Inside the $MON Airdrop: Who Qualified & How
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Here’s how the $MON airdrop found them 🧵
5 main tracks:
- Monad Community
- On-Chain Users
- Crypto Community
- Crypto Contributors
1/ Monad Community
This track rewards core community contributors:
- Organizers of initiatives, events, and community projects
- People recognized by the community via Monad Community Recognizer
- Profiles with strong social engagement, network connections (both online & offline)
2/ On-Chain Users
• Active DEX traders on EVM & Solana (incl. meme token trading, advanced activity)
• Depositors / participants in DeFi protocols (Aave, Uniswap, Curve, Pendle, etc.)
• Holders of well-known NFT collections (Azuki, CryptoPunks, Doodles, Milady Maker, Moonbirds, Pudgy Penguins, SMBC, etc.)
• Users who voted in DAO governance
Snapshot taken on Sept 30, 2025, 23:59 UTC
3/ Crypto Community
• Broader Web3 users, outside pure development:
• Monad Cards participants (even if inactive)
• Active in crypto communities: Farcaster, Discord & Telegram groups, projects like BACKPACK, ARC, LobsterDAO, etc.
Strong social presence in Web3, community engagement, content contribution
@farcaster_xyz 4/ Crypto Contributors / Crypto Curious
Those who build, teach, research crypto — not just use:
• Security auditors, research teams (e.g. Cantina, SEAL 911)
• Educators, students, participants in programs like RareSkills, SheFi
5/ Monad Builders
People building inside Monad’s ecosystem:
• Developers submitting qualified projects to Monad Blitzes, Dev Missions, hackathons
• Teams building native apps on Monad
• Contributors to infrastructure, or those participating in IRL events
✨ Note: Monad Foundation / Category Labs staff were excluded from “Builder” eligibility.
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