‘Hamster Kombat’ Offers Bonus for Telegram Players Who Stake Airdrop Tokens

Almost 130 million Hamster Kombat gamers have been eligible to declare the HMSTR token airdrop on The Open Community (TON) late final month, and lots of of these gamers probably took their bounty to a self-custody pockets or centralized alternate. However those that haven’t moved the tokens but may safe a bonus for the subsequent in-game season.

In an announcement Tuesday, the builders of Telegram’s greatest crypto recreation so far mentioned that airdrop recipients who hold their tokens throughout the recreation will earn a bonus when the deliberate second season begins.

“When you resolve to maintain your tokens as a substitute of withdrawing them, you’ll be (very) pleasantly shocked!” the announcement reads. “Season 2 will deliver a lift to the token holders!”

It’s nonetheless unknown when the profit for gamers shall be, nevertheless it’s related in method to what influential Telegram recreation Notcoin did earlier this yr. Earlier than the airdrop, Notcoin mentioned that gamers may hold their tokens within the recreation to boost their standing degree, making them eligible to earn a bigger share of future token drops and different potential advantages.

The Hamster Kombat function is just like staking, a typical function provided by crypto tasks that lets customers earn some sort of yield on their tokens—whether or not it’s an interest-like advantage of extra tokens, or another sort of entry or advantages.

The builders don’t particularly name this function staking, nevertheless. Decrypt requested a consultant for the sport if that is an on-chain staking function, however didn’t instantly obtain a response. Decrypt additionally inquired concerning the deliberate advantages and the launch timing for the subsequent season, and can replace this story if we obtain a response.

Hamster Kombat noticed skyrocketing consumer counts in late spring and into the summer season, with the tap-to-earn recreation claiming to have pulled in greater than 300 million customers through the promise of token rewards. The HMSTR token launched on September 26.

The second in-game season of gameplay is set to start quickly, with a second airdrop promised subsequent summer season. Within the meantime, Hamster Kombat is holding a quick “interlude season,” which can be promising advantages for the subsequent full season for gamers who amass in-game diamonds. Right here’s a information to incomes essentially the most diamonds in the course of the interlude season.