Seize the early benefits! Beginners' essential guide to TON ecosystem

Author: Biteye Core Contributor Viee

Editor: Biteye Core Contributor Crush

Are you starting to FOMO TON? These days, the screen is full of black and white dog MEME and showing points, making people think that the bull market is back.

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

We have organized this thread into a mind map. Feel free to take what you need.

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, TON Space

Wallet

Wallet is a centralized custodial wallet native to Telegram, similar to WeChat's wallet within the settings. Users can directly use Wallet for token exchange. Wallet supports users to deposit funds through P2P or bank card methods.

TON Space

TON Space is a self-custodial wallet based on Telegram launched by the TON Foundation, embedded in Telegram. Users can directly connect to TON-based dApps through TON Space in Wallet. In addition to mnemonic private keys, the wallet can also be recovered through email and Telegram accounts.

Congratulations, you can now enjoy playing in the TON ecosystem!

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

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

Token Related

In terms of market value, $TON is $18 billion, and $SOL is $660 billion. If $TON can take off like $SOL and become an Ethereum killer, there is still 3.7 times room for growth.

$NOT has a market value of $1.6 billion, ranking second on the TON chain, and is already in the top 50 in terms of market value, with high popularity. The TON ecosystem is not yet very mature, and there are not many other tokens that can compete. Let's wait for a good opportunity.

In short, if you are interested in tokens, only $TON and $NOT are decent, and they are already listed.

DeFi

It has to be said that a chain with a lot of liquidity will have a strong DeFi gameplay, such as DEX, lending, staking, NFT, and more.

Only when a chain has these platforms can it become active and attract more funds, further creating a wealth myth.

Unlike Ethereum Layer2, TON chain cannot see large-scale leading projects migrating, and there is still a lot of room for diversity in the DeFi ecosystem.

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 by TVL on DefiLlama, and the specific approach is to mine for arbitrage, or seize airdrop opportunities while interacting.

Games

Games are the hot trend in this round of TON, and simple and easy games combined with one-click forwarding on Telegram can effectively spread the game.

A large number of game operators are entering TON, making it easy to attract a large number of real users, and hitting the jackpot is just around the corner.

Here are some gameplay methods for TON chain games:

Catizen: Cat Synthesis Mini Game

Players manage a cat pet shop, and customers will pay coins as a reward after playing with the cats. These coins can be used to purchase new cats. Two cats of the same level can be synthesized into a new breed of cat, with a higher level than the original. The player's task is to synthesize cats of higher levels and earn more coins.

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

Hamster Kombat: Hamster Battle

A Tap-to-Earn game where players earn coins by clicking on the hamster (simulating the role of a CEO of an exchange) on the phone screen. Players are encouraged to unlock more rewards through community interaction and can also increase passive income by purchasing upgrade cards.

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

Blum: Gamified Trading Platform

Founded by a former executive of Binance, players can earn points through Farm and Drop games, and inviting new users can earn Drop game tickets and additional points.

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

Yescoin: Twin brother of Notcoin

Similar to Notcoin, it follows the pattern of collecting coins and completing tasks, and tokens can be collected by swiping the screen on the phone.

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

Pixelverse: Cyber-style Battle

Users cultivate pet robots and engage in battles by clicking (PVP and PVE modes), embarking on adventures in different maps in the game center.

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

You can find these games on the growth rankings on the TGStat website.

https://tgstat.com/

Tools/Data Platforms

Telegram Apps Center

An app store supported by the TON Foundation, which includes projects that have been reviewed and has high security. You can view the weekly popular list.

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

TON App

Third-party TON App query platform

Link: https://ton.app/

TGStat

A website for analyzing Telegram channel data, where you can check the channels with the most subscribers and the ranking of subscriber growth, and use this to filter popular projects.

Link: https://tgstat.com/

TONStat

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

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

Development Background and Opportunities of the TON Chain

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

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

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

In 2023, the Telegram official announced that the TON chain would be the preferred Web3 infrastructure for the platform, initiating application integration.

For example, the integration of the Telegram built-in wallet and the use of TON for payments has greatly accelerated Mass Adoption.

Despite the overall market pessimism recently, the TVL of the TON chain has increased by more than 20 times in just four months, currently surpassing 700 million.

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

Of course, compared to public chains like Ethereum and Solana, TON still has room for significant improvement. However, its value cannot be simply measured by TVL. With the natural advantage of a user base on the Telegram platform, TON is unmatched by other public chains.

Under the stimulation and promotion of the TON Foundation, the TON ecosystem has shown good momentum of development, and it is worth long-term attention and participation.

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