Source: Telegram's Mobile Tap-to-Earn Game
At the outset, I want to clarify that I do not endorse this telegram game. I'm just curious if the claim that in just about four months the player user base of this game reached 200 million is true.
I'm referring to Telegram's Hamster Kombat. According to the telegram channel of this game, the HMSTR airdrop that a player will receive is based on your activity in using the app. The basis is not the token balance you have but how you used the coins you received within the game.
The person who introduced me to this game was our Accounting Staff. He asked me if I was familiar with this game. My answer is, I heard the game for the first time. Although I have no interest in games outside of Hive, I still double-checked what blockchain Hamster Kombat uses. Besides this, I also read some reviews about this game. Although there is one review that links the game to Russia and is considered dangerous, the majority of reviews have a moderate risk assessment.
The real reason I was curious about this game was because of its connection to the TON blockchain. I recently wrote an article about the connection of Oleksandr Usyk's RTF boxing app to the TON blockchain. Additionally, I also noticed that some of the articles being written on InLeo are related to this blockchain.
An example is what 
The second article was written by 
So, after reading the aforementioned articles, I thought of visiting the Ton blockchain website, ton.org. I checked the website, the white paper, the road map, the communities, and their blog.
It's hard to read the whitepaper because of its length, 126 pages and it's like a master class in blockchain technology, with lots of new terminology and distinctions. It was my first time to encounter BFT PoS.
In communities, it's very different from the communities here at Hive. I only saw ten, unlike the Hive which had so many. In addition, the communities on the TON blockchain are like platforms for the promotion of the network and not real communities whose initiative comes from ordinary members of the network.
On the blog, here I read some articles saying that the TON blockchain experienced extraordinary growth in 2023 due to the entry of USDT and the popularity of Telegram gaming apps such as Hamster Kombat and Catizen.
The second article says that their player user base has reached 150 million. However, just this morning after I did the Daily Reward tasks and watched the game's YouTube channel, it mentioned that they had reached 200 million.
One thing I noticed in this article. It mentioned Notcoin, Hamster Kombat's predecessor. According to the writer, Notcoin has been successful. When I checked its website and whitepaper, I found nothing. What is surprising is why the market cap of this token reached 1.4 billion USD. I think TM is right that most people in crypto don't look at the value of the project but at the token price increase.
Source: Telegram's Mobile Tap-to-Earn Game
The question on many people's minds is whether this Hamster Kombat is legit or a scam. According to the Medium article, the popularity of this game in the "tap-to-earn gaming genre" cannot be denied. This game is designed for purely entertainment purposes like Notcoin. There is no website, roadmap, or whitepaper. Even the identity of the team behind this game has remained anonymous. So, for the writer, as long as this game is just for entertainment, it's ok to try. Based on his or her opinion, the risk of entering this game is moderate.
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Sa una pa lamang ay nais ko ng bigyan ng linaw na hindi ko ini endorso ang telegram game na ito. Curious lang ako kung totoo man ang claim na sa loob lamang ng halos apat na buwan ay umabot ang player user base ng game na ito sa 200 million.
Ang tinutukoy ko ay ang Hamster Kombat ng telegram. Ayon sa telegram channel ng game na ito, ang HMSTR airdrop na matatanggap ng isang player ay base sa performance mo sa paggamit ng app. Ang basehan ay hindi ang balance ng token na mayroon ka kundi kung papaano mo ginamit ang mga coins na natanggap mo sa loob ng laro.
Ang nag-introduce sa akin ng larong ito ay ang aming Accounting Staff. Tinanong niya ako kung pamilyar daw ba ako sa larong ito. Ang sagot ko, first time kong narinig ang game. Bagamat wala akong interes sa mga games sa labas ng Hive, dinouble check ko pa rin kung anong blockchain ang gamit ng Hamster Kombat. Bukod pa dito, nagbasa rin ako ng ilang mga reviews tungkol sa game na ito. Bagamat may isang review na iniuugnay sa Russia ang game at itinuturing na mapanganib, majority ng mga reviews ay moderate risk ang kanilang assessment.
Ang totoong dahilan kung bakit ako naging curious sa game na ito ay dahil sa kaugnayan nito sa TON blockchain. Kamakailan ay nagsulat ako ng artikulo ukol sa koneksiyon ng RTF boxing app ni Oleksandr Usyk sa TON blockchain. Bukod pa dito, napapansin ko rin ang ilan sa mga artikulo na sinusulat sa InLeo ay may kinalaman sa blockchain na ito.
Isang halimbawa ay ang sinulat ni
Ang ikalawang artikulo ay sinulat ni
So pagkatapos kong basahin ang mga artikulong nabanggit, naisip ko na bisitahin ang website ng Ton blockchain, ang ton.org. Siniyasat ko ang website, ang white paper, ang road map, ang communities, at ang kanilang blog.
Mahirap basahin ang whitepaper dahilan sa haba nito, 126 pages at para siyang master class sa blockchain technology, maraming mga bagong terminolohiya at mga distinctions. First time kong na -encounter ang tungkol sa BFT PoS.
Sa communities, ibang-iba sa mga communities dito sa Hive. Sampu lamang ang nakita ko unlike sa Hive na napakarami. Bukod pa dito, ang communities sa TON blockchain ay parang mga platforms for promotion ng network at hindi talaga mga totoong komyunidad na ang inisyatibo ay nagmumula sa mga ordinaryong miyembro ng network.
Sa blog naman, dito ay may nabasa akong ilang articles na nagsasabi na ang TON blockchain ay nakaranas ng extraordinary growth noong 2023 dahilan sa pagpasok ng USDT at sa popularidad ng mga Telegram gaming apps tulad ng Hamster Kombat at ng Catizen.
Ang ikalawang article naman ay nagsasabi na umabot na sa 150 million ang kanilang player user base. Subalit, ngayong umaga lamang pagkatapos kong gawin ang Daily Reward tasks at panoorin ang YouTube channel ng game, binanggit dito na umabot na sila ng 200 million.
Isang bagay ang aking napansin sa artikulong ito. Binanggit ang Notcoin, ang predecessor ng Hamster Kombat. Ayon sa sumulat, naging matagumpay ang Notcoin. Nang suriin ko ang website at whitepaper nito, wala akong nakitang laman. Ang nakapagtataka ay kung bakit umabot sa 1.4 billion USD ang market cap ng token na ito. Naisip ko na karamihan ng mga tao sa crypto ay hindi tumitingin sa value kundi sa pagtaas ng presyo ng token.
Ang tanong na gumugulo sa isip ng marami ay kung lehitimo ba o isang scam itong Hamster Kombat na ito. Ayon sa Medium article, hindi maitatanggi ang popularidad ng game na ito sa “tap-to-earn gaming genre.” Ang larong ito ay dinisenyo for purely entertainment purpose kagaya ng Notcoin. Walang website, roadmap, o whitepaper. Pati ang identity ng team sa likod ng game na ito ay nanatiling anonymous. So para sa sumulat, hanggat ang larong ito ay ay para lamang sa entertainment, ok lang na subukan. Ayon sa kanila moderate lang ang risk sa pagpasok sa larong ito.
References:
Oleksandr Usyk's Smart Move into Blockchain with RTF
Binance integrates Tether's USDT on TON Blockchain