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Nigerians react as Hamster Kombat airdrops provide very poor earnings

Hamster Kombat, the biggest and most anticipated cryptocurrency airdrop of the year, has finally launched after months of active mining by over 300 million players. The hamster project drop, which generated a lot of hype due to the size of the community, ended up being a disappointment for many players after very dismal earnings

The project was heavily criticized for its delivery dust to their players. Dust is a cryptocurrency deadline used to describe the small amounts of cryptocurrencies that are usually left behind after a transaction or trade.A major source of frustration for the hamster community is the long days spent mining the project after it launched in March. The income from the project was in no way worth the effort.

According to several reports, a large portion of HMSTR token miners got less than $10, which is about N16,000 in naira. This is not in the range of what other crypto projects like Notcoin have provided to Nigerian miners. Some Nigerian miners have earned as much as $500 The X community in Nigeria was furious after the drops, commenting on the announcement and questioning the feasibility of Tap projects to monetize from now on.

Drop launch details

Of the over 300 million players worldwide, only 131 million players qualified for the Hamster Airdrop allocation. About 2.3 million users were disqualified for cheating in the airdrop mining process.In total, 60 billion HMSTR was allocated to Hamster Kombat CEOs who engaged in the game, prompting them to manage the cryptocurrency exchange. The gaming process lasted 7 months until the drop that took place on September 26

According to various exchanges, the price of the Hamster Kombat token ranged from $0.012 to $0.09. Coingecko reported that the HMSTR token dropped 41% from its initial price of $0.012, while CMC saw a 25% decline from its initial price of $0.009.Hamster fight in announcement on X revealed that after the September 26 airdrop, over 30 million users were already trading Hamster Kombat tokens, and users may have experienced challenges due to high demand.

Reactions

The Nigeria X online space has been filled with angry reactions from various Nigerian and African users over the dismal amount of money earned by Hamster Kombat players.

Most users expressed disappointment, with some calling for a boycott of the project in the future.

Nigerian user Faares expressed his disappointment with the Hamster project, saying that it was not a good investment for players who fully committed to it.

People have wasted many days and hours playing this game only to be rewarded with tiny pieces of chicken? You have disappointed them and they will no longer trust you. Faare stated

Other X users called for a complete boycott of the project as planned for the second session.

Deni Rach it happened again he expressed this opinion in his tweet calling for a complete boycott of the project.

“Attention community! Time to act!

1. Block @hamster_kombat_bot

2. Unsubscribe from @hamster_kombat and all their social media

3. Stop watching their videos on YouTube. Remember: WE are the community. Thanks to us, they were successful. Ahmad wrote on Twitter

What’s worth knowing

  • Before the Airdrop event, Hamster Kombat announced that it had reserved 15 billion HMSTR tokens for the game’s second season.
  • Hamster Kombat is probably the largest Play to Earn crypto project in the industry today.