Can you pay with crypto on DareBay?

Yes, and you will not have to learn a new coin or a new network to do it: there is exactly one cryptocurrency here, USDT on the TON network. Through the DareBay wallet you top up your balance, fund the prize budget of a contest and withdraw an available balance to an external wallet. Nothing else lives in the wallet, and that works in your favour: fewer options mean fewer ways to send money nowhere.

Crypto is not mandatory for entering or for the reward: the payment method and the reward method are set by the terms of each contest.

What the wallet can do ​

• Top up the balance in USDT.
• Fund the prize budget of a contest. Creating a contest is free, and the contest commission is 0%; there is no separate charge for topping up a contest budget either.
• Withdraw an available balance to an external wallet on the TON network, as a separate request in the withdrawal wizard.

The current top-up and withdrawal methods are listed right on those screens in the app. Go by them, not by the list in a contest description.

The network matters more than the address ​

The only supported network is TON. An address copied from a wallet on another network looks perfectly valid, but a transfer sent to it goes nowhere, and there is nowhere to recover it from: a blockchain transfer cannot be reversed by anyone.

So before your first withdrawal, check the network specifically, not just the address, and send a small test amount if you are unsure. The terms and the request procedure are on withdrawals.

Which other clipping platforms pay in crypto, and on which network each of them sends it, is compared in clipping platforms that pay without PayPal or Stripe; what your own country has published about receiving a stablecoin sits on the India page, the Pakistan page, the Bangladesh and Nepal page, the Indonesia and the Philippines page, the Nigeria, Kenya and Ghana page and the Egypt and the Arab countries page.

COINS are not a cryptocurrency ​

COINS are the platform's internal game currency. They live inside the product, never leave it and do not convert into USDT: the withdrawable balance is denominated in USDT. If you expect accumulated COINS to land in your wallet one day, do not: they are not built for that.

Crypto is the rail, DareBay is the guarantor ​

The word "crypto" is often read as "smart contract", so let us be direct: on-chain escrow plays no part in this scheme. The budget of a wallet-backed contest is frozen on the platform side, and the payout is secured by an intermediary and guarantor, not by code on a blockchain. USDT is the rail the money arrives and leaves on, nothing more.

What exactly protects the payout and why it works without a blockchain is covered in the payout guarantee.

Do you have to pay with crypto ​

No. The terms of a contest can name a card, a bank transfer, Telegram Stars, a Telegram gift or an item. Those are reward methods of that particular contest, not withdrawal rails for the balance: the withdrawal wizard offers USDT to an external wallet and Telegram Stars. Request a withdrawal from 10 USDT and the platform does the rest.

Match the asset and network before sending ​

“USDT” without a network is insufficient: the address and selected network must match the method in the form. Do not choose another network merely for a lower fee. Check asset, network, destination and amount before confirmation; recheck a saved address if your wallet changed.

Nobody needs your private key to send you a payment. For an organizer's direct reward, confirm details under the task; for balance withdrawal, use the withdrawal form. The same currency does not make these the same operation.

→ See also: what commission DareBay charges, withdrawals, prizes and payouts.