Essentials:
- They are launching a new app called ShareON on Telegram, which aims to reward you for spreading quality content.
- Basically, if you come across a great video or article and share it, you can earn some crypto tokens.
- To keep it fun, they’ve added a game element that allows you to track your progress on the leaderboards and collect achievements. In just a short time since launch, hundreds of thousands of people have already joined and billions of posts have been shared.
The TON blockchain has seen significant growth in recent weeks with the launch of several innovative mini-apps. Two that really took off are the privacy-focused TONNEL Network and the viral clicker game Notcoin. Now, another promising project called ShareON has hit the market, which aims to boost content sharing and social interactions on Telegram.
Reward users for spreading quality content
ShareON – developed by a pioneer in the decentralized aggregation and distribution of Web3 content, ReadON – is a new Telegram mini-app launched on Telegram Messenger using the TON blockchain in the background. The goal of ShareON is to reward users with crypto tokens simply for engaging with interesting content and spreading it to their social networks. As anyone who uses Telegram regularly knows, there is a wealth of compelling content worth spreading every day. ShareON aims to formalize and stimulate this natural human behavior.
The concept is quite simple: users browse and come across compelling articles, videos or other media. With a few taps in ShareON, they can then share this content with selected Telegram channels or chats. If others in their network also find it worthwhile and engage with the post, the original sharer receives a small crypto reward.
ShareON Telegram Bot interface. Source: ShareON
A fascinating game element
To keep the experience fun and gamified, users will accumulate these crypto tokens in their ShareON wallet over time. They can then view overviews of top performers, track their progress on leaderboards or make comparisons with friends. Status and achievements are awarded when certain symbolic milestones are reached. This should encourage continued engagement within the app.
Under the hood, the TON blockchain allowed these token rewards and interactions to be recorded and verified in a decentralized manner. The project’s founders rightly identified Telegram as a fertile ground for content discovery and sharing. By building on TON and integrating directly into Telegram’s robust ecosystem, ShareON launched with a ready audience.
Early success points to a bright future
In the few short weeks since its launch, ShareON has already proven to be extremely popular, according to the development team. Hundreds of thousands of users have joined the platform and billions of posts have been shared. If this level of organic growth continues, it could become one of the most widely used decentralized apps to date.
As users are encouraged to authentically engage with high-quality articles and media, ShareON is showing real potential to surface the best content circulating around Telegram. Only time will tell if the concept really catches on, but all signs so far point to ShareON playing a key role in the thriving TON ecosystem. As more users interact with DApps such as ShareON, Notcoin and TONNEL Network, mainstream awareness and adoption of the TON blockchain will grow exponentially.
So what does this growing influx of activity on the TON blockchain mean for the price of the original TON cryptocurrency, Toncoin? At the time of writing, the TON coin is trading around $2.27 – up more than 9% in the past month according to CoinCodex.