Original | Odaily Planet Daily (@OdailyChina)
Yesterday, Somnia announced on the X platform that the airdrop eligibility check has gone live, and users need to connect their Somnia Quests wallet to check their eligibility. However, this did not lead to a celebration of "another money-making project." On the contrary, the results disappointed many genuine users—many found they were not eligible at all, leading to public skepticism: this airdrop is not only not a "small gain," but is even suspected of having insider trading and opaque operations.
Project Introduction
Somnia is an L1 project dedicated to connecting the metaverse into a unified virtual society, aiming to create an open and unified metaverse that allows users to move seamlessly across various experiences. Somnia provides infinite possibilities for creators to build transferable and reconfigurable content by upgrading existing NFTs.
Somnia founder Paul Thomas stated: "The launch of Somnia is not only a significant step for the metaverse but also changes the game for blockchain technology. Most blockchains are very suitable for the financial sector, and we have seen great innovations in the DeFi space, but the limitations of the field have also hindered the rise of more social and creative enterprises. The protocol we are releasing will realize the vision of an interconnected and composable metaverse, and I hope this will bring new community collaboration to the entire field."
Airdrop Share Accounts for 4.1%, with Only 20% Unlocked at TGE; the Remaining 80% Fully Unlocked 60 Days After Mainnet Tasks Begin
Somnia not only has a very low airdrop allocation for early users, but also 80% is locked and requires completing mainnet tasks to unlock.
Yesterday, while announcing the launch of the airdrop eligibility check, Somnia also revealed its token model. The total supply of the project token is 1 billion, of which 5% will be allocated to the community, and 4.1% of this portion will be allocated to early users who participated in testnet interactions.
To avoid a concentrated sell-off due to a large airdrop share at TGE, which could lead to severe price fluctuations, the team designed a phased unlocking mechanism: Only 20% of the airdrop share will be released at TGE, while the remaining 80% will be tied to tasks after the mainnet launch. Specifically, token unlocking will be gradually released based on task cycles, with a corresponding proportion of tokens unlocked for each completed task cycle, and the entire process is expected to be completed within 60 days after the mainnet launch.
Additionally, all airdrop users will have a 90-day window to complete these tasks and claim their tokens. If they do not complete them within the specified period, the unclaimed portion will be automatically reclaimed and injected into the ecological fund for subsequent ecological construction and incentives.
Odyssey was done, test tokens were received, KYC was completed, NFTs were purchased, but there was no airdrop eligibility
For most "profit-seekers" who have been active on the testnet for a long time, the real disappointment does not lie in the small allocation or the fact that only 20% of the airdrop share is unlocked at TGE. What they find hardest to accept is that despite investing a lot of effort, the eligibility check results show "not eligible," which is hard to believe.
As a result, community sentiment has plummeted. First, a large number of users expressed strong dissatisfaction with the opacity of the KYC mechanism and eligibility screening. Many "profit-seekers" who insisted on participating in testnet interactions pointed out that the project did not disclose the complete tokenomics before the airdrop but required users to spend nearly $5 on KYC, only to find that very few were eligible, making it feel like a "reverse profit." Especially with the significant differences between the Chinese and English communities, many genuine participants in the Chinese community were disqualified, while more people in the English community received airdrops, further intensifying doubts about fairness.
Secondly, the community is angry about the airdrop distribution and threshold rules. Some believe that since 225,000 people participated in completing the KYC task, it would be entirely reasonable to symbolically give each person a little, even if it’s not much, to reflect fairness. However, the reality is that even among the 65,000 who completed KYC and scored above 30, only a small portion received eligibility. The vague rules and unfair distribution have left many users disheartened.
Finally, the emotions of long-time users are particularly intense. Many recall their contributions over several months or even half a year: checking in almost daily, completing the Odyssey tasks, receiving test tokens, completing KYC as required, and even purchasing the NFTs released by the official team, only to be met with a response of "not eligible." This sense of being invalidated has made users extremely angry.
Founder Responds: Some Accounts in Airdrop Query Results Have Issues and Are Being Actively Resolved
In response to the overwhelming negative sentiment from users who participated in early testnet interactions after the airdrop eligibility check went live, Somnia founder Paul Thomas posted on the X platform, acknowledging that there are indeed some account anomalies in the airdrop query results. The team is actively addressing these issues and promises to release an announcement as soon as the problems are resolved, asking users to be patient.
However, many community members are skeptical, believing this is just an official excuse to alleviate the current surge of negative sentiment. Users want clear and transparent explanations rather than just "being resolved," such as where the anomalies are, how many people are specifically involved, and how they will be corrected. But the founder did not mention these key details.
Some users bluntly stated that this response is merely a "stalling tactic." Rather than actively addressing the issues, it seems more like a delay to prevent negative sentiment from escalating further. There are concerns that by the time the so-called "announcement" comes out, the real issues may still not be addressed directly.
Amidst feelings of disappointment and skepticism, the community generally questions: if even the airdrop, which is most reflective of fairness, cannot be conducted transparently, how many early users will continue to use Somnia after the mainnet launch?
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