Rome Protocol airdrop guide

Is there a Rome Protocol airdrop?

No airdrop is confirmed. Rome Protocol announced its ROME token on 12 October 2026 with no supply, distribution plan, date or listing, and said the announcement was not a sale. It hasn’t said that testnet users will receive tokens.

The nearest thing to a reward program is Arena, live since 4 November 2026, where builders and ambassadors earn Laurels. Rome Protocol’s terms allow distributions connected with Laurels at its own discretion, and say Laurels give no right to tokens or payment.

CryptoRank lists a new testnet task from 4 November 2026: get test SOL from a faucet, bridge it to rSOL, fill in a form, and race to 10,000 transactions for one of five NFT whitelist spots. Rome Protocol’s current docs don’t match those steps. Hadrian charges gas in test USDC and has no Rome faucet, and Rome Protocol’s X posts from 18 October to 5 November 2026 mention no form or transaction race. Third-party guides listed the same steps in 2025.

What Rome Protocol is

Rome Protocol runs EVM chains inside Solana. Solidity contracts deploy unchanged, MetaMask and Phantom users can share one app, and a contract can call Solana programs in the same transaction.

There are two public chains. Rubicon is the mainnet (chain ID 7531); it settles on Solana mainnet and charges gas in real USDC. Hadrian is the testnet (chain ID 200010); it settles on Solana Devnet and charges gas in test USDC. Testnet apps include Aave v3, a Compound v3 market called Aerarium and Rome DEX.

How Laurels work

Laurels are Rome Protocol’s activity records, shown per wallet on its Civitas page. Builders earn them in Arena as their apps reach user, value-locked and transaction targets, and ambassadors earn them for events, workshops, X posts and builder referrals. Rome Protocol hasn’t published how many Laurels each action earns, or said that testnet transactions count.

The Civitas and Arena terms say Laurels are not money or tokens. Rome Protocol alone decides whether to make a distribution, who qualifies and how much. Any distribution is subject to vesting, none is made because of a token launch or listing, and KYC is required at claim. Holding an Imperia NFT, Rome Protocol’s genesis collection from October 2025, gives no right to Laurels or a distribution.

Rome Protocol airdrop step-by-step guide

These steps follow Rome Protocol’s own Hadrian docs and Arena pages, since no airdrop task is confirmed.

1. Set up a Solana wallet such as Phantom and an EVM wallet such as MetaMask. In Phantom, open Settings, then Developer Settings, and turn on Testnet Mode with the network set to Devnet.

   Warning Use only rome.builders, docs.rome.builders and the romeprotocol.xyz addresses linked from them. Use a fresh wallet with no real funds, and never share your seed phrase.

2. Add Hadrian to MetaMask by hand with the values on the Hadrian network page: chain ID 200010, RPC https://hadrian.testnet.romeprotocol.xyz/ and currency symbol USDC.

3. Get free Solana Devnet USDC from the Circle faucet and a little devnet SOL for Solana fees from the Solana faucet. Rome Protocol has no faucet of its own for Hadrian.

4. Open the Rome Bridge testnet page, connect your Solana wallet and send USDC to Hadrian with your MetaMask address as the recipient. MetaMask then signs a claim transaction that turns the USDC into gas.

5. Try the testnet apps, for example Aave v3 on Rome, which Rome Protocol shared on 5 November 2026.

6. Optionally, deploy a contract with the Hardhat quickstart, which suggests funding the deployer with at least 0.5 test USDC.

7. Optionally, sign in to Arena with a wallet or email. Ambassadors log events, posts and referrals there, and builders register an app and link its contracts. Teams with a testnet app can apply for a grant, which Rome Protocol decides case by case.

8. Follow @RomeProtocol on X and join the Rome Discord. The website names Discord roles but doesn’t say how to earn them.

Rome Protocol costs and fees

The testnet steps are free. The test USDC and devnet SOL come from free faucets, and Hadrian charges gas in that test USDC. Arena sign-up needs only a wallet or an email address.

Real money is involved only on Rubicon, the mainnet, where gas is paid in real USDC. None of the steps above needs Rubicon.

Rome Protocol risks and eligibility

Rome Protocol hasn’t promised anything for testnet use. Its terms let it change, suspend or end Civitas and Arena, and reset or remove Laurels, including records of past activity.

The terms name no excluded countries. They tell users not to take part where the law prohibits it, and KYC is required at any claim. Using several wallets isn’t banned on its own, but using them to manipulate records is.

ROME doesn’t trade yet. On 12 October 2026 Rome Protocol said it had no valuation, date or listing to announce. CoinGecko lists an unrelated ROME token on Moonriver from Houses of Rome, so check any ROME contract against Rome Protocol’s own channels.

Who is behind Rome Protocol?

Anil Kumar and Sattvik Kansal co-founded Rome Protocol, according to CoinDesk’s report of 9 July 2024, when the company came out of stealth with $9 million in funding. CryptoRank lists the round as a $9.00M seed on 9 July 2024 with 17 investors. Rome Protocol’s October 2025 press release for Imperia says Hack VC and Portal Ventures led the round. The 2024 coverage named no lead.

Rome Protocol’s 12 October 2026 post lists its backers as Portal Ventures, Hack VC, HashKey, Anagram, Robot Ventures, Comfy Capital, Bankless Ventures, P2 Ventures and LBank Labs. Its angel investors include Solana co-founder Anatoly Yakovenko, Austin Federa, Santiago Santos, Jason Yanowitz and Nick White. The same post says Halborn audited the mainnet program.

The Civitas and Arena terms name Rome Network Corp., a Panama corporation, as their operator. Rome Protocol’s code is public on GitHub.