LayerZero airdropZRO

What qualified participants did

1. Used the LayerZero messaging protocol across multiple chains before the snapshot.
2. Checked the allocation with the Foundation eligibility checker (the checker is no longer a way to claim).
3. Claimed ZRO on the official Foundation claim page during the claim window, which has closed.
4. Paid the per-token donation required by the claim process, if the allocation was claimed.
5. Today: ignore any site, message or ad that offers a ZRO claim, because no official claim is open.

Where things stand

ZRO is the token of the LayerZero omnichain messaging protocol, and it is already trading. The airdrop that gave the first users their allocation was a one-time event with a fixed claim window, and that window has closed. The LayerZero Foundation page describing the token states directly that there are no plans for a future airdrop, which is the most important fact for anyone searching for a ZRO claim today.

The Foundation does keep publishing information about the token, but it is about supply and buybacks rather than distribution. Its ZRO buybacks page lists Stargate revenue as an active source of buybacks and the protocol fee switch as inactive, and reports a cumulative purchase of about 2.5 million ZRO. The Foundation also says that part of its own allocation, 183 million ZRO, is locked until the mainnet of Zero, a separate LayerZero project, launches. None of this creates a new claim.

Because the airdrop is over, the practical risk now is impersonation. Fake claim pages, "second round" messages and wallet-drainer sites regularly reuse the name of a past airdrop. If a page asks you to connect a wallet and sign a transaction to receive ZRO, treat it as hostile unless it is linked from the official Foundation site, and never share a seed phrase or private key with anyone.

How eligibility worked

The Foundation described the airdrop as a reward for people who had used the protocol. Allocations were looked up through an official eligibility checker, and claims were made on a Foundation claim page. Details of the exact scoring formula are in the original Foundation posts, which our fetcher could not open directly, so this site does not reproduce per-tier amounts.

Sybil filtering was a central part of the process. According to the Foundation, flagged addresses were first offered a self-report period in which they could keep a reduced share of their intended allocation; addresses that had been identified in the Foundation analysis (done with outside security and analytics firms) and did not report received nothing. A second phase let community members submit reports of Sybil activity for a bounty. This is described in the Foundation Sybil post, which we located through search but could not open ourselves.

The claim itself used an unusual design: claimants were asked to make a small donation per token claimed rather than receiving tokens for free. The exact rate is set out in the Foundation claim post; check the original page rather than a summary if the number matters to you.

• Eligibility was checked on the official checker, not by connecting a wallet to a random site.
• Addresses flagged as Sybil could lose all or most of their allocation.
• The claim window has since closed.

What participants did and the risks that remain

Eligible users checked their allocation, connected a wallet to the official claim page, and completed the claim during the window. People who missed the window could not claim afterwards through the official process. The Foundation material we could open does not describe any late-claim path.

Security guidance has not changed since the drop. Use the official domains linked from the LayerZero Foundation site, type or bookmark the address yourself, and be suspicious of direct messages. A real claim would never need your seed phrase, and a legitimate site would not ask you to approve unlimited token spending to receive an airdrop.

What to take from this drop

The LayerZero case is a useful example of how a project can combine retroactive rewards with active Sybil enforcement. Addresses that farmed activity at scale were not simply excluded in silence; they were given a way to self-identify, and others were given an incentive to report them. For future airdrops, this suggests that genuine usage across different applications and time periods is a safer strategy than mass wallet creation.

It also shows that statements from a project can close a topic. The Foundation says it has no plans for another airdrop, so any speculation about a second round is not supported by official information. If that changes, the announcement would come through the Foundation and LayerZero official channels first.

This page is informational and not financial advice. Verification status: the token-supply and no-future-airdrop statements were read on official LayerZero pages; the claim dates and Sybil process come from official Foundation posts that we could not open directly.