Somewhere between a tap-to-earn game and a crypto rewards platform sits Not Bored Puppies — formerly known as Topcoin — a Telegram-based project built around the TON blockchain's native $NOT token. The core mechanic is straightforward: users play a spin game inside the @NotBoredPuppies_bot, earn WAF points and spins by completing tasks, and convert those spins into real $NOT withdrawals. It sounds simple, and for the most part, it is.
What makes the channel worth examining is its transparency around withdrawals. Posts consistently include TON blockchain transaction links so users can verify payouts independently — a detail that separates it from the many tap-to-earn projects that vanish before paying anyone. By mid-October 2024, the team reported completing three withdrawal rounds totaling over 4.29 million $NOT, with a fourth round in November processing more than 1 million $NOT in a single batch. For a project of this type, that's a meaningful track record.
The channel posts sporadically — roughly two to four times per week — with a mix of withdrawal announcements, partnership promotions, and occasional roadmap commentary. The tone is conversational and relatively honest. When users pushed back on the project's roadmap, the team publicly acknowledged it was outdated and promised a revision, citing "changing market realities." That kind of candid admission is rare in this space, though the revised roadmap has yet to materialize in any concrete form across the posts reviewed.
Partnership announcements, like the one for ANGRY MINER offering a $2 bonus, feel like standard cross-promotion fare — the kind of filler content common to tap-to-earn ecosystems. A $500 giveaway post similarly reads more like audience retention than genuine value delivery. These are minor complaints, but they do dilute the feed.
The withdrawal mechanics deserve attention. Users must hold at least 100 $NOT to initiate an on-chain withdrawal — 50 $NOT minimum plus 50 $NOT gas fee — and withdrawals happen on a fixed schedule with multi-day submission windows. It's not instant gratification, but the structure at least creates accountability. An earlier arrangement with @Wallet allowed fee-free withdrawals at just 10 $NOT minimum, which was genuinely user-friendly.
With nearly 1.46 million subscribers, the audience is substantial, though engagement in the posts themselves appears modest relative to that number — a common sign of inflated follower counts in the Telegram crypto space. Still, the verified on-chain transaction history gives this project more credibility than most in its category.
Not Bored Puppies is best suited for casual crypto users already active in the TON ecosystem who enjoy low-stakes gaming with occasional real token rewards. It is not a serious investment vehicle, and anyone expecting consistent passive income will be disappointed. But if you're already playing Telegram mini-games and holding $NOT, it's worth a follow — just keep expectations calibrated accordingly.
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