Avail Airdrop Status 2026: Claim Ended, AVAIL Token and Staking Guide

Avail airdrop status in 2026

Avail's Unification Drop claim has ended. The official claim portal displays an ended notice, and Avail's current documentation says all phases are complete. Avail DA mainnet and the AVAIL token launched on 23 July 2024, so the Goldberg testnet tasks in the original guide are no longer a route to an upcoming token launch.

The Unification Drop allocated 600 million AVAIL, equal to 6% of genesis supply. Phase 1 verification closed on 4 May 2024 and Phase 2 closed on 15 May 2024. Eligible users had to verify an Avail address before the applicable deadline; tokens were then distributed at mainnet launch.

Avail's tokenomics include a separate 6% “Public Allocation—Future Initiatives” category that can fund future airdrops, listings, campaigns and public-growth programmes. This is a reserve category, not confirmation of a new claim. Wait for a dated announcement containing eligibility, snapshots and terms.

Can I still claim the AVAIL Unification Drop?

No ordinary late-claim route was verified. The official Avail Rewards portal states that the claim has ended. Do not connect a wallet to another domain promising to reopen eligibility or recover an allocation.

If you verified successfully in 2024 but cannot find the distribution:

1. Check the Avail mainnet address submitted during verification, not only the EVM address used to prove eligibility.
2. Use the official Avail explorer to review the account's mainnet transfers and balance.
3. Confirm that the wallet is set to Avail mainnet rather than the old Goldberg network or Turing testnet.
4. Contact Avail through the support and community links on availproject.org, supplying public addresses and transaction evidence only.
5. Never disclose the recovery phrase for either the eligibility wallet or the destination account.

Who qualified for the original Unification Drop?

Avail initially reported 354,605 eligible addresses. The programme covered several groups:

• contributors to selected open-source blockchain repositories;
• Goldberg Clash of Nodes validators and other incentivised-testnet participants;
• selected Light Client Lift-Off operators;
• eligible users of Arbitrum One, OP Mainnet, Polygon zkEVM, Starknet and zkSync Era;
• Polygon PoS stakers and selected liquid-staking-token holders; and
• significant governance, education, research and community contributors.

Phase 2 expanded eligibility for Clash of Nodes participants, selected Polygon liquid-staking users and developers from additional repositories. Sybil filtering and category-specific snapshots were applied. Participation in one activity did not guarantee eligibility.

AVAIL token supply and allocation

AVAIL is the native token of Avail DA. Current documentation gives these core figures:

• Genesis supply: 10 billion AVAIL;
• Genesis circulating supply: 16.775%;
• Decimals: 18; and
• Inflation: 5% per year.

The genesis allocation was:

More than 65% of genesis allocation falls within the four community-facing categories, but much of it follows foundation distribution or vesting rules. “Allocated” does not mean immediately circulating. The ongoing 5% annual issuance also means 10 billion is not a hard maximum supply.

Native AVAIL and the Ethereum ERC-20 address

AVAIL exists natively on the standalone Avail network and pays its transaction and data-availability fees. Native AVAIL does not require an EVM token contract.

When AVAIL is bridged to Ethereum through Avail's official bridge, the corresponding Ethereum ERC-20 is minted at:

0xEeB4d8400AEefafC1B2953e0094134A887C76Bd8

Do not send native AVAIL directly to an Ethereum address through an unsupported transfer. Use an Avail-compatible wallet for the native network and enter any bridge through the project's official site. Verify the source chain, destination chain, address format, fee and token contract before confirming.

What is AVAIL used for?

AVAIL pays for Avail DA services, secures the network through nominated proof of stake and participates in governance. Avail DA provides data availability for rollups and application chains through validity proofs, KZG commitments and data availability sampling.

Avail Nexus launched on mainnet in November 2025. It coordinates intent-based cross-chain execution, allowing integrated applications to aggregate balances, bridge or swap across supported networks. Avail describes AVAIL as underpinning security, usage and economic alignment across DA and Nexus. Nexus itself has solver, vault, third-party routing and supported-asset risks separate from the native token.

How to stake AVAIL

AVAIL holders can nominate validators directly or join a nomination pool through the official staking dashboard. Current documentation states:

• direct nomination requires at least 1,000 AVAIL;
• joining a nomination pool requires at least 100 AVAIL;
• direct nominators can select up to 16 validators;
• the unbonding period is 28 days; and
• users should retain unstaked AVAIL to pay transaction fees.

Nomination-pool rewards must be withdrawn or compounded through a transaction. Rewards are not guaranteed: validator performance, commission, oversubscription, pool settings and the active-set election can affect payouts. Pool-staked funds also cannot be used for governance voting.

Avail and AVAIL risks

• Closed-claim scams: the Unification Drop portal is closed. A “Phase 3” or late-claim page is fraudulent unless Avail announces it through verified channels.
• Seed-phrase theft: no faucet, explorer, bridge, claim page or support agent needs a recovery phrase.
• Network confusion: Goldberg and Kate are decommissioned; Turing is the current testnet and testnet AVAIL has no market value.
• Bridge risk: the Ethereum ERC-20 depends on bridge contracts and correct cross-network execution.
• Staking risk: nominations involve validator, slashing, commission and 28-day liquidity risks.
• Inflation and unlock risk: 5% annual issuance and vesting or foundation distributions can increase circulating supply.
• Nexus risk: intent execution introduces smart-contract, solver, routing, liquidity and third-party bridge risks.
• Market risk: technical utility does not guarantee token demand, liquidity or price appreciation.

Original April 2024 Avail guide (archived)

The following author-written copy is preserved for historical context. Avail has launched mainnet, the Unification Drop claim has ended, and Goldberg has been decommissioned. Old links have been deactivated where they are obsolete. Never create or restore a wallet by entering a seed phrase into an old web interface.

Avail ($AVAIL) is a new technology that allows developers to create their own blockchains with more speed, security, and flexibility. Avail will be launching their mainnet very soon, which means their Goldberg Incentivized Testnet will be ending soon, so do not miss out! Here’s our Avail ($AVAIL) token airdrop guide.

Check out our step by step guide:

What is Avail ($AVAIL)?

Here is a summary of what Avail is and their main features based on the information on this page:

• Avail: A fast and secure data and consensus layer that provides a foundation for building next-generation, trust-minimized applications.
• Modularity: Avail supports any blockchain execution environment, allowing developers to customize, scale, and adapt their blockchains to any modular stack.
• Sovereignty: Avail enables chains to become sovereign, meaning they have full control over their state and logic, and can update them without redeploying a smart contract.
• Shared Security: Avail inherits the security of its base layer validator set, which uses cutting-edge math to ensure data availability and correctness.

Will there be an Avail ($AVAIL) token airdrop?

The Avail Goldberg Incentivized Testnet (also known as the Clash of Nodes) campaign has been live since November 2023. Avail will be launching its mainnet sometime this quarter. So it is likely Avail will do an airdrop soon!

How to get the Avail ($AVAIL) token airdrop?

Frequently asked questions

Sources

• Official ended notice for the Unification Drop claim
• Official Unification Drop allocation, eligibility and deadlines
• Official AVAIL and mainnet launch announcement
• Official AVAIL supply, inflation, allocation and Ethereum contract
• Official network status and bridge-contract documentation
• Official direct nomination minimum and unbonding rules
• Official nomination-pool minimum, reward and governance rules
• Official Avail Nexus mainnet and 2025 ecosystem recap
• Official 2026 AVAIL utility update