Nikolas Sargeant
Solana Mobile has launched an airdrop of its native SKR token, opening claims to users of its Seeker smartphone and select developers active in its decentralized application ecosystem, as the company advances its vision of user-owned mobile platforms.
In a Tuesday statement, Solana Mobile characterized the airdrop as reflecting its broader philosophy around mobile platform ownership. "Seeker and SKR are a bet that there's another way for mobile: that the people who use the network should own the network," the company stated, adding that more than 100,000 users are eligible to claim tokens.
Seeker phone owners can claim their allocation directly through the device's built-in wallet. The claim window is set at 90 days, after which any unclaimed tokens will be returned to the airdrop pool, according to the announcement. The time-limited window creates urgency for eligible users to secure their allocations.
Eligibility extends beyond hardware users. Developers who launched what Solana Mobile described as "quality apps" on the Solana dApp Store during Season 1 are included in the distribution, underscoring the company's commitment to rewarding early ecosystem contributors who built foundational applications.
SKR is positioned as the core asset underpinning governance, incentives, and economic activity across the Solana Mobile ecosystem. The token has a fixed supply of 10 billion units, with 30% allocated to airdrops and unlocks at launch. Solana Mobile stated this structure prioritizes early participation while maintaining long-term issuance controls.
Airdrop recipients are being encouraged to stake their SKR tokens. According to project documentation, inflation events occur every 48 hours under a linear schedule starting with 10% annual inflation. That rate is designed to decline by 25% each year until reaching 2%, at which point inflation will remain constant, creating predictable long-term token economics.
The token launch coincides with the rollout of Seeker's Season 2 campaign, introducing new applications, rewards, and early-access programs. Focus areas include decentralized finance, gaming, payments, trading, and decentralized physical infrastructure networks (DePIN), expanding the device's utility across multiple cryptocurrency use cases.
Seeker is an Android-based smartphone and the successor to Solana Mobile's first device, Saga. It comes preloaded with blockchain-focused features, including Seed Vault hardware-backed key storage and a native Solana dApp Store providing direct access to decentralized applications without requiring third-party app stores.
In August, Solana Mobile reported receiving approximately 150,000 preorders for Seeker, with shipments planned across more than 50 countries. The global distribution strategy reflects ambitions to establish meaningful market presence beyond early adopter cryptocurrency communities.
The Solana Seeker includes a Genesis NFT providing owners access to future airdrops, exclusive content, and reward programs, with particular focus on the SKR ecosystem token. The NFT creates ongoing engagement incentives beyond the initial device purchase.
SKR operates on Solana's layer-1 blockchain and is designed to be "airdropped directly to builders and users for ecosystem participation," according to project materials. The token economics tie device ownership to network participation, creating alignment between hardware sales and blockchain activity.
According to CoinGecko data, SKR was trading at $0.01062 at the time of publication, up 54% over the past 24 hours following the airdrop announcement. The price surge reflects immediate market interest in the token distribution and speculation around future utility.
