Original author: KarenZ, Foresight News
This week, the Monad testnet was officially launched. We released the Gold Rush Manual: Tianwang Public Chain Monad Online Testnet, Quick Interaction Guide as soon as the Monad testnet was launched, introducing the interaction process of Monad. Given that the difficulty of receiving water from the Monad test coin is high and the ecological heat continues to rise, many users want to know more about the channels for receiving water and the ecological applications that are worth interacting and paying attention to. This article will list them one by one for you.
Territorial waters
Monad has airdropped a small amount of test coins to active EVMs. Other addresses that have received the tokens include:
1. Official test coin collection link: https://testnet.monad.xyz/
2. http://stake.apr.io/faucet (need to connect to Twitter, 2 MON can be obtained every 12 hours)
3. https://www.okx.com/zh-hans/web3/faucet/monad (need to complete a few simple social tasks, can be claimed once every 24 hours, 0.5 MON each time)
4. https://owlto.finance/Faucet/Monad (Owlto users with more than 1,000 points can claim 0.1 MON for free)
https://www.gas.zip/faucet/monad (addresses with more than 0.033 ETH on the mainnet or addresses with more than 20 transactions on Gas.zip, enter the address to receive 0.1 MON, no need to connect to a wallet)
5. https://www.dusted.app/rewards (Lasso five times a day for a chance to get MON rewards)
6. https://thirdweb.com/monad-testnet (you can get 0.01 MON every day after registering on the website)
Tips: After receiving the test coins, try not to transfer them between wallets, especially to multiple wallets, as this may easily lead to being identified as a witch.
Highlight Ecological Projects
aPriori（Followed by Monad）
aPriori is a Monad-based MEV liquid staking platform. In July 2024, it announced the completion of an $8 million seed round of financing, led by Pantera. Previously, aPriori completed a Pre-Seed round of financing led by Hashed and Arrington Capital, with a total financing amount of $10 million. Other investors include Consensys, OKX Ventures, Manifold Trading, etc. Apriori is currently online on the Monad testnet.
Interaction strategy: Stake MON to get aprMON. aprMON is an interest-bearing token. As rewards accumulate, the value of each aprMON increases, but the number of aprMON held by the user remains unchanged.
https://x.com/apr_labs/
Kuru (Followed by Monad official Twitter)
Kuru is an on-chain order book DEX based on Monad, and is currently available on the Monad testnet. Kuru completed a $2 million seed round of financing in July 2024, led by Electric Capital and participated by Brevan Howard Digital and others.
Interaction strategy: create vault, trade.
https://x.com/KuruExchange
Kintsu (Followed by Monad official account)
Kintsu is a liquidity pledge protocol in the Monad ecosystem. It completed a $4 million seed round of financing in July 2024, led by Castle Island Ventures, with participation from Brevan Howard Digital, CMT Digital, Spartan Group, Breed VC, CMS Holdings, Animoca Ventures, etc. Kintsu has been launched on the Monad testnet.
Kintsus governance system uses both KSU tokens and DAO NFTs. Users stake their KSU tokens into DAO NFTs to participate in governance.
Interaction strategy: By staking MON to obtain sMON, you can unlock liquidity while obtaining accumulation rewards.
https://x.com/Kintsu_xyz
Fortytwo (Followed by Monad official account)
Fortytwo is building a decentralized AI network that unifies idle computing to transform it into a coordinated swarm, enhancing the collective intelligence of the entire system.
Interaction strategy: Currently you can apply to become a Node Operator.
https://x.com/fortytwonetwork
Nad.fun (Followed by Backpack official account)
Nad.fun is the pump.fun of the Monad ecosystem. Nad.fun said that it will distribute points through testnet and mainnet activities. The official documentation page has listed the token economics part, but has not yet listed the details.
Interaction strategy: creation, trading test coins, and recommendations.
https://x.com/naddotfun
Perpl (Followed by Monad official account)
Perpl is a monad-native pricing engine.
Interaction Strategies: Currently available to apply to join the waitlist.
https://x.com/perpltrade
Dusted (Monad official follow)
Dusted is a Monad-based application that focuses on creating communities around tokenized assets, where users holding specific tokens can join and participate in dedicated chat groups. The reward system includes MON, Dusted points, and Monad ecosystem project whitelist.
Interaction strategy: After connecting your wallet, you can earn MON and points by lassoing five times a day.
https://x.com/dusted_app
PLAYBACK (Monad official follow-up)
PLAYBACK is a decentralized AI project that turns human intentions into computer actions.
Interaction Strategies: Currently available to apply to join the waitlist.
https://x.com/playbacknet
