Airdrop guide
Acurast ACU airdrop step by step tutorial
The Acurast Cloud Rebellion Airdrop paid ACU tokens to Cloud Rebellion members in proportion to the MIST points they earned from quests. The campaign is closed: on 27 October 2026 the Acurast Hub says the claims are over, after a window announced for 27 January to 27 February 2026. Taking part meant signing up to the Cloud Rebellion and completing quests. The quest platform itself still hands out MIST.
This airdrop has ended · checked 27 October 2026
As of 27 October 2026, the Acurast Hub airdrop page says the Cloud Rebellion Airdrop claims have ended. The September 2025 announcement set the claim window as 27 January to 27 February 2026, and the Cloud Rebellion quest platform still collects MIST from new members.
Acurast's Cloud Rebellion Airdrop paid 10,000,000 ACU to members by MIST points; claims have ended, and this guide shows how it worked.
What is Acurast?
Acurast is a compute network that runs on smartphones rather than in data centers. Each phone's built-in secure hardware, a Trusted Execution Environment, keeps code confidential and lets the results be checked.
Developers send serverless workloads to the phones, such as APIs, webhooks, scheduled jobs and language-model inference. People who run the Acurast Processor app on a phone are called Compute Providers and are paid in ACU. According to the project's documentation, what sets Acurast apart from other DePIN networks is that it proves deployed code ran unmodified on genuine hardware.
ACU is the network's token. The documentation lists its uses as paying for compute, rewarding Compute Providers, securing the network through staking and governance rights.
How Acurast works
A developer deploys a workload, a phone registered as a processor runs it inside its Trusted Execution Environment, and the provider earns ACU for the work. Developers can access the network with ACU or USDC.
The Cloud Rebellion is the project's quest platform. It ran in several seasons, each with its own quests, and members collected MIST points by completing them, deploying apps to the decentralized cloud, onboarding a phone as a Processor or referring friends. The Acurast Association then set aside 10,000,000 ACU for members, divided in proportion to total MIST across all seasons, with the snapshot taken just before the token launch on 20 January 2026.
Claims were made in the Acurast Hub through an airdrop checker and claimer that opened on 27 January 2026, with the window announced to close on 27 February 2026. Claiming required ACU to cover gas fees, and the airdropped tokens vest linearly over 24 months.
As of 27 October 2026 the Hub reports the claims as ended and points visitors to the project's social channels for other chances to get ACU. Acurast has not announced a new airdrop round.
The ACU airdrop
The Cloud Rebellion Airdrop set aside 10,000,000 ACU tokens for Cloud Rebellion members, split in proportion to the MIST points each had accumulated across all seasons. Members signed up, completed quests and then claimed in the Acurast Hub, with the tokens vesting linearly over 24 months. As of 27 October 2026, claims have ended.
Step by step: how to get the ACU airdrop
Kept for reference: this is how the campaign worked while it ran.
Stay safe: a real airdrop never asks for your seed phrase or private key. Use only the official links on this page, and treat any message that offers help with a claim as a scam.
Step 1: Sign up to the Cloud Rebellion
Eligibility required being signed up to the Cloud Rebellion. Registration happened on the Cloud Rebellion quest platform in the Acurast Hub.
Step 2: Earn MIST through quests
Members collected MIST points by completing quests, deploying apps to Acurast's decentralized cloud, onboarding a phone as a Processor and referring friends.
Step 3: Build up MIST before the snapshot
The allocation was proportional to total MIST collected across all seasons, with the snapshot taken just before the token launch on 20 January 2026.
Step 4: Claim ACU in the Acurast Hub
The claimer opened on 27 January 2026 at 12PM UTC and was announced to close on 27 February 2026, and claiming needed ACU for gas fees. As of 27 October 2026, the Hub airdrop page says claims have ended.
Acurast airdrop FAQ
Is the Acurast airdrop still live?
- No. As of 27 October 2026, the Acurast Hub airdrop page says the Cloud Rebellion Airdrop claims have ended, after a claim window announced for 27 January to 27 February 2026. The Cloud Rebellion quest platform still collects MIST from new members, and Acurast points visitors to its social channels for other chances to get ACU.
Does Acurast have a token?
- Yes, the token is ACU. The airdrop announcement placed the token launch on 20 January 2026. Acurast's documentation says ACU pays for compute, rewards Compute Providers, secures the network through staking and grants governance rights.
Did the Acurast airdrop cost anything to join?
- Earning MIST came from completing quests, and the announcement names no payment for joining. Claiming did involve network fees: it says you needed ACU to cover gas fees when claiming your share. The airdropped tokens also vest linearly over 24 months.
How were Acurast airdrop rewards earned and claimed?
- Members signed up to the Cloud Rebellion and earned MIST points through quests. The 10,000,000 ACU was divided in proportion to total MIST across all seasons. Claims were made in the Acurast Hub from 27 January 2026, with the window announced to close on 27 February 2026.
Does the Acurast airdrop need KYC?
- The announcement lists no identity check. Eligibility was being signed up to the Cloud Rebellion, and allocation followed accumulated MIST points. Claims have ended as of 27 October 2026, so no new claim can be made.
Sources for this listing
- 01Acurast - The Real Decentralized Compute Networkacurast.com · read 27 October 2026
- 02Real Decentralized Compute Network: Acurast Docsdocs.acurast.com · read 27 October 2026
- 03Airdrop: Acurast Hubhub.acurast.com · read 27 October 2026
- 04The Acurast Association is Announcing the Cloud Rebellion Airdrop to Reward its Rebels - Acurastacurast.com · read 27 October 2026
