This is just a suggestion to share with the community. I’d be happy to read it.
Jupiter’s final airdrop, scheduled for November 2025, will be a historic event. More than just a distribution, it is a genuine and well-deserved celebration of our community: a sincere thank you to those who have been the guardians and builders of this ecosystem since its inception.
This proposal establishes a framework of criteria designed to ensure that the airdrop rewards loyalty, active participation, and long-term commitment. This airdrop is dedicated to those who have believed in Jupiter, and its distribution will be based on merit, not investment size.
Proposed Distribution Mechanism: A Detailed Points-Based System
A multifaceted points system is proposed for the airdrop, which will value the following actions. Airdrop rewards will be distributed proportionally to each user’s accumulated points.
1. Seniority and Legacy (Weight: 60%):
Founding Users (JUP-1 and JUP-2): The highest score will be awarded to those who qualified for the first two airdrops and have maintained their ownership. This is the most important criterion, as being a member from the beginning demonstrates a strong belief in the project.
Holding Requirement: To be eligible, users must have maintained a minimum amount of their JUP tokens over time. A significant bonus will be awarded to those who have not sold the tokens received in previous airdrops and, even more notably, to those who have increased their holdings. This criterion rewards long-term trust and filters out those seeking short-term gains.
Solana Seniority Bonus: An additional score will be awarded to wallets active in the Solana ecosystem since 2023 or earlier, in recognition of the network’s pioneers.
2. Active participation in the ecosystem (40% weighting):
Staking commitment:
Staking duration: The amount of time JUP tokens are staked will be rewarded in stages. Consistency in staking is the most valued factor.
Staking amount: Users will be recognized for their contribution to network security.
Governance and voting:
An airdrop bonus will be awarded to users for their participation in DAO proposals, regardless of their vote (yes, no, abstention). The act of voting demonstrates their commitment to governance.
Special recognition could be considered for “Super Voters,” who have participated in the majority of key decisions.
Platform usage:
Swaps and trading: Points will be awarded for using Jupiter’s core feature, which rewards organic activity on the platform. Advanced Features: A bonus will be awarded to those who have explored and utilized advanced tools such as Limit Orders and DCA (Dollar Cost Averaging), demonstrating a deep understanding and use of the protocol.
3. Reward Distribution 70/30):
70% of the Airdrop:This portion will be allocated to the core community that meets the aforementioned commitment criteria. This is the reward reserved for the ecosystem’s creators.
30% of the Airdrop: This will be reserved to fairly incentivize new users who join the ecosystem, promoting their participation and growth, while always prioritizing the merit of the original user base.
Jupiter’s final launch should be an event celebrating our identity. The message is clear: **Loyalty, effort, and long-term faith in the project are its true values and will be rewarded as such. This launch should be the final thank you to everyone who has contributed to making Jupiter what it is today.
snapshot for the airdrop will be in november but distribution likely won’t happen until end of year or early 2026 (if it follows the timeline of the last jupuary)
would love to see staking amount/duration and never unstaking be some kind of a factor (as it is beneficial to me if we are being transparent) but I also think 2025 users and promoters of jupiter and all of its products should be fed the lion’s share
I think you have a very good proposal here. The only thing I would suggest would be lower the percentage of the awarded tokens for the seniority & legacy category. Don’t get me wrong, I’m not saying that’s not an important metric. Not by a long shot. Because I believe that it is, and the earliest adopters should be rewarded for their commitment. I’m thinking 45% to 50% would be more than fair in my opinion. I say that because there are/will be a lot of new users to the ecosystem that are just starting to interact within the Jupiter ecosystem because 1. They are new to the crypto space or have barely came across the Jupiter ecosystem. And depending on their involvement / contributions to the ecosystem should be eligible for a fairer share. Other than that. Your proposal is very attractive. Yes in deed! Thank you for your time you put into it and sharing it with us.
While every feedback and opinion matters i believe too early to talk about all these things. First of all Jupuary hasn’t been scheduled for November 2025. Jupuary happens in January which means it is expected to happen in January 2026. Maybe if a snapshot situation occurs it can happen in November (unofficial opinion) according to the previous experiences but still it is better not to focus on any time related concept.
Your criterias are still too depended on old version but as it has already been mentioned before most probably criterias will be very different than previous years.
In addition don’T forget that there are plenty of new products and there will be more. I am not implying anything with that but you know while there are still months to Jupuary speaking about criterias at this point with the lack of many potential things doesnt make sense. As team always say, please use Jupiter for your own needs, not for airdrop and don’t focus on some metrics in that concept
I really agree with the sentiment of the main post @Thementalist1. And as @lochie2001 says, hopefully the upcoming airdrop does reward more the loyalty.
I made this point during discussion in the last airdrop, that at some point if JUP team want to see price appreciating, they have to start rewarding people that are doing the things they say they want - i.e. buying, staking, holding and engaging in JUP discourse/voting.
Early airdrops were about bringing people into the jupiverse, they have to reward those people that stay. Not saying they shouldn’t be still allocating for new users, but I agree that the weighting should shift. It’s slightly frustrating that we voted on this happening but without any say on how the next airdorp will pan out - I guess we just have to hope - they obviously heard the message about stakers/voters last time around so hopefully they have that in their heads this time too
I’m going to be the dissenting voice here and say I think it’s time to cut the cord on the whole loyalty thing.
There’s been more than enough rewards for loyalty at this point (and I say that having benefited directly from this).
From here on in it should be about growing the products and user base. You don’t grow by incentivising existing users/usage; you grow by incentivising new users/usage.
Everyone should be on a level playing field for the next round of incentives, and incentives should be closely aligned to product usage, and less to broad ‘engagement’ metrics.
Up. More users and more usage drives more revenue.
Whereas dumping more tokens to existing users based on length of holding and non-revenue generating usage (e.g., social/community engagement), as nice as it is, is paying people a wage.
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