Solana-based gaming-focused layer-2 blockchain Sonic will airdrop its SONIC token to all its customers onboarded via social-media platform TikTok.
Sonic constructed its SonicX recreation natively inside TikTok, making an attempt to copy the success of mini apps that have been constructed on theTON blockchain inside messaging platform Telegram.
The sport has over 2 million customers onboarded utilizing TikTok, which Sonic attributed to the app’s seamless expertise and attain in an emailed announcement that did not give additional particulars of the token launch.
Blockchain-based video games have typically suffered from a clunky expertise which has made consumer retention tough. By working via Web2 apps corresponding to Telegram or Tiktok, builders could make use of current procedures for onboarding and constructing a straightforward consumer expertise.
TikTok has 1 billion month-to-month lively customers. The quantity is predicted to rise to over 2.3 billion by 2029, in line with Shopify.
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