EigenLayer (EigenCloud)

EigenLayer, now part of EigenCloud, is a restaking protocol on Ethereum. It lets stakers restake ETH, liquid-staking tokens and EIGEN to secure additional services (AVSs) in exchange for extra rewards, at the risk of slashing.

Rating C: 11 restrictions: 10 countries + VPN / Tor detection. Restaking · Ethereum.

Official app: app.eigenlayer.xyz. Frontend code: closed.

Restrictions

• Geo Block: yes. app.eigenlayer.xyz replaces the app with 'ACCESS RESTRICTED: The application is not available to persons in your jurisdiction' (HTTP 200). The countries are those of the live probe (see the observations; 2026-10-12: CU, IR, RU, SY, UA; from the other countries the page answered HTTP 500 to a request without JavaScript). 2024 reports: IP blocks on the EIGEN claim site (US, CA, CN, CU, KP, IR, VE). Blocked countries: United States, Canada, China, Cuba, North Korea, Iran, Venezuela, Ukraine, Russia, Syria.
• Feature Block: n/a.
• Wallet screening: ToS only.
• VPN / Tor detection: block. 2024, EIGEN claims site.
• Terms of Service: docs.eigencloud.xyz/eigencloud/legal/terms-of-service, Last updated 2025-12-15. The Terms name no country: users must not be located or organized in any US-embargoed country or region, or one designated 'terrorist supporting' (docs.eigencloud.xyz Terms of Service, Wayback copy of 2026-09-17).

Notes

Closed.

Live checks

• app.eigenlayer.xyz (2026-10-12): UA -> 'RESTRICTED: The application is not available to persons in your jurisdiction'; 19 other countries -> HTTP 500 (the app is down)

Evidence

• decrypt.co/228642/eigen-token-airdrop-plan-ethereum-restaking-protocol-eigenlayer

Checked 2026-10-28. All interfaces · Methodology