Solana Mobile has started an airdrop of its native SKR token, allowing users of the Seeker phone and developers of quality dApps on its platform to claim allocations over a 90-day period.

Users can claim SKR directly through the Seeker’s built-in wallet, while developers who deployed apps in the dApp Store during Season 1 are also eligible.

Unclaimed tokens will return to the airdrop pool after the 90-day window.

“Seeker and SKR are designed so that the people who use the network can directly own a stake in it,” Solana Mobile said in its announcement.

Official Announcement.

SKR tokenomics and staking

SKR functions as the ecosystem’s governance and utility token, powering incentives, rewards, and community control. Its total supply is 10 billion, with 30% allocated to airdrops. Solana Mobile encourages recipients to stake SKR, noting that inflation events occur every 48 hours under a linear schedule: starting at 10% annual inflation and decreasing by 25% per year until stabilizing at 2%.

“Today, over 100,000 users are eligible to claim tokens.”

The airdrop coincides with the start of Seeker Season 2, which introduces new apps, rewards, early access, and focus areas such as DeFi, gaming, payments, trading, and decentralized physical infrastructure networks (DePIN).

Building an open mobile ecosystem

The SKR launch represents a continuation of Solana Mobile’s broader goal to challenge today’s mobile app duopoly, which it says controls app distribution, revenue, and rules. The Seeker phone, an Android-based successor to the Saga, integrates blockchain features such as Seed Vault encryption, a zero-fee dApp store, and a built-in Solana wallet. Since its August 2025 launch, over 150,000 devices have been distributed worldwide, processing more than 9 million transactions across 175 dApps with roughly $2.6 billion in activity.

SKR introduces a governance layer to distribute control across the community. Holders can stake tokens to Guardians, independent operators responsible for verifying devices, approving apps, and enforcing standards.

Early staking pools open in January, with a two-epoch (approximately two-day) unstaking period.

Guardians and decentralized control

The first Guardians include Anza, DoubleZero, Triton, Helius, and Jito. Each holds equal authority in the network, preventing any single entity from controlling approvals or verification. This structure allows the Solana Mobile ecosystem to maintain transparency, enforce rules consistently, and reward token holders who participate in governance.

General Manager Emmett Hollyer said,

“SKR gives users the chance to influence which apps participate, what rules they follow, and how economic incentives flow through the ecosystem.”

Early benefits and next steps

Seeker owners with active Genesis Tokens in their Seed Vault wallets are eligible for SKR rewards and access to exclusive dApps. While Saga users will not receive allocations, the token drop marks a new phase of open mobile governance. Additional details on staking mechanics and the distribution schedule will be shared in the weeks leading up to the token generation event.

Solana Mobile’s vision centers on expanding decentralized access to mobile-based internet finance, using tokenized governance and community-led standards to create an open alternative to today’s closed ecosystems.

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