Can you pay with crypto on DareBay?
Paying with crypto on DareBay means one coin: USDT on the TON network, for top-ups, budgets and withdrawals. Crypto is optional, COINS never leave it.
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 costs 10 USDT as a one-off payment, 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: neither the platform nor support can do anything about it.
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.
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 here is a payment rail, not a guarantee
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, and the team handles the request.
→ See also: what commission DareBay charges, withdrawals, prizes and payouts.