Seize the early dividends: A must-read guide for beginners to play with the TON ecosystem

Have you started FOMOing TON? These past two days, you have been crazy about black and white dog MEMEs and showing off your points. You thought the market was bullish again?

Today, Biteye will teach you how to play the TON ecosystem and seize potential airdrop opportunities.

We have organized this thread into a mind map, and you can pick it up if you need it.

Wallet Introduction

The first step to participate in the TON ecosystem is to use a wallet. Currently, there are 49 wallets that support the TON chain.

Here are two of the most popular ones: Wallet and TON Space

Wallet

Wallet is Telegram's native centralized custodial wallet, a bit like WeChat Wallet built into WeChat's settings, and users can directly use Wallet to exchange tokens. Wallet supports users to deposit funds through P2P or bank cards.

TON Space

TON Space is a self-custodial wallet based on Telegram launched by the TON Foundation. It is embedded in Telegram and opened through Ton Space in Wallet. Users can use TON Space to connect directly from TON-based dApps. In addition to the mnemonic private key, the wallet can also be restored through email and Telegram account.

Complete this step, congratulations, you can have fun in the TON ecosystem!

In addition, you can interact with 40 TON ecosystem projects such as Catizen, Cat Gold Miner, STON.fi, Tomarket, etc. in the Bitget wallet with 0 gas recently, and have the opportunity to share a $1 million reward.

Details:
https://web3.bitget.com/zh-CN/tonnect-2024

Token-related

From the market value point of view, $TON is 18 billion US dollars and $SOL is 66 billion US dollars. If $TON can take off like $SOL and become an Ethereum killer, there is still 3.7 times of room.

$NOT has a market value of 1.6 billion and is the second coin in the TON chain. It is already in the top 50 in market value and is very popular. The TON ecosystem is not very mature yet, and few other tokens can compete. Wait for a good opportunity.

In short, if you pay attention to tokens, only $TON and $NOT are good and are currently listed.

DeFi

It has to be said that the public chains are changing, but the DeFi gameplay is solid, such as DEX, lending, staking, NFT, etc.

Only when a chain has these platforms can it be active and have a large amount of funds, and can further create a wealth myth.

Unlike Ethereum Layer2, TON chain can see large-scale migration of leading projects, and the diversity of the DeFi ecosystem still has a lot of room for improvement.

Here are a few DeFi projects:

• DeFi project leader: Ston.fi (DEX) @ston_fi

• Lending protocol leader: EVAAProtocol @evaaprotocol

• Stablecoin leader: Aqua @aquaprotocolxyz

• Staking leader: TonStakers @tonstakers

• Cross-chain bridge leader: Orbit @Orbit_Chain

• Launchpad leader: Tonstarter @ton_starter

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  DefiLlama TVL top ten DeFI projects can be looked at, the specific approach is to mine arbitrage, or ambush airdrop opportunities while interacting.

  Games

  Games are the craze of this round of TON. Simple and easy games plus Telegram one-click forwarding can make the game spread in the most effective way.

  A large number of game dealers are pouring into TON, and it is easy to obtain a large number of real users. Going to a big exchange is a great fortune.

  Here are some ways to play TON chain games:

  Catizen: Cat Synthesis Game

  Players run cat pet shops, and customers will pay gold coins as rewards after petting cats. These gold coins can be used to buy new cats. Two cats of the same level can be synthesized into a new breed of cat, and its level will be one level higher than the original. The player's task is to synthesize higher-level cats and earn more gold coins.

  TG link: https://t.me/catizenbot

  Hamster Kombat: Hamster War

  Tap-to-Earn game, get gold coins by clicking on the hamster (CEO role of the simulated exchange) on the mobile phone screen. Players are encouraged to unlock more rewards through community interaction, and can also increase passive mining income by purchasing upgraded cards.

  TG link: https://t.me/hamster_kombat_bot

  Blum: Gamified trading platform

  Founded by former Binance executives, players earn points through Farm and Drop games, and can get Drop game tickets and extra points by inviting new users.

  TG link: https://t.me/BlumCryptoBot

  Yescoin: Notcoin's twin brother

  Very similar to Notcoin, it is a mode of collecting coins and doing tasks, and you can collect tokens by sliding the screen on your phone.

  TG link: https://t.me/theYescoin_bot

  Pixelverse: Cyber-style battle

  Users train pet robots, click to fight (PVP and PVE modes), and adventure in different maps in the game center.

  TG link: https://t.me/pixelversexyzbot

  The above games can be found on the TGStat website growth rankings.

  https://tgstat.com/

  

  Tools/Data Platform

  Telegram Apps Center

  An app store supported by the TON Foundation. The included projects need to be reviewed and have high security. You can check the weekly popular list.

  Link: https://www.tapps.center/

  TON App

  Third-party TON App query platform

  Link: https://ton.app/

  TGStat

  Telegram channel data analysis website, you can query the channels with the most subscribers on Telegram and the ranking of subscriber growth, so as to filter popular projects.

  Link: https://tgstat.com/

  TONStat

  Contains key indicators of TON and updates TON network statistics every day, including total transaction volume, performance, total fees, etc.

  Link: https://www.tonstat.com/

  

  Development Background and Opportunities of TON Chain

  The development of TON chain can be described as twists and turns.

  In 2017, Telegram founders Pavel Durov and Nikolai Durov began to develop the Telegram Open Network (TON) project, with the token Gram.

  In 2020, Telegram announced its withdrawal from the TON project, renamed the project "The Open Network", and changed the token name to Toncoin.

  In 2023, Telegram officially announced that it would use the TON chain as its first choice for Web3 infrastructure and began application integration.

  For example, Telegram's built-in wallet and the use of TON for payment have greatly accelerated Mass Adoption.

  The market has been pessimistic as a whole recently, but the TVL of the TON chain has risen more than 20 times in just four months, and has now exceeded 700 million.

  The TON ecosystem has also gradually developed, covering different tracks such as CEX, DEX, wallets, NFT and games, as shown in the figure below.

  

  Of course, compared with public chains such as Ethereum and Solana, TON still has a lot of room for improvement, but its value cannot be simply measured by TVL. Relying on the real user group of the Telegram platform is a natural advantage that other public chains cannot match.

  Under the stimulation and promotion of the TON Foundation, the TON ecosystem has a good development momentum and deserves long-term attention and participation.