PANews reported on December 20 that according to AltLayer's official announcement, the Eigen Foundation provided it with a grant of 1 million EIGEN tokens in recognition of its contribution to the EigenLayer ecosystem. AltLayer announced that all tokens will be used to give back to the community:

• First batch of 500,000 EIGEN tokens : distributed to reALT holders and stakers starting this week, with snapshots from May 9 to December 12, 2024.

• The remaining 500,000 EIGEN tokens will be distributed after Eigen Layer’s V2 reward mechanism goes live on the mainnet in 2025.

Users can claim the tokens through the only official website: stake.altlayer.io . The claiming time is from 11:00 on December 20, 2024 to 11:00 on February 20, 2025 (Beijing time).