Ethereum restaking protocol Eigenlayer has promised to allocate 15% of EIGEN supply to the community, but not everyone was happy about it.
Users who felt left out of the recently announced Eigenlayer airdrop have lashed out at the restaking protocol’s Monday announcement — highlighting its non-transferable token structure, aggressive geo-restrictions, and an apparently short snapshot period.
Eigenlayer — the second largest protocol with $15.67 billion in total value locked (TVL) — unveiled the specifics of its long-expected “stakedrop” in an April 29 blog post.
Despite the protocol never officially confirming an airdrop until Monday, speculators seemed to be more than fine with adding their already-staked Ether (ETH) to Eigenlayer — adding more than $15.7 billion to the protocol since its inception — hoping to receive an airdrop at some point in the future.