Monad Airdrop is officially open! Over 220,000 community members can claim MON Token, and the anti-witch strategy is revealed for the first time.

The high-performance EVM-compatible blockchain Monad officially opened the query and claim for the MON Token Airdrop at 9 PM local time on October 14. This Airdrop will be allocated to 5,500 Monad community members and nearly 225,000 crypto assets community members. Monad has adopted a rigorous anti-Sybil Attack strategy, focusing on on-chain and off-chain behaviors that are highly active and difficult to forge, including long-term use of mainstream DeFi protocols, high-frequency DEX trading, well-known NFT holdings, and contributions to the Web3 community and security research. The claim period will last until November 3, 2025.

Strict Anti-Sybil Strategies: Focus on On-Chain Value and Contributors

The airdrop distribution strategy of Monad aims to maximize rewards for real, deeply engaged blockchain and community users, and entrusts a third-party organization, Trusta AI, to assist in Sybil address identification.

· Airdrop targets and claiming time

The Airdrop will distribute Tokens to 5,500 members of the Monad community and nearly 225,000 members of the Crypto Assets community. Individuals eligible for multiple pathways can claim the total amount of Tokens allocated to each of their sub-pathways. Claims will continue until November 3, 2025.

· Core principle of filtering: Difficult to forge deep usage

Monad has abandoned using the behavior of conducting repeated low economic value transactions, which can be easily manipulated in bulk by bots, as an independent filtering criterion, because such behavior can be easily mimicked by Sybil attackers. Instead, Monad focuses on judgment criteria that are difficult to forge, aiming to identify users who are highly active both on-chain and off-chain.

· On-chain screening criteria (snapshot date: September 30, 2025)

The on-chain data filtering is based on the snapshot taken on September 30, 2025, at 23:59 (UTC time), specifically including:

• High-Frequency DEX Traders: Users who trade on Hyperliquid and Phantom Wallet (spot and perpetual contracts), as well as users trading tokens issued on platforms like Pump.fun, Virtuals, and other meme coins.
• Large depositors in mainstream DeFi protocols: Users who deposit large amounts of funds into protocols such as Aave, Euler, Morpho, Pendle, Lighter, Curve, PancakeSwap, and Uniswap.
• Long-term holders of various NFTs: Users holding well-known non-fungible tokens such as Azuki, CryptoPunks, Mad Lads, etc.
• Recent active participants in the governance of mainstream DeFi protocols on Ethereum.

· Introduce third-party institutions to assist against Sybil Attack

The Monad Foundation has commissioned a third-party organization, Trusta AI, to assist in on-chain data analysis to identify and eliminate Sybil Attack addresses. This reflects Monad's emphasis on the fairness of Airdrops.

Community and Ecosystem Contributors: Monad Cards and Security Experts

The airdrop of Monad is not only aimed at on-chain active users but also covers a broader community identified through social graph analysis and actual contributions.

· The "Monad Cards" initiative aims to identify deeply engaged community participants.

A core component is the "Monad Cards" program, which aims to identify numerous active, thoughtful, and deeply engaged individuals in the crypto assets space through Twitter. Selected individuals are then encouraged to nominate others who deserve recognition. Whether it's the first wave, second wave recipients of the cards, or those who missed the chance to receive them, all are included in the Airdrop.

· Include security researchers and educational contributors

This airdrop covers individuals who have contributed through security research, protocol development, and educational promotion.

• Including well-known crypto asset detective ZachXBT, members of SEAL 911 organization, Cantina selected auditors who have made important audit findings, and members of Protocol Guild.
• In addition, the airdrop targets also include students and instructors from educational projects such as RareSkills and SheFi.

· A broader Crypto Assets community

Airdrop also includes participants from the Legion fundraising platform, Backpack users, Fantasy Top hero players, MetaDAO token holders, ARC community members, active participants in the LobsterDAO Telegram group, and well-known Farcaster users.

Conclusion

The MON token Airdrop of Monad has set a new benchmark among many airdrop projects with its refined multi-path distribution and in-depth exploration of real user value. By entrusting third-party organizations for Sybil address identification and focusing on hard-to-fake long-term, high-value on-chain behavior and off-chain community contributions, Monad is committed to distributing tokens to community members who can truly become stakeholders in the network. Eligible users should complete their claims as soon as possible before the November 3, 2025 deadline to avoid missing out on rewards for deeply engaged community participants.

This article is news information and does not constitute any investment advice. The encryption market experiences significant fluctuations, and investors should make decisions cautiously.