In the context of the cryptocurrency community being outraged by airdrop manipulation cases, Eclipse Labs has announced a strong move: banning its entire team, employees, and investors from receiving upcoming ES token rewards.
Preventing insider manipulation and protecting genuine users
On June 26, Eclipse Labs announced that all employees, team members, and investors signed a legal commitment not to receive any portion of the ES airdrop. Furthermore, they must provide a list of all wallet addresses they own, including test wallets, to ensure complete exclusion.
This move is a direct response to recent waves of criticism, as many projects have been found using test wallets to "farm" airdrops and then secretly sell them, shocking the community. Eclipse asserts: "This is a tactic to disguise the actual circulating supply of the token. That will not happen with ES."
Eclipse commits that all #ES tokens allocated for the community will be distributed transparently, fairly, without interference or competition from within. No ES tokens from the airdrop will fall into the hands of the development team or investors.
In addition, the tokens allocated to the team and investors will be completely locked for 1 year after the token listing, after which they will be gradually unlocked according to a vesting schedule extending over 3 years – this is one of the longest and strictest vesting policies among current layer-2 projects.
About Eclipse Labs and expectations for the ES Airdrop
Founded in 2022, #EclipseLabs stands out with its unique technology: a layer-2 rollup network connected to Ethereum, utilizing the Solana Virtual Machine (SVM) and self-proclaimed as the first layer-2 on Ethereum that integrates SVM technology. The core objective of the project is to combine the high processing speed of Solana with the robust security layer of Ethereum to address the throughput issue for large-scale decentralized applications.
To date, Eclipse Labs has raised approximately $65 million, prominently featuring a Series A round of $50 million at the end of 2024. In April 2025, Eclipse announced that it had conducted a "Turbo Tap" snapshot to determine the list of users eligible for the airdrop. However, the date of the TGE (Token Generation Event) and the distribution of ES airdrops have not yet been announced. The project commits to continue updating information and not making any sudden moves that would leave the community passive.
Previous "insider airdrop" cases like Starknet and zkSync have become cautionary tales. With Starknet, the community was outraged when internal wallets and test wallets received the majority of tokens, causing a price drop. ZkSync was also criticized when many newly created wallets solely for "farming" still received airdrops while genuine users were excluded, leading to a sharp decline in the ZK token price and ongoing community backlash against the project.