- Hamster Kombat is finally ready to release its native token, HMSTR, to the community comprising hundreds of millions of gamers.
- The 2024 success story is set to distribute a whopping 60b HMSTR this Thursday to eligible participants.
- Some in the community have disengaged with the GameFi title following the airdrop’s emphasis on influencers and referrals over time spent in game.
- Additionally, Hamster Kombat are only releasing 88.75% of each player’s allocated tokens based on a ten-month vesting schedule.
Hamster Kombat might just be the year’s biggest crypto success story. The Telegram-based game has exploded in 2024, raking in hundreds of millions of active users in less than 12 months since launch.
The popularity of the Web3 game is on the back of its simplicity and earning potential – all users need to do is repeatedly tap a cute hamster to get a slice of the pie.
And now, that pie is finally becoming liquid (sorry, that’s a weird analogy) as the developers announce the first-ever airdrop of HMSTR tokens – the game’s native cryptocurrency.
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Less Than Half of Hamster Kombat Users Eligible for Airdrop
The airdrop is scheduled for Thursday and is set to reward 131 million within the community with HMSTR tokens. This is less than half of the accounts signed up for the game, although it’s unclear how many of these “players” are, or ever were, active.
The initial token supply of HMSTR is 100 billion, of which 75% will go straight to the community members who engage with the Telegram mini-app. The team is also holding onto 15% of the max supply to airdrop come Season 2 of the game, which is likely to go live before the end of the year.
Hamster Kombat Users Turn On Developers for “Bootlicking YouTubers”
Despite the initial excitement around Hamster Kombat’s token airdrop, the community has soured over the weekend given some details weren’t published in the original announcement.
The biggest bugbear for investors has been the “vesting schedule”, where eligible recipients only receive 88.75% of their allocation – with the remainder to be released in June/July 2025.
Although these figures don’t seem too egregious, especially if they help prevent a potential market crash which can follow high-supply airdrops, many have taken to social media to air their disappointment.
Another concern comes from the airdrop’s allocation, which prioritised micro influencers and referrals over those who actually played the game.
Despite a throng of vocal users upset with Hamster Kombat’s developers, there’s no denying the project’s influence on modern GameFi. The team will look to build atop its resounding success with a smooth airdrop later this week – no matter how mad some in the community are.
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