Key takeaways
- The farcaster onchain games surge happened because small, social games inside the feed gave people a reason to open the app every day, and mystery-box collectibles on Base and a farming game were among the mini apps credited with it.
- Temptation Token is a different shape of the same idea: one vote-to-earn round a week on Base, settled by a random draw, with every share paid in $TTS and three trophy NFTs minted at the close.
The farcaster onchain games surge happened because small, social games inside the feed gave people a reason to open the app every day, and mystery-box collectibles on Base and a farming game were among the mini apps credited with it. Temptation Token is a different shape of the same idea: one vote-to-earn round a week on Base, settled by a random draw, with every share paid in $TTS and three trophy NFTs minted at the close.
What drove the Farcaster onchain games surge?
The short version is small games played inside posts. One roundup of Frames v2 mini apps names Warplet Blind Box and FarVille among the apps turning Farcaster feeds into Web3 apps. A blind box is a mystery-box collectible. FarVille is a farming game. Neither asks you to leave the feed.
This is not the first time it has happened. When the original Frames shipped, The Block reported daily active users surging nearly tenfold to record highs. The pattern held. Give people something to tap with their friends, and they show up.
Here is the real point for you. The people playing these games are not lab testers. They are adults like you, scrolling, tapping, comparing what they pulled with the person next to them.
What is a Farcaster mini app, in plain terms?
A mini app is a small web app that opens inside a social feed. Base’s own documentation describes one as a lightweight web app that runs without opening a browser or downloading anything. It launches from a post. That is the whole trick.
The friction drops to one tap. No store. No install. You see a friend’s post, you open the game, you play. That is why these games spread the way they do.
If you want the background on why games hold a social crowd together, I covered it in why games hold community on Base.
How is a Temptation Token round different from a mystery box?
A mystery box resolves the moment you open it. A Temptation Token round runs for one week and resolves once, for everyone, at the same time. Let me explain how it works.
- Step one. Open the app at app.temptationtoken.io and connect a wallet on Base.
- Step two. Pick a profile. Up to 50 approved profiles can compete in a round.
- Step three. Vote by sending $TTS to the voting contract on that profile. The minimum vote is 5 $TTS.
- Step four. Add more votes or back other profiles while the round is open. Votes are final and cannot be withdrawn.
One round, one vote, or many. The difference from a farming game is that you are not grinding alone against a timer; you are backing a person alongside everyone else who backed them, and the whole room learns the result together.
When does a round resolve, and how is the winner picked?
Each round closes on Sunday night, US Eastern time, which is Monday 04:59:00 UTC on-chain. Chainlink VRF then draws the winning profile at random, weighted by tickets.
For a wallet with no eligible stake, each $TTS voted counts as one ticket. More votes give a profile better odds. No profile is sure to win. A vote is also refused if it would lift one profile above 40% of all $TTS voted in the round, so no single profile can swallow the field.
Settlement is triggered by the operator’s own keeper service. A round with no votes has no winner, no payout and no trophies. If you want to see where profiles stand before the close, here is how to read a Base app leaderboard.
What do you keep after a round ends?
You keep whatever the contract paid you in $TTS, and if you were the top voter or the winning profile, you keep a trophy NFT. Here is how the pool works.
The prize pool is only the $TTS voted on the winning profile. Without a club, it splits 35% to the top voter, 35% to the winning profile’s wallet, 10% to the charity wallet and 20% to the house. With a registered club code, the split is 35% top voter, 35% winning profile, 10% charity, 10% club and 10% house. The voting contract pays every share straight to wallets in the settlement transaction. The votes on profiles that did not win are sent to the burn address.
At settlement the contract mints three TTS Round Trophy NFTs: one to the winning profile, one to the top voter and one to the house wallet. That trophy is the part a mystery box cannot give you. It is a record that you were the one who backed the winner hardest that week. Why that record stays put is covered in why your trophy record stays put.
Do you need to buy anything to play your first round?
