Polygon-tied Avail plans airdrop to rival hot modular chain Celestia amid data availability wars

Avail, a blockchain data availability project, is planning a token airdrop and has leaked eligibility criteria including layer-2 users and Polygon stakeholders.

This follows rival project Celestia, whose $1B+ token has done well since its airdrop in November 2022.

Avail was spun out of Polygon in March 2023 but retains ties, with Polygon founder Nailwal expressing excitement.

Avail's moves come amid a trend toward modular blockchains with separate data availability modules, versus monolithic chains like Ethereum.

Competitor EigenLayer launched its modular chain with EigenDA this week, but has not confirmed token plans.