Sonic SVM, a layer-2 game network built on top of Solana, has confirmed that its key technology event will take place on Tuesday. Alongside this, people of its TikTok-based tap-to-earn activity will get airdropped currencies for their in-app development.
Tap-to-earn video games gained popularity in 2024, largely based on the messaging apps Telegram, with TON-exclusive access to the relevant tokens. Games like Notcoin and Hamster Kombat, which claimed that in-game development may help to a potential key resupply for players, were a major source of this interest.
In October, Sonic SVM launched its own tap-to-earn activity, SonicX, but on social video app TikTok and with a planned coin on Solana—rather than Telegram and TON.
TikTok players will then receive their tokens when they tap away at the SonicX application three months later. Alongside the Sound key technology event—which creates the key on-chain, enabling it for buying —on January 6 at 12pm UTC, the resupply will be sent out.
” The Acoustic token will serve as the foundation for our expanding tap-to-earn habitat, powering everything from sport plugins to AI representative relationships”, Chris Zhu, CEO and co-founder of Sonic SVM, told .  ,
7 % of the total SONIC supply will be used for the initial airdrop claim, according to a Sonic SVM thread on X ( previously Twitter ). Alongside Sonic X players, different groups did get key allocations, including network operators and certain NFT holders.
There will be two ways to claim if someone is available for the airdrop. Users can claim 60 % of the planning right away, and then coat the remainder over a 6-month time to receive a 140 % bonus on the remaining tokens. With no further promotions or bonuses available, the next option just allows eligible users to declare everything at once.
Since the key generation event hasn’t yet taken place, these claims have actually been applicable to TikTok gamers since January 3. Additionally, there is an airstrike registration monitor. Zhu said that the TikTok tap-to-earn model may support other crypto projects reach people, as effectively.
” We’re especially excited about opening our TikTok distribution system to another Web3 jobs”, Zhu added. ” Our key planning reflects our community-first view, with a large part reserved for our active TikTok people and ecosystem individuals”.
According to its tokenomics page, a total of 30 % of the entire supply is allocated to “Ecosystem &, Community”, which will fund game producers building on the Solana layer-2 system, with an extra 20 % for community validation and network benefits.  ,
Sonic X’s TikTok tap-to-earn game had a top one million players in November, with the developer now claiming over two million players. With this, Sonic SVM believes TikTok can be used as a successful acquisition funnel, and plans to use funding from SONIC grants to launch a business for third-party developers.
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