Back to collectionEighty-Eight XAI and the Line Drawn by a Key
On the first day of the Lunar New Year, Sentry Key holders were still waiting for staking and redemption to open. The narrator announced a Lunar New Year airdrop for Sentry Key holders: 88 XAI for the first key, plus 8 XAI for each additional key. The announcement brought the divide between people with and without keys into view.
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On the first day of the Lunar New Year, Sentry Key holders were still waiting for staking and redemption to open. The narrator, who also relayed project news to the community, had a concrete question to answer in the holiday announcement: who would receive XAI this time, and what would make them eligible?
The narrator announced a Lunar New Year airdrop for Sentry Key holders: 88 XAI for the first key, plus 8 XAI for each additional key. Eligibility also required completed identity verification and a public X/Twitter tweet about XAI. The tweeting window ran for twelve days, from February 10 through February 22. The announcement said claiming would begin on February 24, the Lantern Festival, Hong Kong time, and remain open for thirty days. A little over ten minutes later, the narrator added that a front-end fault was showing some verified people as unverified. It would be fixed later; the team was exhausted from getting the announcement out before the holiday, and claiming was still some way off. For now, people should enjoy the New Year.
The announcement brought the divide between people with and without keys into view. The Night Watchman had a key, but had to publish a public X/Twitter tweet to qualify for the 88 XAI attached to his first one; he told the chat it was his first tweet in two years. Sisyphus had no key and would receive none. He said he had known which side he stood on. The eligibility display still needed fixing, and prospective recipients still had to tweet within the window. A holiday airdrop would not settle the difference between the two men.