Inside the $MON Airdrop: Who Qualified & How Sybils, Go Home! Real Users, LFG! Builders, traders, educators — $MON can change your life! Here’s how the $MON airdrop found them 🧵

5 main tracks: - Monad Community - On-Chain Users - Crypto Community - Crypto Contributors

1/ Monad Community This track rewards core community contributors: - Organizers of initiatives, events, and community projects - People recognized by the community via Monad Community Recognizer - Profiles with strong social engagement, network connections (both online & offline)

2/ On-Chain Users • Active DEX traders on EVM & Solana (incl. meme token trading, advanced activity) • Depositors / participants in DeFi protocols (Aave, Uniswap, Curve, Pendle, etc.) • Holders of well-known NFT collections (Azuki, CryptoPunks, Doodles, Milady Maker, Moonbirds, Pudgy Penguins, SMBC, etc.) • Users who voted in DAO governance Snapshot taken on Sept 30, 2025, 23:59 UTC

3/ Crypto Community • Broader Web3 users, outside pure development: • Monad Cards participants (even if inactive) • Active in crypto communities: Farcaster, Discord & Telegram groups, projects like BACKPACK, ARC, LobsterDAO, etc. Strong social presence in Web3, community engagement, content contribution

@farcaster_xyz 4/ Crypto Contributors / Crypto Curious Those who build, teach, research crypto — not just use: • Security auditors, research teams (e.g. Cantina, SEAL 911) • Educators, students, participants in programs like RareSkills, SheFi

5/ Monad Builders People building inside Monad’s ecosystem: • Developers submitting qualified projects to Monad Blitzes, Dev Missions, hackathons • Teams building native apps on Monad • Contributors to infrastructure, or those participating in IRL events ✨ Note: Monad Foundation / Category Labs staff were excluded from “Builder” eligibility.