EigenLayer, a restaking protocol, has announced the launch of its native token, $EIGEN, with significant attention from the crypto community. The token, described as the 'Universal Intersubjective Work Token,' aims to complement Ethereum and introduces innovative tokenomics. $EIGEN will initially be non-transferable, with a total supply of 1.67 billion tokens. The community is allocated 45% of the total supply, with 15% each going to stakedrops, community initiatives, and ecosystem development. The first stakedrop represents 5% of the total supply, based on a snapshot taken on March 15, and is 90% immediately claimable. The Eigen Foundation has also scheduled a livestream to cover details about the token, featuring EigenLayer founder Sreeram Kannan and Eigen Foundation Director RJ Droste. The token claims will start on May 10, as announced on EigenLayer's official website. The FDV is projected at $10B with 15% of tokens airdropped to stakers over multiple seasons.
Mixed EIGEN Feelings Not everyone is happy with the new EIGEN token plans Our analysis of why 👇 https://t.co/2AxBBiK4yN
Made a tokenomics pie for $EIGEN because the docs sucked. 45.0% - Community (15/15/15) 29.5% - Investors 25.5% - Early Contributors If you take the numbers and apply the current PERP-EIGEN price on Aevo (~$10.20) the implied FDV is ~$17b, placing it 13th overall, just behind… https://t.co/juusWEX7KX
From what I see, $EIGEN seems to be like an alt-L1 token It has its own social consensus, doesn't interact with restaked ETH as ETH isn't used for non-objective work (only $EIGEN). Chain forks are replaced with token forks but it's essentially the same mechanism (slashing for… https://t.co/imy3rIbN8A