One of the smartest design choices with @The Notcoin Official was leaning into a massive token supply. By doing that, the team made micro-rewards feel real to everyday users. You and I both know how discouraging it feels to earn 0.0000005 tokens in some app. It doesn’t register as anything. But when you’re earning 10 or 50 or even 100 $NOT in one tap session, it feels like progress. That sense of reward is what fuels distribution.
This design is also an anti-gatekeeping move. Instead of forcing new players into dust rewards that mean nothing, #Notcoin let everyone feel like they got “something” for their effort. And when millions of people get those “somethings,” the funnel widens fast.
Of course, there’s always the question of whales. A broad holder base can soften whale dominance, but that only works if allocation and unlock schedules don’t secretly re-concentrate ownership back into a few hands. That’s why you and I need to watch not just who gets airdropped, but who actually sticks around.
The line between joy and dump is thin. Airdrops bring in excitement, but if the only outcome is farm-and-dump cycles, it doesn’t hold up. The real long-term fix is utility. People need actual reasons to keep NOT moving through the TON app mesh—whether that’s mini-games, in-app perks, or cross-app use cases on Telegram.
My take
Notcoin’s distribution-first model doesn’t guarantee price performance, but it does buy time. Time to build circuits where NOT isn’t just something you tapped once and forgot, but something you actually use day to day. If those loops get built, distribution turns into staying power. If not, Notcoin risks being remembered as just another meme cycle with a big airdrop moment.