Crypto enthusiasts scrambling to verify their eligibility for the Linea airdrop now have access to a dedicated tool on Linea Hub—a development that has prompted no small amount of wallet-checking anxiety across the ecosystem. The verification process, launched September 3, 2025, requires users to demonstrate their worthiness through participation in either Linea Voyage or Linea Surge campaigns, because apparently simply existing in crypto isn’t quite enough anymore.
The threshold mathematics are refreshingly straightforward: 2,000 LXP points from Voyage activities or 15,000 LXP-L points from Surge liquidity provision. Voyage participants navigate seven reward tiers capping at 8,000+ points, while Surge providers enjoy unlimited point accumulation through linear distribution—a design choice that rewards actual capital deployment over gaming mechanics.
Early adopters who engaged before March 27, 2024, receive boost multipliers up to 30%, alongside those demonstrating consistent mainnet activity and MetaMask integration. The snapshot finalized in July 2025 captured 749,662 eligible addresses from what was presumably a much larger pool of hopefuls, with approximately 9.36 billion LINEA tokens awaiting distribution.
The claiming window spans exactly 90 days (September 10 to December 9, 2025), during which eligible wallets must execute transactions directly from their self-custody addresses. No centralized exchange shortcuts, no third-party intermediaries—just you, your MetaMask, and sufficient ETH for gas fees. Unlike traditional stock markets with fixed hours, these cryptocurrency markets operate continuously around the clock for claiming activities. Tokens unlock immediately upon claim, because apparently vesting schedules weren’t punitive enough for this particular distribution. The token’s deflationary design incorporates a fee burning mechanism where 20% of transaction fees in ETH are permanently removed from circulation at the protocol level.
Linea’s anti-Sybil measures eliminated over 800,000 addresses through Proof-of-Humanity verification and Nansen analytics—a rather impressive culling that suggests the initial applicant pool contained more sock puppets than a children’s theater. The consortium’s tokenomics allocate 85% toward ecosystem development, with partners including ConsenSys, Eigen Labs, and ENS managing a decade-long fund. As an Ethereum Layer 2 solution, Linea leverages zkEVM architecture to maintain full compatibility with existing Ethereum decentralized applications.
Those failing to claim within the prescribed window will watch their allocation return to the Linea Consortium ecosystem fund, where presumably it will serve higher purposes than funding someone’s next leveraged trading adventure. The verification tool awaits, judgment rendered in stark binary: eligible or not.
