The airdrop meta is far from dead — it has simply become more selective and on-chain activity driven. Below are key ecosystems where serious users are still positioning for meaningful rewards, based on confirmed rules and already-live seasons.

1️⃣ EigenLayer – Ongoing “Restaking” Meta

EigenLayer’s Season 1 Phase 1 & Phase 2 airdrops (EIGEN “stakedrop”) are already live for early restakers and DeFi users, with a total of 15% of supply allocated across all seasons.

Season 1 (both phases) distributes 6.75% of total supply to users who interacted with EigenLayer before the main March 15, 2024 snapshot; an additional 100 EIGEN was later added for some users who interacted by April 19, 2024.

Claims for Season 1 Phase 2 were open until September 17, 2024, and the remaining 8.25% of the airdrop allocation will be used in future seasons. Continued restaking and AVS participation remains the main strategy for upcoming rewards.

💡 Takeaway: EigenLayer is a multi-season airdrop ecosystem rather than a one-time event. Serious restakers and AVS users are positioning for future seasons, not just Season 1.

2️⃣ LayerZero (ZRO) – Proven Airdrop Model With Room for Future Rounds

LayerZero’s initial ZRO airdrop allocated 8.5% of the total 1 billion ZRO supply to early users and community categories, including 5% for the core community.

A broader long-term community allocation of 38.3% of ZRO is reserved for a mix of retroactive airdrops, future community distributions, grants, and growth incentives — leaving significant room for follow-up campaigns beyond the first drop.

Eligibility in the first airdrop was based on real usage (bridging and messaging through LayerZero), with anti-sybil rules such as down-weighting very small or “valueless” NFT transfers by 50%.

💡 Takeaway: Consistent cross-chain usage matters more than one-off farming. Regular liquidity routing and messaging activity position users best for future distributions.

3️⃣ Blast L2 – Season 2 Airdrop & Ongoing Incentives

Blast allocated 5 billion BLAST tokens to its Phase 2 airdrop, rewarding users who collected Season 2 “Points” and “Blast Gold” as the program transitioned from points to liquid BLAST incentives.

Season 2 has no fixed end date for rewards in Phase 2, and users active during Season 2 can already claim via the official airdrop page.

A separate guide notes that Blast Season 2 as a broader campaign is expected to run into mid-2025, underscoring that sustained activity on the chain and its dApps remains central to earning BLAST.

💡 Takeaway: Blast rewards long-term ecosystem engagement, not a single snapshot.

4️⃣ zkSync (ZK) – Airdrop Completed, Governance Live, Vesting Ahead

zkSync announced its ZK token airdrop for 695,232 eligible wallets, distributing 17.5% of total supply to users and community initiatives. The claim window runs until January 3, 2025.

Token holders can already participate in governance after claiming, while tokens reserved for the Matter Labs team and investors unlock gradually between June 2025 and 2028.

💡 Takeaway: Claim deadlines matter. After the window closes, focus shifts to governance and vesting, not new airdrop waves.

5️⃣ Starknet (STRK) – Example Of How Fast Claim Windows Can Close

Starknet’s STRK Provisions airdrop opened on February 20, 2024 (12:00 UTC) and ran for four months.

The claim window ended on June 20, 2024, after which unclaimed tokens were clawed back into a pool for future programs rather than remaining indefinitely claimable.

💡 Takeaway: Limited-time claim windows are now standard. Waiting too long can mean missing the airdrop entirely.

⚠️ Risk & Strategy Notes For Airdrop Hunters

Airdrop programs now heavily penalize sybil behavior and spam transactions. Many protocols explicitly de-weight tiny transfers and valueless NFTs.

Future seasons on EigenLayer, LayerZero, Blast, and others are likely to continue rewarding organic, sustained usage over short-term farming.

Always verify official links via project websites, X/Twitter, or Binance before connecting wallets. Fake airdrop sites are a major phishing risk.

🔍 Bottom line:

The biggest opportunities favor users who treat airdrops as a side-effect of real on-chain participation, not as a standalone farming game. Stay active, stay early — but stay selective.

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