About the Proton (XPR) snapshot and airdrop:

A snapshot will be made at Ethereum block #9773868, which should occur on Monday, March 30th, around 1:00 PM GMT.

This snapshot records all of the balances in the MTL ecosystem and every account with a balance will be credited Proton tokens at a 1:1 ratio. So if you had 1 Metal token on the snapshot date, you will receive 1 Proton token.

The airdrop will follow shortly after the snapshot has been completed.

Where do I need to store my Metal tokens to receive the XPR airdrop?

Any valid Ethereum address capable of storing MTL tokens can be used. While we understand you may have stored your tokens on a centralized service (such as an exchange, wallet service, lending platform, etc.), there are some limitations that you should be aware of.

Even though these services usually honor airdrops, we cannot guarantee they will; if you wish to have access to your Proton tokens immediately, the safest option is to move your Metal tokens to an account that you have full control of before this snapshot occurs.

Metal Vault and Metal Pay are our recommended wallets to claim the Proton (XPR) airdrop because Proton (XPR) is listed as an ERC-20 token by default for your convenience. You don’t need to take any other extra steps, in order to claim the Proton (XPR) airdrop when you hold MTL in Metal Vault or Metal Pay.

We have compiled a list of crypto wallets with custom ERC-20 token support and exchanges that we know are able to support the XPR airdrop. Simply click on an image of the respective wallet or exchange to auto-scroll to the info you need on this page.

We will update this page when more exchanges support the snapshot and airdrop.

If you’re using a different ERC-20 wallet than the ones we listed on this page, you can try to add XPR and MTL manually if the wallet supports adding custom ERC-20 tokens. Click here for the required token information.