Grass

Grass Stage 2 Rewards Are Live: What You Need to Know

Grass is one of the very few airdrops in October 2026 that is actually paying out right now. The project’s Stage 2 rewards claim opened on 22 July 2026 and stays open for six months, until 22 January 2027. The total pool is worth about $3 million — and in a major shift, these rewards are paid in USDC stablecoin, not in newly minted GRASS tokens.

This matters. In Stage 2, Grass stopped subsidising nodes with new GRASS tokens and started paying rewards from real protocol revenue instead. No new tokens are minted for this round, which removes fresh selling pressure on the GRASS token supply. Grass is a Solana-based DePIN project that rewards everyday users for sharing their unused internet bandwidth with the network.

Who Can Claim (Eligibility)

The Stage 2 rewards cover bandwidth shared during Epochs 1 to 19, which ran from 14 October 2024 to 8 June 2026. You qualify if you earned more than zero Network Points in that window. That is the only eligibility rule — past participation, not new sign-ups.

Honest warning for new readers: if you install Grass today, you cannot earn anything from this round. Reports of a separate 170 million GRASS token distribution later in 2026 have not been confirmed by Grass. New users are only farming a future round that has not been announced, with no guaranteed amount.

How Your Payout Is Calculated

Grass distributed a fixed pool of 1 million Network Points per day, with each Network Point worth $0.0049 USDC. Over the 602 days of Stage 2, that works out to roughly $2.95 million — matching the approximately $3 million pool reported across crypto news outlets.

Not all points were equal. Network Point multipliers depended on how you ran the node:

• Android app: 10x Network Point bonus
• Desktop app: 5x Network Point bonus
• Chrome extension: standard rate

There were two point types: Network Points (earned only when Grass actually used your bandwidth for web data requests) and Uptime Points (earned for keeping your node online, plus referral bonuses). Referral commissions added Uptime Points only — they did not generate Network Points. Connection quality, location and demand also influenced how much bandwidth the network actually routed through you, so two accounts with similar online hours could receive very different allocations.

One more honest number: Grass says 150,000 users handled about 90% of the network’s traffic, because the network prioritises stable, residential, high-demand connections. Rewards therefore concentrated heavily among power nodes with high uptime on Android and desktop. Most casual participants received small amounts, often single-digit dollars.

How to Claim Your USDC — Step by Step

• Step 1 — Go to the official dashboard. Type app.grass.io into your browser yourself. Never follow a claim link from a DM, comment, email or ad.
• Step 2 — Sign in with your existing Grass contributor account — the one that earned points during Epochs 1 to 19.
• Step 3 — Open the Allocation page and review your Stage 2 allocation before doing anything else.
• Step 4 — Read the fees and terms. Grass charges a $0.15 wallet fee per transaction plus Solana network fees. Read the displayed Rewards Program Terms.
• Step 5 — Submit your claim if you are eligible, choosing the in-app wallet or your own wallet.
• Step 6 — Check the in-app wallet for the received USDC. The wallet is non-custodial, so you control access to the assets. A points balance alone is not a completed payout — you must submit the claim.

Stay Safe: Scam Warnings

• Claim only from app.grass.io — the official domain you typed yourself.
• Grass says it will never DM you first and will never ask for your seed phrase.
• No real project needs your 12 or 24 words. Anyone asking for them is stealing.
• Bandwidth apps run in the background on your connection. Use a separate browser profile from the one holding your crypto wallets.
• Ignore “claim now” urgency from random accounts. The real claim stays open until 22 January 2027 — you have months.

Frequently Asked Questions

Is the Grass Stage 2 claim still open in October 2026?

Yes. The claim opened on 22 July 2026 and remains open until 22 January 2027. If you earned Network Points between October 2024 and June 2026, you still have time.

How much will I actually get?

It depends entirely on your points. The pool was about $3 million across millions of users, weighted heavily towards high-uptime nodes. Most casual users received small amounts, often single-digit dollars, while power nodes with Android and desktop multipliers earned more.

Do I need to pay gas or hold GRASS to claim?

No new GRASS tokens are involved. Grass charges a $0.15 wallet fee per transaction plus Solana network fees — review the displayed total before confirming.

Can I still join Grass and earn rewards?

You can install the app and start sharing bandwidth, but you cannot earn from Stage 2. You would be farming a future, unannounced round. Only do that if you accept the trade-off: your bandwidth for a share of future rewards with no guaranteed amount.