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The formal activation of the MON token airdrop claim portal on October 14, 2025, has the crypto community buzzing about Monad, the high-performance Ethereum-compatible Layer-1 blockchain. The project’s blog and X announced this move, which lets more than 230,000 eligible people—5,500 core community members and 225,000 crypto enthusiasts—check their allocations and get ready for distribution. Claims are open until November 3, 2025.
The airdrop uses a multi-track method that combines on-chain indicators like DEX volumes and NFT holdings with off-chain verification using social media sites like X, Discord, and Telegram.
This is meant to reward real involvement instead of sybil-farmed activity. As Monad’s mainnet launch approaches (details are still secret), this community-focused drop, which could involve up to 10 billion MON from a total supply of 100 billion, puts the project ahead of the competition in the 2025 Layer-1 race.
However, there are still questions about the exact tokenomics and vesting, which could dampen the excitement in a market where pre-launch perpetuals are trading at a $12 billion FDV.
The Claim Portal Launch
The portal’s release, confirmed at 13:00 UTC on October 14, marks the culmination of Monad’s testnet phase, which gathered tens of thousands of developers and users since February 2025. Privy authentication enables users join through EVM or Solana wallets (like MetaMask or Phantom) and optionally link their social profiles for evidence outside of the blockchain. No KYC is needed, which shows Monad’s dedication to making things easy to use. However, Trusta AI’s anti-sybil procedures make sure that everyone is treated fairly, save for people who work full-time for Category Labs and the Monad Foundation.
Keone Hon, one of the co-founders, told X to be careful: “There’s no reason to claim early, so take your time.” Check that everything is correct. The 45-day window (which ends on November 3 at 23:59 UTC) allows for extensive verification because allocations stack across tracks for active participants. Snapshot data, which was frozen on September 30, 2025, shows historical behaviors that are hard to replicate, such as long-term DeFi deposits or NFT mints on testnets. People in the community think that the reduction will be 10% of the supply (10 billion MON), with Monad’s core getting a bigger piece—maybe 6.19% (556.7 million MON) for 5,500 members and 93.81% (8.44 billion MON) for the larger pool.
When the portal first opened, there was a lot of excitement: According to on-chain trackers, there were more than 50,000 verifications in the first hour as users rushed to confirm levels from L0 “Participation Award” to L5 “Community Last.” But fraud alarms kept coming in, with bogus sites pretending to be monadclaim.com. Monad’s advice was, “Ignore unofficial links; stick to @monad announcements.”
Multi-Track Distribution
Monad’s airdrop doesn’t use a one-size-fits-all approach; instead, it uses a five-track model to acknowledge different contributions:
- Monad Community: Gives more to 5,500 verified insiders, including core contributors, holders of the Discord “Monad Recognizer,” and testnet evangelists. The top tiers get an estimated 302,702 MON per user under separate distribution models.
- Onchain Users: Targets power users through DEX volumes, DeFi deposits, and NFT ownership on Monad testnets or comparable chains like Ethereum. It rewards users who keep using the service over time.
- Crypto Community: Grows to 225,000 through social graph research, which includes “Monad Cards” projects and verifiable activity on X, Discord, and Telegram.
- Crypto Contributors & Curious: Rewards teachers, writers, and new users who helped spread the word about Monad through content or referrals.
- Monad Builders: This group honors developers by letting them engage with the testnet, implement smart contracts, and use ecosystem tools like faucet claims.
- Stacking applies: A builder who qualifies in more than one track gets more prizes, with tiers (L0 to L5) scaling multipliers. For example, L5 “Community Last” at 156,182 MON/user under equal distribution assumptions. “This rewards those who truly live, eat, and breathe crypto,” says Monad’s blog, which uses Trusta AI to filter out sybils. There are other predictions: a total of 9 billion MON (90% of the 10 billion pool), with core members making twice as much as wider users.
Moving from Testnet to Mainnet
This airdrop comes before Monad’s mainnet, which was pushed back from Q3 2025 but is expected to launch in late October. It will have 10,000 TPS through parallel execution and MonadBFT consensus for finality in less than a second. Testnet, which has been operational since February, has processed millions of transactions and created NFTs like Monadverse and Lil Chogstars while also testing DeFi on PancakeSwap forks. The opening of the portal, which uses Privy for easy authentication, is getting people excited about perpetuals on Hyperliquid trading MON-USD at $0.12, which is a $12 billion FDV for 100 billion tokens.
Monad is different from Aptos’ 2022 drop (+300% after the airdrop) or Sui’s 2023 drop (+150%) since it focuses on “genuine blockchain power users” using anti-sybil technology. However, secret vesting could limit gains. The Recognizer system and other community tools checked 5,500 cores by hand to make sure that everyone got a fair chance.
Monad’s phishing alerts on Telegram advertising were like reminders that there was still no eligibility checker and that the official reveal will be on October 28. The odds on Polymarket for the October decline fell to 33%, with November being the favorite.
What this means for Layer-1 and how investors should act
This airdrop might put Monad among the top L1 coins, competing with Solana’s 65,000 TPS or Sui’s 100% post-drop increase, by rewarding 230,000 wallets and starting TVL. For engineers, it’s a merit-based entry. For traders, perpetuals let you gamble before the launch, but vesting unknowns limit the upside.
Investor Do your own research on tiers and stack tracks to get the most money. With FDV at $12 billion, post-drop drops of 20% on average are a good time to buy, but there are concerns of sybil attacks and mainnet delays, so be careful. “Claim wisely; it’s recognition for Monad’s journey,” as @angadpatel47 said.
Conclusion
The MON airdrop gateway for Monad on October 14, 2025, will reward 230,000 people through multi-track tiers that combine on- and off-chain proof. It will start a merit-based distribution and stack allocations for active builders. It will terminate on November 3. Testnet’s millions of transactions and ZKPs for sybil-proofing set the stage for mainnet’s promise of 10,000 TPS. However, the lack of information on tokenomics and vesting has led to speculation among $12 billion FDV perpetuals. People are excited about the community, but they’re also worried about scams and problems with the testnet. If all goes well, Monad might become the breakout L1 of 2025. For the 225,000 believers, it’s proof that they were right; for the environment, it’s a plan for real drops. As Hon says, claim wisely.
