Saga—an upcoming blockchain protocol that enables builders to launch their very own “chainlets”—has revealed who shall be eligible for the deliberate public airdrop of its SAGA token.
To not be confused with the Solana Saga cellphone, Saga is a gaming-focused crypto tech agency that is about to launch its personal mainnet. Saga cofounder Jin Kwon shared in a publish that whereas “snapshots” have already been taken to find out many of the basic public’s eligibility, aspiring genesis airdrop recipients will have the ability to take part in a future “Play-to-Airdrop” event sequence.
However first, who’s already entitled to take part?
As a result of a few of Saga’s underlying tech was constructed with the Cosmos blockchain’s software program growth equipment (SDK), crypto merchants who’ve staked at the least 25 ATOM—Cosmos’ token—between April 2023 and October 2023 shall be included within the Saga group airdrop. In line with Kwon’s publish, merchants who elevated their quantity of staked ATOM by greater than 30% throughout that point interval will see extra SAGA tokens airdropped than those that didn’t.
Saga can also be together with those that have staked over 23 TIA tokens (native token of Celestia) between November and December 2023 in its group airdrop. Like Cosmos, Saga can also be utilizing tech from Celestia to launch its blockchain choices.
Saga will moreover embrace any wallets that staked greater than 300 MATIC on Polygon or moved greater than 0.4 ETH by way of Polygon’s zkEVM bridge between April and October 2023. And any wallets that staked any denomination of Avalanche’s AVAX token between April and October of final yr may also be included within the airdrop, in line with Kwon’s publish.
Merchants who haven’t completed any of the above aren’t out of luck simply but—Saga additionally plans to run sport tournaments that can grant choose gamers entry to the airdrop. Gamers who make the event leaderboard cutoffs shall be eligible for the airdrop, Saga cofounder and CEO Rebecca Liao advised Decrypt through e mail.
No particular dates for Saga’s airdrop have been revealed, nevertheless it’s more likely to happen someday inside the first half of this yr. Saga additionally beforehand shared particulars again in October on its “Innovators” airdrop eligibility for these utilizing its merchandise.
A key caveat is that U.S. residents and residents aren’t eligible for any of Saga’s airdrops, Liao confirmed to Decrypt through e mail. For its airdrop, Saga will launch a “geo-gated” claims web page at a later date and share it by way of its official Twitter account. Customers should watch out to confirm that they’re trying on the genuine Saga Twitter account and claims web page, nonetheless, and never impersonators seeking to swipe person funds.
It’s vital to be extraordinarily cautious of airdrop scams asking customers to click on on Twitter advert hyperlinks or join wallets to websites, as airdrop scams and different forms of e mail or web-based token scams have turn into more and more widespread.
