Core Announcement: 50,000 $WCT Tokens Available for Claiming
• On August 20, 2025, Solayer Labs announced through the X platform (formerly Twitter) account @undefined labs that 50,000 native WalletConnect tokens $WCT can be claimed on the Solayer dashboard (app.solayer.org).
• The announcement is concise and celebratory, guiding eligible users to connect wallets through the dashboard; eligible users will receive a pop-up notification (with an image showing a blue gradient pop-up containing a "Claim $WCT" button), and congratulating "all top users participating in the Solayer ecosystem," emphasizing that rewards are based on the contributions of early adopters and active users.
Background of the Collaboration and WalletConnect's Movements
• In a subsequent reply, Solayer thanked @WalletConnect for their support of the event, stating, "As the connective layer of the financial internet, we look forward to continuing to break boundaries in on-chain payments and infrastructure development." WalletConnect enthusiastically responded, "Solayer community 🐐," affirming the mutual benefits of the collaboration.
• WalletConnect is known for achieving seamless connections between cross-chain wallets and decentralized applications (dApps); this collaboration aligns with its expansion strategy into the Solana ecosystem. Earlier in 2025, WalletConnect announced an airdrop of 5 million $WCT to active Solana users and collaborated with Solana wallets like Phantom and Solflare to promote, encouraging users to stake tokens and participate in governance.
Eligibility for Claiming and Solayer's Technical Positioning
• The eligibility for this exclusive Solayer $WCT claiming may be related to ecological participation levels, such as staking, re-staking, or interacting with decentralized applications.
• Solayer is essentially a liquidity protocol, positioned as a hardware-accelerated Solana Virtual Machine (SVM) Layer 1 blockchain, aimed at being "an infinitely scalable real-time streaming network." It utilizes a multi-execution cluster architecture connected through Software Defined Networking (SDN) and Remote Direct Memory Access (RDMA), designed to achieve unprecedented scalability and throughput, connecting Solana's high-performance blockchain with yield-bearing tokens like sSOL, and is core to the reconstruction and enhancement of the Solana ecosystem.
Community Response and Broader Significance
• Within hours of the announcement, it received 244 likes, 37 retweets, and over 39,000 views, with the community response being largely positive: some users expressed gratitude, while others reported issues with the claiming button; some questioned why the $WCT price was still falling despite having institutional utility (reflecting market volatility), and others expressed regret for missing the event or mentioned future functionality promotion.
• For Solayer, this move strengthens its positioning as a high-performance infrastructure provider, potentially attracting more developers and liquidity; for the Solana ecosystem, the integration of tools like WalletConnect helps enhance the smoothness of cross-chain and multi-wallet experiences, lowering the user adoption threshold.
• The claiming activity continues until the potential deadline (e.g., the WalletConnect Q1 event ends on January 2, 2026), and eligible users need to act promptly. This announcement not only recognizes past participation but also signifies the broad prospects of the Solana interconnected ecosystem.
