Examined Oct 26, 2026 Paused right now Paid in ZETA Blockchain.com paused its referral program with no restart date, and has since taken down the only page that described it.
The article described what you would have earned as the referred person: up to $70 worth of Zetachain (ZETA). That is the number to recognize if you see it quoted elsewhere. It is not claimable while the program is paused, and a paused program is a program the company can quietly retire.
What pays what
| You, today, while the program is paused | $0 |
|---|---|
| You, on Blockchain.com’s own description of the live offer | Up to $70 in ZETA |
| Residents of HI, LA, NJ, NY, NV, TN, TX and VA, when it ran | Not eligible |
Do this, in this order
- Do not go looking for a code today. The program is paused, so no link, code or sign-up sequence produces a reward right now. Any site currently offering you a working Blockchain.com referral code is copying an old page. The only referral program Blockchain.com publishes now is a pilot for Ghana and Nigeria, and it is open only to users in those two countries.
- Check your state before anything else, if it restarts. When it ran, Blockchain.com limited the program to verified users in the United States and excluded eight states outright: Hawaii, Louisiana, New Jersey, New York, Nevada, Tennessee, Texas and Virginia. That list, not the headline figure, is the first line to read on an offer like this.
- Read the qualifying step on their page, not ours, on the day it returns. A paused program usually comes back changed. When Blockchain.com restarts it, the amount, the exclusions and the qualifying action are whatever Blockchain.com publishes at that moment, and that page is the only thing worth believing.
- If you want a crypto bonus this month, take one that is running. Several exchanges publish live referral terms with the amount written down.
The fine print, in Blockchain.com’s own words
| Last stated status, July 27 | “temporarily paused for maintenance and operational improvements” |
|---|---|
| Reward when live | “up to $70 worth of Zetachain (ZETA)”, for you |
| Who could take part | Verified US users, excluding HI, LA, NJ, NY, NV, TN, TX and VA |
| Restart date | None published |
| The article today | Gone, with the whole Referrals help section |
| Referral program today, Oct 26 | A pilot for Ghana and Nigeria only, posted October 21, 2026 |
Every line above is quoted or drawn from Blockchain.com’s referral program overview, read live on July 27, 2026 and since removed. “Verified” means you have completed their identity checks, which is a step in its own right and takes time. Note what the article did not say: how long the pause lasts, whether the $70 figure survives the restart, and whether anyone mid-referral when it paused will be paid.
Is it worth your time?
Not today, because there is nothing to collect and no date to plan around. If it comes back, it is a modest offer with a hard ceiling: up to $70 in a token whose value moves, and eight states shut out. That is worth twenty minutes if you were opening the account anyway, and worth nothing if you were not. As a place to hold crypto, Blockchain.com is a long-standing company and you should judge it on fees and on whether you are comfortable with someone else holding your coins, not on a paused reward.
If you refer, once it returns: the July overview capped each user at “a maximum of five successful referrals”, and banned promoting a code through paid advertising based on “Blockchain.com” or Blockchain.com-related keywords.
