Catizen’s new tap-to-earn Telegram game is shaking up the blockchain playground. They just dropped the long-awaited CATI token on The Open Network (TON), but hold your horses, because there’s more under the hood. Airdrop passes are in, and trust me, they’re here to keep you swiping for years. That’s the plan at least.
But here’s where it gets sketchy. The community’s fangs came out after Catizen announced it would only airdrop 15% of its token supply, even though the whitepaper hinted at 34%. Confused? You’re not alone. Players were ticked off, and rightfully so. It turns out Catizen had stashed away a sneaky 19% for a so-called “quarterly season airdrop campaign.” Cue the Airdrop Pass.
Airdrop Pass? Yeah, You’re Gonna Need That.
So here’s the real kicker: that extra 19% will be dished out over a whopping 19 seasons. Yeah, that’s right, they’re planning to stretch this out for almost 5 years. And you know what? They’re making it so you’ve gotta grind even harder to get it. You’ll have to hustle, rack up points, and pray you make it onto the leaderboard, ‘cause that’s where you see your fate compared to the rest of Catizen’s army.
Every 90 days, you’ll earn a piece of that 1% of tokens. So yeah, long game, not a sprint. Sound familiar? It’s all about locking you in. This isn’t Catizen’s first rodeo; they’re following the breadcrumbs of other projects like Notcoin, which, spoiler alert, had to revamp their entire ecosystem to keep things spicy for their community.
Backlash and Broken Dreams
Not everyone’s hyped though. When Catizen dropped the news, players started barking about how little they’d earned. Months of grinding for what? Tiny slices of the pie. And to rub salt in the wound, Catizen even tweaked the airdrop formula after catching a few cheats.
But here’s the drama: this change didn’t just hit the cheaters—it slashed earnings across the board. Legit grinders got the short end of the stick too. Of course, Catizen’s saying they’ll be “more transparent” moving forward, but we’ll see if the community buys it.
Sounds like we’re in for a wild ride, and the CATI token might just be the ticket, but whether this airdrop strategy holds water? Only time will tell. Keep swiping, ‘cause the game’s far from over.