Tomarket is a popular Telegram mini-app that allows users to play the game. Instead of launching its Token on The Open Network, TOMA will be deployed on Aptos, a rival layer-1 networking platform.
Tomarket, which has 50 million users in total and 6 millions daily active users will release its TOMA token December 20 with an airdrop for players that meet certain criteria.
Tomarket’s token allocations have taken place in several airdrop waves. However, players are unable either to withdraw the token or trade it. Developers of the TOMA app had previously stated that tokens were generated. They clarified that this term is used for token allocations inside the app. Tomarket is no longer going to be deployed on TON.
"Aptos’ high speed and reliable infrastructure provides the scalability Tomarket needs to support its growing user base while delivering smooth, efficient blockchain experiences,” a Tomarket core team member who goes by Miles told Decrypt.
Following next week’s token launch, Tomarket plans to expand its offerings, including introducing more games, enhancing its FarmingPool rewards program, and launching an aggregator of decentralized exchanges, or DEXs.
Most Telegram-based crypto games, including heavyweights like Hamster Kombat and Notcoin, have opted to deploy on TON, helping to drive adoption of the chain this year. TON is now the 16th most valuable cryptocurrency by market cap, per data from CoinGecko, rising in price by about 190% over the past year.
Tomarket isn’t the first game to choose an alternative path, however: tap-to-earn combat game MemeFi recently launched its token on Sui, after pivoting from its original chain of Ethereum layer-2 network Linea.
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