The news set off a debate on the social-media platform X about whether advising the EigenFoundation might constitute a conflict of interest – given the flagged risks to Ethereum from restaking protocol EigenLayer.
EigenLayer’s EIGEN Airdrop Might Signal Demise of Once-Popular ‘Points’
EIGEN’s airdrop comes after a wave of criticism of its distribution plan and points program.
EigenLayer, After Touching Off Restaking Frenzy, Plans Own EIGEN token
Some 45% of the EIGEN token supply will go towards the EigenLayer community, while investors will be allocated 29.5% of the token supply, and 25.5% will go towards early contributors.