> There are over 230,000 people eligible for the @Monad airdrop. > Only about 81 visits were recorded on Monad’s official blog = <0.04% of people actually read the official info about how the airdrop was allocated. > Because of that, many misunderstandings and misleading opinions have spread across social media, especially around the question of “who really deserves it” and “why didn’t I get any?” Monad allocated the airdrop to five main groups: 🔴1/ Core Community, 5,500 people - For long-term members who have made significant contributions and impact within the Monad ecosystem. - This list was selected manually, based on contribution analysis, community feedback, and social network data. 🔴2/On-chain Users - Includes EVM and Solana wallets with real on-chain activity, identified through a snapshot on 30/9/2025 - Traders with large volumes on DEXs such as Hyperliquid, Phantom Wallet, Virtuals, Stakers in DeFi protocols like Aave, Euler, Morpho, Pendle, Curve, PancakeSwap, Uniswap, - NFT holders of top collections: Azuki, Pudgy Penguins, Milady, Moonbirds, SMB Gen2, Sappy Seals, and others, - Active DAO participants involved in governance on Ethereum. 🔴3/ CT (Crypto Twitter), 225,000 people - Monad Card holders (identified as active and positively influential accounts), - Selected members from communities such as Legion, Backpack, Fantasy Top, Echo, MetaDAO, ARC, LobsterDAO, - Notable Farcaster users. 🔴4/ Crypto Contributors & Crypto Curious Those who actually build and educate in Web3, including: @zachxbt, member of @SEAL_911, select Cantina auditors with a history of impactful findings, members of the Protocol Guild (as determined by inspecting the Splits contract), students and instructors from educational efforts including RareSkills and SheFi. 🔴5/ Monad Builders Native teams, Developers who joined Hackathons, Monad Blitzes, Dev Missions, Builders with solid proof of work or IRL participation, Note: Excludes members of Monad Foundation or Category Labs. ---------------------- Below are some common misconceptions and their explanations 👇 1⃣“I’ve been in the community for months, doing many things, but got little or nothing.” - Monad’s community has over 700,000+ members on Discord and >1000 on Telegram, but the airdrop for “Community” only includes 5,500 people, selected based on impact and real value, not merely time or frequency of participation. - Someone may have worked hard: chatting, making art, joining events, but thousands of others contributed deeper, had wider impact, or were clearly recognized by the community. Sometimes we think we’ve done our best, but others have gone even further. If we only focus on our own effort without seeing the bigger picture, we easily fall into a sense of unfairness , even in web3 or IRL. ---------------------- 2⃣ “I farmed the testnet for months but got nothing.” Testnet users are rarely prioritized because most are farmers, who interact superficially, without feedback or contribution to the real network. Testnet is just a testing environment, and most of those wallets never become mainnet users. Monad instead focuses on real on-chain users whose behavior provides tangible value to the ecosystem. ---------------------- 3⃣“KOLs got huge airdrops while doing nothing.” There are two main reasons for this: > Monad Cards Initiative, A program designed to identify and recognize deeply involved, positive influencers on Twitter. Monad Card holders were also allowed to nominate others who deserved recognition but were initially overlooked. > Actual onchain activity, Many KOLs have high trading volume, staking activity, or hold NFTs included in the eligible on-chain groups. In other words, their allocation wasn’t based on fame, but on verifiable onchain data. ---------------------- 4⃣“I compared my rewards to others and it feels unfair.” > Each group (Community, Onchain, CT, Contributors, Builders) has different evaluation criteria and allocation methods. > Comparing across groups is meaningless because someone in the “Monad Community” cannot be compared with someone in “Onchain Users”, as the benchmarks and data models are entirely different. ---------------------- No airdrop is ever 100% fair, but the Monad Airdrop was one of the most carefully designed and multi-criteria distributions, focused on real value over noise. Its purpose is not to reward whoever shouts the loudest, but to empower those who are most likely to become real stakeholders of Monad’s mainnet.