Following a very successful first season, the Arbitrum X Kaito grants program is back for a second season. Season 2 significantly widens the net for a whole new wave of creators to join in on the action, and help pave the way forward for the community to participate in the largest Arbitrum x Kaito grant pool.

Similar to last season, Season 2 will be centred around the Arbitrum Mindshare Leaderboard, accessible on the official Kaito website. This time, 700K ARB will be committed to the grant pool for the top performing creators on the Arbitrum Kaito Leaderboard.

Expanding ARB Distribution to the Top 150

Season 2 is all about ensuring that creators from all corners of the world have an equal and fair shot at becoming eligible for the ARB grants pool. That’s why, in addition to increasing the grant amount to 700K ARB, distributions will include the Top 150 creators for the grant distribution at the end of each month, a significant increase from the 100 spots in Season 1.

Fair Play for all Creators

Season 2 is returning to a more equitable form with a significantly more balanced algorithm, where smaller accounts will be treated the same as any of the larger accounts. This adjustment to the Kaito algorithm enables a level playing field for all creators, fostering more community participation and a fair play environment for Season 2.

Monthly ARB Distribution Schedule

The Kaito ARB Grant will distribute 700,000 ARB across 150 creators, with grants split into three tiers: the Top 10, the Next 40, and the Remaining 100. This tiered structure ensures that while top voices are recognized with bigger grants, the contributions of mid-sized and smaller accounts are also recognised. 

The highest grants go to the 1st place (32,000 ARB), 2nd place (29,800 ARB), and 3rd place (27,600 ARB), underscoring the prestige of top leaderboard positions. Grants will be distributed in three tranches across October, November, and December 2025. For example, whoever finishes 1st place in October will receive 10,666 ARB in that month’s distribution. Each tranche is based on the current leaderboard standings, meaning monthly distributions go to the creators who are leading at that time.

700,000 ARB will be distributed in three tranches: 

1. October 7-31, 2025: 233,333 ARB distributed 
2. November 1-30, 2025: 233,333 ARB distributed 
3. December 1-31, 2025: 233,334 ARB distributed 

Ready to Participate?

To find out more, head on over to the Kaito website, and sign in. From there, you will be prompted to connect to Kaito Yaps via your X account. This is the most important step, so make sure that you are signed in correctly at the beginning of each day to ensure that your tweets are being counted.

Once you have linked your X account to Kaito, you are ready to start yapping Arbitrum, everywhere.

Just like in Season 1, accounts that are affiliated with Arbitrum (such as employees) are not eligible for the Arbitrum Kaito grant. If any of these accounts appear in the Top 150, they will be excluded from the grant distribution, and the grant will simply roll down to the next eligible participants to ensure 150 non-affiliated users receive the grant.

Happy yapping, Arbinauts.

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