Telegram founder Pavel Durov says Hamster Kombat’s viral success could onboard over 200 million people to blockchain technology.
The viral growth of Hamster Kombat and its upcoming token launch on the TON blockchain could onboard hundreds of millions of people to Web3, according to Telegram founder Pavel Durov.
In a public post to his Telegram channel’s 2.7 million subscribers, Durov highlighted the viral clicker game’s booming success. Since its launch in March 2024, the game has attracted over 200 million players.
When will Hamster Kombat launch its token?
Durov also highlighted the implications of Hamster Kombat’s highly anticipated token airdrop, of which a date is yet to be confirmed. The project’s official roadmap on its website highlights that onchain infrastructure development and in-game wallet implementation were completed in June.
“Soon, Hamster’s team will mint its token on TON, introducing the benefits of blockchain to hundreds of millions of people. A new era is arriving, and we are witnessing its arrival in real-time,” Durov wrote.
While the team has not revealed any further details as to when it will officially launch its token, players have been able to link TON wallets in the game since June 2024.
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The game’s developers have also made numerous posts on Telegram, X and YouTube, highlighting that profit per hour is the most important metric for players to consider ahead of the highly-anticipated token airdrop.
Hamster Kombat’s Guinness World Records
As Cointelegraph previously explored in an in-depth feature, Hamster Kombat has hit several world record milestones as a result of its gaming and social mechanics.
The game features several ways for players to earn coins to upgrade their exchange and increase their profit per hour. One of these is links to its YouTube content, where players earn 100,000 coins for watching new content on its channel.
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Its YouTube page alone is outpacing Mr Beast’s subscription numbers, the platform’s most subscribed-to channel globally.
Cointelegraph also revealed that the team has applied for a Guinness World Record as the first YouTube channel to gain over 10 million subscribers in one week (six days, 13 hours, and 15 minutes), among other subscriber-related milestones.
