORA-USDT ZORAUSDT	bitrue	D	0.006190USDT	-1.12%	12,418,073.15ZORA	5,205	0.006260USDT	0.006290USDT
27	ZORA-USDT ZORA_USDT	bitunix	C	0.006168USDT	-1.53%	11,015,185.00ZORA	6,958	0.006264USDT	0.006276USDT
28	ZORA-USDT ZORA-USDT	bigone	-	0.006184USDT	-0.87%	10,007,588.60ZORA	4,851	0.006238USDT	0.006304USDT
29	ZORA-EUR ZORA-EUR	bitvavo	B	0.005503EUR	-1.08%	9,309,898.60ZORA	644	0.005563EUR	0.005580EUR
30	ZORA-USDT ZORA-USDT	bingx	D	0.006174USDT	-1.84%	7,471,791.38ZORA	6,250	0.006290USDT	0.006290USDT
31	ZORA-USDT ZORA_USDT	coinw	-	0.006210USDT	-1.11%	7,023,701.46ZORA	1,992	0.006280USDT	0.006280USDT
32	ZORA-USDT zora_usdt	digifinex	D	0.006177USDT	-1.36%	3,518,129.33ZORA	3,034	0.006262USDT	0.006272USDT
33	ZORA-USD ZORA-USD	btse	-	0.006153USD	-1.82%	2,296,161.20ZORA	28,348	0.006267USD	0.006279USD
34	ZORA-USD ZORAUSD	edxmarkets	C	0.006162USD	-1.44%	1,658,449.99ZORA	51	0.006252USD	0.006261USD
35	ZORA-KRW ZORA_KRW	coinone	C	8.20KRW	-2.55%	1,020,752.32ZORA	75	8.42KRW	8.42KRW
36	ZORA-IDR zoraidr	indodax	E	110.69IDR	-2.14%	897,982.00ZORA	143	113.11IDR	114.63IDR
37	ZORA-USDT ZORAUSDT	btcturk	E	0.006141USDT	-1.51%	565,816.00ZORA	16	0.006235USDT	0.006235USDT
38	ZORA-BTC BTC-ZORA	upbit	B	0.0₇8000BTC	0.00%	0ZORA	0	0.0₇8000BTC	0.0₇8000BTC
39	ZORA-USDT ZORA-USDT	btse	-	0.006180USDT	-1.23%	79,157.10ZORA	1,663	0.006257USDT	0.006284USDT
40	ZORA-USDC ZORA-USDC	btse	-	0.006172USDC	-1.52%	4,698.60ZORA	562	0.006267USDC	0.006267USDC
41	ZORA-USDT ZORA_USDT	cryptology	D	0.006393USDT	0.00%	0ZORA	0	0.006393USDT	0.006393USDT
42	ZORA-USDC ZORA_USDC	cryptology	D	0.006388USDC	0.00%	0ZORA	0	0.006388USDC	0.006388USDC
43	ZORA-USDT USDT-ZORA	upbit	B	0.006343USDT	0.00%	0ZORA	0	0.006343USDT	0.006343USDT
44	ZORA-USDT ZORAUSDT	hitbtc	E	0.008392USDT	0.00%	0ZORA	0	0.008392USDT	0.008392USDT
45	ZORA-BRL ZORA-BRL	mercadobtc	C	0.04168BRL	0.00%	0ZORA	0	0.04168BRL	0.04168BRL
46	ZORA-USDT ZORA_USDT	poloniex	C	0.003380USDT	0.00%	0ZORA	0	0.003380USDT	0.003380USDT