According to ChainCatcher, the AMP Foundation (AF) announced the launch of the initial phase of the Anvil Protocol mainnet and the launch of the protocol's governance token ANVL. The Anvil Protocol aims to become a scalable collateral primitive in the DeFi field, and the ANVL token will be responsible for all core matters including protocol upgrades, asset support, and external contract approval.

AF said that in order to support the launch of the Anvil mainnet, it will airdrop ANVL tokens for free to addresses that provide AMP collateral on the Capacity platform. The snapshot will be taken at Ethereum block height 20,000,000, and the estimated time is around June 1, 2024 UTC. At that time, the user's ANVL position will correspond 1:1 to the pledged AMP position.

It is reported that the ANVL obtained from the airdrop will follow a 48-month linear release plan, starting 12 months after the snapshot date, for a total of 60 months. Users must complete an operation on the anvil.xyz/claim website or interact with the ANVL claim contract on Etherscan within 12 months after the snapshot to prove the validity of the address, otherwise they will face the risk of having their ANVL quota confiscated.