As with Polkadot, to join the Kusama network as a user, you can try one of the activated parachains. The 16 parachains currently connected (out of 25 planned) to Kusama are Statemine (Polkadot's Statemint twin), a common-good chain that allows you to create, hold, and transfer KSM tokens, as well as other assets - fungible and non-fungible. Like its Polkadot variation, Statemine was developed by Parity Technologies and did not participate in the auction. Bit.Country Pioneer is intended to be the hub of gamification and metaverse on Kusama. Karura (Polkadot’s Acala's twin) is an EVM-compatible DeFi hub with all the protocols, stablecoins, and the possibility of staking, loan processing, AMM DEX, and so forth. Parachain Genshiro (with the Equilibrium analog on Polkadot) will serve a similar purpose, it offers all kinds of financial services - from Curve AMM and DEX with derivative contracts on ETFs to stocks, gold, and commodities. The Shiden Network (Astar on Polkadot) enables EVM-compatible smart contracts and layer-2 solutions, while Moonriver (Moonbeam on Polkadot) will enable dApps that can work with users and assets from other networks, and parachain Picasso (Composable on Polkadot) will combine applications written in different programming languages into one network and let them work together. Other DeFi-purpose parachains are Basilisk (HydraDX on Polkadot), Heiko Finance (Parallel Finance on Polkadot), and Calamari Network. Except the latter has a bias towards privacy and private transactions. Everything related to NFT is handled by a parachain called Quartz (its twin for Polkadot, Unique Network, is still being tested). To start using the services offered by parachains on Kusama, you need to connect a wallet. Many of the parachains support familiar browser extension wallets, including Metamask, most require a Polkadot{.js} wallet.