GRASS just blasted airdrop history on Solana with almost 1.5 million addresses grabbing tokens, says Dune Analytics. The biggest airdrop so far in Solana-land, at least by number of wallets holding it. And that claim count might go higher because Wynd Labs, the crew behind GRASS, has over 5 million wallets waiting for a piece. CEO Andrej Radonjic explained that some users have several addresses, so maybe the user count ain’t the same—but still, the scale here’s massive.
The Monday drop flooded Phantom, Solana’s main wallet, crashing it for a bit while people rushed to claim. Some are calling GRASS the “biggest distro of 2024.” Previous record holder? Jupiter DEX, which only hit 639,000 claims. GRASS went all out with eligible wallets, leaving past Solana airdrops way back.
What Even Is GRASS?
GRASS is the brainchild of a bunch of Web3 pros who wanna give AI bots something real to chew on. It scrapes and organizes online data to train those bots. Millions have downloaded the GRASS app and extension, putting their own bandwidth to work. Every byte you give earns GRASS, flipping the old model where Big Tech just mooches your data.
Radonjic laid it out: “Historically, your bandwidth has been stolen from you by companies that pay developers to sneak software into your free apps. They then turn around and allow F500’s and AI companies to use your device to scrape valuable web data.” Now users gain from their own digital exhaust.
Besides collecting, GRASS lets users stake tokens to power “web traffic flowing through the network” and pay for needed bandwidth. Call it the Web’s backbone for AI data—without the big boss at the top.
First Wave, GRASS Points, and Market Unlocks
Epoch 1 of GRASS handed out 100 million tokens, or 10% of its stash, mostly to users who stacked more than 500 Grass Points. For those itching for tokenomics, GRASS has a long-haul unlock plan till 2028, slowly dripping out tokens to prevent market splashes. From now through late 2025, 0.01% of GRASS unlocks daily, which could hit prices over time. Current market action has GRASS tokens near $1, shooting the fully diluted valuation close to $1B.
Not All Are Hyped
Bots snatched tokens, some say, and a few crypto pros grumble that GRASS’s bandwidth model feels like malware. But Radonjic fired back, saying it “has gone through a stringent certification process with AppEsteem, a leading cybersecurity firm.” According to Radonjic, it’s easy to join by design. To reach millions, GRASS needs a “frictionless” entry. He also said they’ve got Sybil protection nailed, using IPs and device IDs to weed out bots.
This ain’t your grandma’s airdrop. GRASS may just be Web3’s biggest bet on user-powered data.
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