Notcoin (NOT) began as a wildly popular tap‑to‑earn game within Telegram, created by Open Builders and built on TON (The Open Network). Players earned in-game Notcoins by tapping a virtual coin — requiring no prior crypto knowledge — and these points were later convertible to real NOT tokens.
Key components of its early game-based distribution:
Launched the tap game in early 2024, amassing 35 million+ players quickly
In-game tokens were exchanged at a 1 000:1 ratio when the token officially launched — meaning 1 000 taps earned you 1 NOT
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Launch & Tokenomics
Token Generation Event (TGE) occurred on May 16, 2024, coinciding with listings on major exchanges like Binance, OKX, Bybit, KuCoin, Gate, and Bitget, as well as decentralized platforms STON.fi and DeDust .
Total supply: ~102.7 billion $NOT. Distribution is community-heavy (~78%), with the remaining 22% reserved for development and new users .
Early ceremony: Pavel Durov (Telegram founder) reportedly received ~0.5M NOT as gifts from users during the mining phase .
