The allocation period for Chainlink Rewards Season 1 is now live — but ending soon! The allocation window closes in one week, on December 9, 2025.

Eligible LINK stakers can visit rewards.chain.link to view their Cubes balance and begin allocating Cubes to projects. Allocation determines which Build project tokens participants can claim.

Participants may allocate in any fashion (all to one project, spread across many, equal-weighted, etc.) and can adjust allocations any time until December 9, 2025, when a final snapshot of Cubes allocations is taken. Allocations take place offchain and incur no transaction fees. Cubes expire after the final allocation snapshot.

In Season 1, participants must allocate Cubes during the allocation period to be able to claim tokens during the claim period. Eligible stakers who do not participate in the allocation phase won’t be eligible to claim tokens during the Claim Period.

In Season 1, eligible LINK stakers are empowered to research and learn about Build projects and the solutions they are bringing to market before choosing how to allocate their Cubes.

Chainlink Rewards is an evolution of the Build program, enabling projects to make their native tokens claimable by the Chainlink ecosystem participants, including the eligible LINK stakers helping secure the Chainlink Network. In doing so, Build projects can expand their own community and create global awareness of their unique products with support from some of the most active and engaged participants across the entire crypto ecosystem.

Read the Chainlink Rewards announcement blog to learn the full details.