No. A new wallet receives a one-time signup bonus of 500 $TTS when it first connects in the app, and that covers votes at the 5 $TTS minimum.
The operator also matches a wallet’s first vote 1:1 in $TTS, once per wallet. A wallet with no stake can vote at most 500 $TTS in one vote, so its match is at most 500 $TTS. The operator caps how many signup bonuses and matches it pays each day, so they are not unlimited.
You will need a small amount of ETH on Base for gas, because every Base transaction needs it. If you are new to wallets, start with passkey wallet recovery before you vote, not after.
Frequently asked questions
Can I become a profile in a Temptation Token round?
Yes, by uploading a safe-for-work photo in the app’s Submit tab. Each submission costs 5 $TTS, paid to the house, and is non-refundable whether approved or rejected. A wallet can submit up to three times a week, and the first submission needs a one-time ID and selfie check confirming you are 18 or older.
Yes, by uploading a safe-for-work photo in the app’s Submit tab. Each submission costs 5 $TTS, paid to the house, and is non-refundable whether approved or rejected. A wallet can submit up to three times a week, and the first submission needs a one-time ID and selfie check confirming you are 18 or older.
Who gets the charity share of a round?
The 10% charity share is fixed in the voting contract and goes to the charity wallet set there, which the site and app label as Polaris Project donations. It is paid in $TTS in the same settlement transaction as every other share, so anyone can check it on Base.
The 10% charity share is fixed in the voting contract and goes to the charity wallet set there, which the site and app label as Polaris Project donations. It is paid in $TTS in the same settlement transaction as every other share, so anyone can check it on Base.
Is there a transfer tax on $TTS votes?
No. $TTS carries a 1% transfer tax on transfers where neither side is tax-exempt, but the voting contract and the Uniswap V2 pool are both tax-exempt. That means votes and swaps in that pool carry no transfer tax. You still pay a small amount of ETH on Base for gas.
No. $TTS carries a 1% transfer tax on transfers where neither side is tax-exempt, but the voting contract and the Uniswap V2 pool are both tax-exempt. That means votes and swaps in that pool carry no transfer tax. You still pay a small amount of ETH on Base for gas.
Can I play Temptation Token from Telegram?
Yes. The bot @TTSGameBot asks you to confirm you are 18 or older, opens the game inside Telegram and links to the leaderboard and contract details. Its VIP Vault is a separate paid community membership in Telegram Stars, and it does not include $TTS, vote multipliers or NFTs.
Yes. The bot @TTSGameBot asks you to confirm you are 18 or older, opens the game inside Telegram and links to the leaderboard and contract details. Its VIP Vault is a separate paid community membership in Telegram Stars, and it does not include $TTS, vote multipliers or NFTs.
How is the top voter decided if two wallets tie?
The top voter is the wallet that voted the most $TTS in total on the winning profile, counted in $TTS actually voted. On a tie, the wallet that reached that highest total first keeps the place. Bonus-matched amounts count only as they were actually voted on-chain.
The top voter is the wallet that voted the most $TTS in total on the winning profile, counted in $TTS actually voted. On a tie, the wallet that reached that highest total first keeps the place. Bonus-matched amounts count only as they were actually voted on-chain.
The Bottom Line
People like you are already playing small onchain games in their feeds. That part is settled. What a Temptation Token round adds is a shared finish line: one week, one draw, shares paid in $TTS to wallets, and a trophy for the winner and the top voter.
The one thing to try is a single round. Connect a wallet, take the signup bonus, back one profile and watch it close on Sunday night. Questions go to support@temptationtoken.io, or to me at jim@temptationtoken.io. Start at Temptation Token and Join.
Play at app.temptationtoken.io.
Sources
- Farcaster Frames v2: 5 Mini Apps Behind a 400% DAU Surge
- Daily active users on Farcaster surge to all-time high, driven by Frames launch
- Quickstart – Base Documentation
Nothing here is financial advice. Digital assets carry risk, including the risk of total loss.
