Coins for clicks. Everything you need to know about Notcoin in Telegram

Notcoin is the fastest-growing clicker game integrated into Telegram, allowing users to earn coins by simply tapping the screen. Notcoin had nearly 500 000 registered players in its first month and more than 650 000 users during the beta, mining over 60 billion coins. The official version of the game was launched on January 1, 2024, and the user base reached 4,1 million people who mined ~1,2 trillion Notcoin within a week.

Despite its success, Notcoin is not a cryptocurrency based on the TON blockchain, which makes the project an Internet marketing phenomenon. Calling in-game activity “mining” is technically incorrect, since no real cryptocurrency mining takes place. Bitcoin developers emphasize this uncertainty:

“What’s next. No one knows. And that's the beauty.”

More details about Notcoin

According to the TON Foundation, Open Builders, an organization dedicated to funding projects on the TON blockchain, is responsible for the creation of Notcoin. The game has no standard cryptocurrency components such as a website, roadmap, or white paper (the document dated November 2023 consists of nine blank pages). The coins cannot be traded and have no real value or cash-out option.

“Notcoin isn’t a real cryptocurrency right now, but “plans for a future token mint and distribution” are on the horizon,” a representative of the project told Decrypt.

Notcoin listing

The founders of the project confirmed in X information about the future airdrop during the TON broadcast. However, there are no details yet. They also said that a Notcoin listing is possible on several exchanges.

Influencer Igor Pavlenko revealed on his YouTube channel that crypto exchange BingX will list Notcoin for spot and futures trading. However, he did not disclose when this will happen. Vladimir Smerkis, former director of Binance in the CIS, also believes that “token will be there.”

How to play Notcoin

Users can earn coins by simply tapping on the screen. In addition, Notcoin does not require any investment. To start playing, all you need to do is simply join the Telegram bot.

The game has ways to make Notcoin mining more efficient through the “Boost” button. Using boosters increases the mining efficiency:

• Energy Limit — increases the maximum energy reserve;
• Speed Booster — increases the speed of energy recovery, allowing you to mine resources more often;
• Multitap — increases the number of coins obtained per tap;
• Auto-tap bot — automatically mines coins for the player.

A rocket periodically appears during the game. It activates the turbo mode. It must be pressed, then the number of coins will be significantly multiplied without additional energy expenditure.

Moreover, daily bonuses are available in Notcoin:

• Rockets — launches a rocket;
• Full energy — replenishes energy;
• Free coins — gives free Notcoin.

There are five other ways to earn Notcoin:

• Invite friends — referral program, for each invited user the player gets bonuses;
• Onboarding — simple tasks to learn the basics of the game;
• Leagues — rewards for each invited friend who reaches a new level in the league;
• Specials — valuable missions for a deep dive into TON and blockchain principles;
• Web3 world — an introduction to Web 3.0 applications that may come in handy in the future.

To invite friends, go to the “Frends” option on the homepage under the coin image, then click “Invite a friend” and choose how to send the invitation — via Telegram or by copying the link to share on social media. If there is no Telegram Premium, the player and invited friend will receive a bonus of 2500 Notcoin. For Telegram Premium users, the bonus increases to 50 000 coins for both. In addition, there are additional rewards for each level-up of the invited friend in the leagues.

What are leagues and squads?

Leagues and leaderboards show the most active Notcoin players. Each league has a points threshold after which users move up. There are five leagues in total: Bronze, Silver, Gold, Platinum, and Diamond.

More taps = higher position in the leaderboard.

Squads are a community of users in the game. Any public channel/chat on Telegram can become a squad. Squads compete against each other. They also have an internal leaderboard.

Additional information

Notcoin bot functionality and commands:

• /profile — with this command the bot will provide a full range of information about the user’s status in the game;
• /send — this command is used to send Notcoin tokens to other players;
• /send + [amount] — using this command you can create a check for a specified amount of Notcoin;
• /mysquad — this command displays a list of the 15 most successful players of the team;
• /top15@notcoin_bot — the command shows the top 15 players by the amount of accumulated coins;
• /team15@notcoin_bot — the command displays the top 15 teams by the total amount of coins collected.

Creating a team in Notcoin

To join an existing team, you need to send the bot a link to the Telegram channel or group the squad is in. Alternatively, you can work through the game interface:

• Select “Join Squad” from the main menu;
• View the list of available teams or select “Join another squad” to send an invitation via the Notcoin bot.

To create a squad and invite members, you must use the /ref command in the Notcoin bot chat or the “Invite a fren” button in the game interface.

In addition, you can join the Notcoin team through the leaderboard. To do this, select the desired squad and click the “Join Squad” button.

Why Notcoin is interesting

The current value of Notcoin has not yet been determined. At the moment, users can mine tokens for free, but whether they will gain real value will be known in the future. According to preliminary estimates, 100 000 Notcoin could be worth $10.

Notcoin was developed on the TON blockchain created by Pavel Durov, the founder of Telegram. This fact attracts additional attention to the project, as TON is among the most topical and discussed blockchain projects today, its investors are market maker DWF Labs and game developer Animoca Brands.