How HOT Protocol Scaled To 26 Million Wallets Built on NEAR

In the newest episode of The Edge Podcast, we learn how HOT Wallet grew to 26 million unique wallets including 10M wallets on the TON blockchain, and why the next generation of crypto users may no longer have to worry about which blockchain they’re using. Discover how HOT Wallet is redefining the crypto user experience through gamification, blockchain-agnostic apps, and a seamless Telegram integration.

Special thanks to our sponsor Puffer Finance, the team behind the upcoming launch of Ethereum’s leading based rollup, Puffer Unifi!

Listen to every episode of The Edge Podcast on Pods, Apple, Spotify, and more by subscribing to your preferred podcast player here!

Timestamps

0:00 - Intro

3:58 - Origin of HOT Protocol

7:59 - Where do HOT Wallet users come from?

12:32 - HOT Protocol vs HOT Wallet

15:56 - Telegram is the onramp to new crypto wallet users

20:17 - What apps do HOT wallet users use?

24:44 - Gamifying HOT wallet UX

28:25 - Which chains HOT wallet supports

28:44 - Mantle mid-roll

29:25 - What economic value might NEAR capture from HOT wallet usage?

32:27 - Which chain is home to HOT Protocol and will there be a HOT token?

36:36 - How will the crypto UX change with chain abstraction?

40:44 - Thoughts on Pavel Durov’s arrest

42:14 - Can HOT Protocol make apps blockchain-agnostic?

45:44 - Closing

🔗 Guest Links 🔗

► HOT Labs Website: https://hot-labs.org/

► HOT Protocol on X/Twitter: https://x.com/hotdao_

► Peter Volnov on X/Twitter: https://x.com/p_volnov

► Flipside dashboard for HOT wallets: https://flipsidecrypto.xyz/Masi/hot-mining--dobx-

• Follow @DeFi_Dad on X (Twitter)

• Follow @Nomaticcap on X (Twitter)

• Subscribe to The Edge Podcast via Linktree

• Watch The Edge Podcast on YouTube

• Collect every episode onchain on Pods