Telegram 的 Web3 遊戲革命：大規模採用已經開始了嗎？

雖然部分 web3 遊戲產業仍在等待下一款高階射擊遊戲突破並佔領區塊鏈大眾市場，但這場革命可能已經在其他地方開始了。

Despite the web3 gaming industry eagerly awaiting the next high-profile shooter to integrate blockchain and propel the technology to the masses, the revolution may have already begun elsewhere.

儘管 web3 遊戲產業熱切地等待下一款備受矚目的射擊遊戲來整合區塊鏈並將該技術推向大眾，但這場革命可能已經在其他地方開始了。

Gaming has always been a feature of the social platform Telegram, but recently it’s skyrocketed thanks to the implementation of web3. Exactly how many of Telegram’s 900 million users also play games is not clear, but its integrated blockchain TON recently surpassed Ethereum in terms of daily active users. That trending tap-to-earn game Hamster Kombat claims 158 million accounts (likely not unique players) gives us another indication of its rising popularity.

遊戲一直是社群平台 Telegram 的一大特色，但最近由於 web3 的實現，它的發展突飛猛進。 Telegram 的 9 億用戶中到底有多少人也玩遊戲尚不清楚，但其整合區塊鏈 TON 最近在每日活躍用戶方面超過了以太坊。這款受歡迎的點擊賺錢遊戲《Hamster Kombat》聲稱擁有 1.58 億個帳戶（可能不是唯一的玩家），這再次表明其受歡迎程度不斷上升。

Earlier in June, tap-to-earn game Notcoin also made headlines after its introduction of crypto rewards and its token broke the $1 billion market cap.

6 月初，點擊賺錢遊戲 Notcoin 在推出加密貨幣獎勵後也成為頭條新聞，其代幣市值突破 10 億美元。

More recently, Animoca Brands’ gaming platform Gamee and its casual mobile games announced that over 2.5 million users had joined its Telegram group. Its rapid growth follows the launch of Wat Protocol, which lets users earn WatPoints for staking their GMEE tokens, owning partner NFTs, playing games, and more.

最近，Animoca Brands 的遊戲平台 Gamee 及其休閒手機遊戲宣布，超過 250 萬用戶已加入其 Telegram 群組。隨著 Wat Protocol 的推出，其快速增長，該協議允許用戶透過質押 GMEE 代幣、擁有合作夥伴 NFT、玩遊戲等來賺取 WatPoints。

Highlighting this momentum, Pixelverse, the developer of tap-to-earn Telegram game PixelTap, also announced a recent $5.5 million funding round.

為了突顯這一勢頭，點擊賺錢的 Telegram 遊戲 PixelTap 的開發商 Pixelverse 也宣布了最近一輪 550 萬美元的融資。

Of course, as with any game, games on TON include bots. The way these tap-to-earn games are designed makes them even more prone to high levels of bot activity. It wouldn’t be a surprise if the majority of crypto gaming on Telegram is bots.

當然，與任何遊戲一樣，TON 上的遊戲也包含機器人。這些點擊賺錢遊戲的設計方式使它們更容易受到高水準的機器人活動的影響。如果 Telegram 上的大多數加密遊戲都是機器人，那也就不足為奇了。

But while earning crypto tokens might seem an attractive feature, the tokens’ utility is less defined. Unlike prominent blockchain titles such as Pixels, Shrapnel, and Pirate Nation, where the underlying tokenization adds actual value to the ecosystem, many tap-to-earn games and the very nature of their meme-like coins have no function, so their long-term purpose is more vague.

但是，雖然賺取加密代幣似乎是一個有吸引力的功能，但代幣的效用卻不太明確。與Pixels、Shrapnel 和Pirate Nation 等著名的區塊鏈遊戲不同，這些遊戲的底層代幣化為生態系統增加了實際價值，許多點擊賺錢遊戲及其類似模因的硬幣的本質沒有任何功能，因此它們的長期-術語“目的”更加模糊。

In contrast, TON Foundation’s TON token underpins the entire TON network and it’s now a top 10 crypto, with a market cap of almost $18 billion. One element of this value creation is the fact that the network currently has 120 games listed on its platform, ranging from move-to-earn, strategy, mining, and the less frequent category MMORPG containing Tap Fantasy, so while the games themselves may be ephemeral, their combined impact certainly is not.

相比之下，TON 基金會的 TON 代幣支撐著整個 TON 網絡，目前它是排名前 10 位的加密貨幣，市值近 180 億美元。這種價值創造的一個要素是，該網路目前在其平台上列出了120 款遊戲，包括行動賺錢、策略、採礦以及包含Tap Fantasy 在內的不太常見的MMORPG 類別，因此，雖然遊戲本身可能是雖然它們的綜合影響是短暫的，但肯定不是。

Not perhaps groundbreaking in-and-of-themselves then, the power of gaming on Telegram and TON and their integrated tokens certainly sparks the questions whether the mass adoption of blockchain gaming has already started, only in a different shape than the industry had predicted.

Telegram 和 TON 及其整合代幣上的遊戲的力量本身可能並不是突破性的，這無疑引發了人們的疑問：區塊鏈遊戲是否已經開始大規模採用，只是形式與行業預測的不同。