Original title: "Grab the early bonus! A must-read guide for beginners to play with TON ecosystem"

Original author: Viee, Biteye

Have you started FOMOing TON? These two days, I was crazy about black and white dog MEME and showing off my points. I thought it was bullish.

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

We have organized this thread into a mind map. If you need it, take it yourself.

01 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 a centralized custodial wallet native to Telegram, similar to the built-in settings of WeChat Wallet. 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, you can also restore the wallet through email and Telegram account.

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

02 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 have been listed.

03 DeFi

It has to be said that the public chain is changing, but the DeFi gameplay is ironclad, 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, the 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

· NFT platform leader: Getgems.io @getgemsdotio

You can take a look at the top ten DeFI projects in DefiLlama TVL. The specific approach is to mine arbitrage, or to ambush airdrop opportunities while interacting.

04 Games

Games are the craze of this round of TON. Simple and easy games plus one-click forwarding on Telegram can spread the games 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. It is a great fortune to be listed on a large exchange.

Here are some ways to play TON chain games:

Catizen: Cat Synthesis Game

Players run a cat pet shop, 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 one. 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 mining passive 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 growth rankings of the TGStat website.

https://tgstat.com/

05 Tools/Data Platform

Telegram Apps Center

An app store supported by the TON Foundation. The included projects need to be reviewed. It has high security and you can check the weekly hot 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 screen 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/

06 Background and opportunities of the development 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.

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