X1 App Hits 2 Million Users: Is BlockDAG Building the Next Big Crypto On-Ramp?

In a space dominated by speculation, user adoption remains the ultimate test of a crypto project’s traction. BlockDAG just passed that test—quietly but unmistakably. Its flagship X1 Miner App, launched just months ago, has now onboarded over 2 million users globally, making it one of the most downloaded crypto mining apps of 2025.

But this isn’t just about download numbers. What’s unfolding is a grassroots ecosystem centered on Proof-of-Engagement, not capital. The X1 App’s success suggests that BlockDAG’s bet on wide-accessibility mining may be the infrastructure play others missed—and that mobile-first decentralization might just be the new Layer 1 advantage.

Mining by Engagement: A Paradigm Shift

Unlike traditional mining models that require high-end hardware and deep technical knowledge, BlockDAG’s X1 Miner App lowers the barrier to entry. Built for both Android and iOS, the app lets anyone participate in the mining process through a Proof-of-Engagement (PoE) model. Instead of expensive GPUs or ASICs, users earn BDAG by interacting with the app daily—tapping, sharing, inviting others, and maintaining consistent activity.

This makes mining more about participation than power, opening the doors to entire demographics who’ve previously been priced out of crypto infrastructure. It also turns every user into a micro-node in the upcoming network—engaged, committed, and early.

The app supports up to 20 BDAG per day, with built-in incentives for rank progression, streaks, and referral bonuses. It’s gamified, but not gimmicky—and the model is proving sticky. According to internal metrics, daily active usage remains high, with a majority of users returning at least 4–5 times a week.

A Gateway to the Ecosystem

For BlockDAG, the X1 App is more than just a viral tool—it’s a gateway. With its hybrid DAG + Proof-of-Work (PoW) architecture set to go live in Q4 2025, the project is using the X1 ecosystem to build user familiarity, trust, and distribution long before token liquidity or mainnet circulation begins.

Each point earned in the X1 App will convert into BDAG six weeks before listing, when the presale officially ends. This transition—from points to tokens—is already baked into the rollout plan, making the X1 app not only a user acquisition tool, but a conversion pipeline for real token holders.

That’s a strategic inversion of most crypto rollouts. While others focus on liquidity first and user base second, BlockDAG has flipped the order—amassing millions of users before even touching centralized exchange markets.

Community-Led, Not VC-Fueled

There’s another layer of significance here: BlockDAG has raised over $315 million through its presale alone, with zero venture capital backing. This is noteworthy. At a time when Layer 1s are often propped up by early institutional rounds, BlockDAG is proving that retail and grassroots traction can still be a force.

With the app now supporting over 2 million users and BDAG coins sold topping 23 billion, it’s one of the few Layer 1 projects where the community is both the miner and the investor.

The presale, currently offering a special limited-time price of $0.0020 (in Batch 29 priced at $0.0276), is drawing attention from new retail buyers daily. It will rise to $0.0030 in just a few days—making now one of the last chances to secure tokens at 40x below the confirmed listing price of $0.05.

A Pre-Mainnet Base Layer That Actually Exists

Most Layer 1s spend years building infrastructure before users arrive. BlockDAG’s X1 approach turns that on its head. The user base already exists, is active, and is mining. When the production mainnet goes live four weeks before listing, the X1 miner ecosystem will fold directly into the network as an active base layer.

It also complements the rollout of BlockDAG’s upcoming X10 and X30 ASIC miners, set to begin shipping in June and July 2025, respectively. These devices will bring hardware-based mining to the table, but the X1 app ensures that mobile-first users remain central to the project’s ethos.

This is not just decentralization by design—it’s decentralization by participation.

Where It Goes From Here

BlockDAG has committed to supporting over 1,000 dApps by 2026, and its no-code smart contract builder is already live in testnet. But none of that matters without a user base. The X1 App ensures that when these applications go live, millions are already watching—and mining.

From a journalist’s lens, the story here isn’t just about numbers. It’s about architecture, incentive design, and strategic rollout. The X1 Miner App is doing what few Layer 1s have done: prove adoption before utility, and use gamified mining as a launchpad for infrastructure-scale engagement.

If BlockDAG succeeds in scaling its DAG + PoW architecture with this kind of community foundation, the X1 App may be remembered not just as a fun tool—but as the first real crypto on-ramp built for the next billion users.

Website: https://blockdag.network

Presale: https://purchase.blockdag.network

Telegram: https://t.me/blockDAGnetworkOfficial

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