Wormhole, the bridge connecting different blockchain worlds, is showering early users with riches! Today's the big day to claim your portion of a massive 678 million token airdrop, a cool 6.78% of Wormhole's total supply.

That's right, if you were an active traveler on Wormhole's intergalactic highway (think Portal bridge or any of their ecosystem apps on 30 blockchains) before February 6th, you might be holding a golden ticket. Roughly 400,000 spacefarers are expected to benefit.

The loot isn't distributed randomly. Wormhole Discord crew, NFT collectors with some seriously cool stuff (Bad Kids, DeGods, Mad Lads, y00ts), and folks who staked on Pyth or were part of the Monad community get a special bonus (as long as they're also Discord members).

This digital treasure comes in the form of a brand new token, the Wormhole token. It's like a universal translator, existing on both Ethereum (ERC20) and Solana (SPL) networks. There's only about 1.8 billion tokens available now, but after the airdrop claims, expect it to hit the big exchanges – Binance, Solana-based DEXes, you name it.

The token's already generating buzz, with pre-launch markets valuing it at over $1.50, which translates to a potential windfall of $15 billion for Wormhole if all tokens were sold.

Speaking of windfalls, let's not forget Wormhole's brush with space pirates last year. Hackers made away with nearly $325 million, the second-biggest crypto heist at the time (remember Axie Infinity?). Thankfully, crypto vigilantes at Jump Crypto managed to recover $140 million.

Wormhole is all about making these intergalactic voyages safe and secure. They've added fancy tech called zero-knowledge proofs for extra security and are building special "corridors" between blockchains for smoother communication. They're even working on their own blockchain within the Cosmos network called Gateway.

So, if you were part of the Wormhole ecosystem early on, dust off your spacesuit and head over to claim your airdropped riches! Just remember, space travel can be risky, so be cautious and enjoy your rewards responsibly.