In the context of the cryptocurrency community being outraged over airdrop manipulation incidents, Eclipse Labs has announced a strong move: to ban its entire team, employees, and investors from receiving upcoming ES token rewards.
Countering "insider" manipulation and protecting real users
On June 26, Eclipse Labs announced that all employees, team members, and investors have signed a legal commitment not to receive any part of the ES airdrop. Furthermore, they must provide a list of all wallet addresses they own, including test wallets, to ensure total exclusion.
This move is a direct response to the recent wave of criticism, as many projects have been found to have development teams using test wallets to "farm" airdrops and then secretly sell them, shocking the community. Eclipse asserts: "This is a tactic to conceal the actual circulating supply of the token. This will not happen with ES."
Eclipse commits that all #ES tokens allocated for the community will be distributed transparently, fairly, without interference or internal competition. No ES tokens from the airdrop will fall into the hands of the development team or investors.
In addition, tokens allocated to the team and investors will be completely locked for 1 year after the token listing, after which they will gradually be unlocked according to a vesting schedule lasting 3 years – this is one of the longest and strictest vesting policies among current layer-2 projects.
About Eclipse Labs and the ES Airdrop expectations
Founded in 2022, #EclipseLabs stands out with unique technology: a layer-2 rollup network connecting to Ethereum, using the Solana Virtual Machine (SVM) and self-proclaimed as the first layer-2 on Ethereum integrating SVM technology. The core goal of the project is to combine the high processing speed of Solana with the robust security layer of Ethereum, aiming to solve the throughput problem for large-scale decentralized applications.
To date, Eclipse Labs has raised approximately $65 million, notably a $50 million Series A round 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 allocation of the ES airdrop has not yet been announced. The project commits to continue providing updates and ensuring no sudden moves that leave the community passive.
Previous "insider airdrop" incidents like Starknet and zkSync have become cautionary tales. With Starknet, the community was outraged when internal and test wallets received the majority of tokens, causing price drops. ZkSync was also criticized when many newly created wallets solely for "farming" still received airdrops, while real users were excluded, leading to a drop in ZK token prices and ongoing criticism from the community.
