ChainCatcher message, according to the official announcement, the Eigen Foundation has granted 1 million EIGEN tokens to AltLayer. AltLayer stated that the tokens will be directly used to give back to the community, with the first batch of 500,000 EIGEN tokens starting to be distributed to reALT holders and stakers this week.The remaining 500,000 EIGEN tokens will be distributed when the V2 reward mechanism of Eigen Layer goes live on its mainnet in 2025.

ChainCatcher news, the Eigen Foundation has allocated 1% of the EIGEN token supply (approximately 16,736,465 EIGEN, worth over $83 million) to the Protocol Guild and has published the transaction hash. It expressed its pleasure in supporting the developers, researchers, and coordinators who are driving the thriving growth of Ethereum.

ChainCatcher news, according to official sources, the Eigen Foundation has committed to allocating 1% of the EIGEN token supply to the Protocol Guild.According to the Eigen Foundation's statement, these funds will be used to support the ongoing work of the Protocol Guild, which currently has 180 members from 29 teams.

ChainCatcher message, the Eigen Foundation stated on X that the first reward claim date for Programmatic Incentive v1 has been postponed by one week to October 15, 2024, to ensure that only eligible non-investor EIGEN stakers and qualified operators can receive programmatic rewards for their activities prior to transferability (i.e., for the period up to September 30, 2024).

ChainCatcher message, the Eigen Foundation announced on social media that it will unlock the EIGEN transfer restrictions at 12:00 PM Beijing time on October 1 (9:00 PM PST on September 30).It is reported that if a user's EIGEN is currently staked, there will be a 7-day withdrawal period for canceling the staking of EIGEN.

ChainCatcher message, the Eigen Foundation announced on platform X that the transfer restrictions on EIGEN tokens are expected to be lifted on September 30, 2024. The Eigen Foundation emphasizes that there will be a 7-day withdrawal waiting period after the currently staked EIGEN tokens are unstaked.

ChainCatcher message, the Eigen Foundation officially announced on social media that there are less than 30 days left until the deadline for claiming the EIGEN Season 1 airdrop. Users need to claim before 11:59 PM Pacific Standard Time on September 7, 2024. More details about Season 2 will be announced later this month.

ChainCatcher news, according to official sources, the Eigen Foundation has allocated the first strategic grant to the Celo Foundation to support the use of EigenDA in Celo Layer 2.It is reported that cLabs first proposed the migration of Celo from EVM-compatible L1 at EthCC last July, suggesting the use of EigenDA. Migrating to L2 with EigenDA helps avoid the high costs associated with native Ethereum storage, maintaining Celo's extremely low transaction fees.

ChainCatcher message, the Eigen Foundation announced on social media that the second phase of the Season 1 EIGEN staking airdrop has officially launched. The addition of the second phase brings the total allocation for Season 1 to approximately 113 million EIGEN, which accounts for 6.7% of the total EIGEN supply reserved for the staking airdrop.According to the announcement, the claim period is from now until September 7, 2024. All Season 1 users (including second phase users) will receive a reward of 100 EIGEN, but no user will receive the reward twice.

ChainCatcher message, the Eigen Foundation has released the following clarifications on social platforms regarding the 10% allocation of Season 1 Phase 2 (approximately 7.77 million EIGEN), Pendle, and certain other unresolved (DeFi) contracts:Users of Pendle or any unresolved (DeFi) contracts will not be penalized in the distribution;Approximately 10% of the Season 1 allocation, the exact allocation for Phase 2 is 9.28%;The allocation for Season 1 Phase 2 is not predetermined but reflects the total allocation related to unresolved (DeFi) contracts.In addition, Season 2 is now open, and ecosystem participants after the snapshot on March 15 will be considered. The initial total supply of EIGEN for Season 1 is allocated as follows: Season 1: 5% allocation, 83.68 million, where Phase 1: 4.54% allocation, 75.91 million; Phase 2: 0.46% allocation, 7.77 million.

ChainCatcher message, EigenLayer has opened a foundation account on platform X, including multiple official accounts such as Eigen Labs and EigenLayer, and the founder Sreeram Kannan has also followed this account. The homepage description of this account includes the domain "eigenfoundation.org".Additionally, community users have found that Sub Domain Finder information shows that three subdomains have now been created under the main domain "eigenfoundation.org", including "claims.eigenfoundation.org".