Blackpool Bulletin #17
We know that our troops need to be one step ahead of the markets, so our apes gathered the latest news about Play & Earn, NFTs, and Blockchain Games from the week.
Greetings, frens. We're glad to be back with y'all with some refreshing additions!
This week please welcome S.C.A.M., the bulletin's new rubric on the latest scam in the ecosystem, Stripe is introducing crypto payouts with Polygon, Soliton shares with us their view on the future of Web3 gaming, and a player retention breakdown by LeftsideEmiri.
To begin, let's start with some precious wisdom by PlayIsFree on P2E games.
If everyone got $1M, would your game still have players? If the answer is no, then you've created a job, not a game.
— Blockworks (@Blockworks_) April 19, 2022
- @PlayIsFree on P2E games
Full episode:
Apple: https://t.co/cbWqAtZKAe
Spotify: https://t.co/Y9aKunlNod pic.twitter.com/i5c9h8FkaY
Table of Contents:
- Immutable X Tokenomics Portal
- A legal battle is coming soon by DeFiDefenseLaw
- How to create economic incentives in the next generation of games by 0x_fren
- Game development resources by Matt Hackett
- How to get hired in Web3 by BubbaCrypto23
- Dogami $DOGA vesting might seem strange
- Nouns DAO treasury expenses finally explained
- How to overperform as an NFT collection
- Tokenomics for everyone
- CryptoPunks pendants by Tiffany&Co
- An OpenSea competitor scams 277ETH from its investors
- LimeWire raises $10.4M in a private token sale
- Art Basel & UBS Report on the Art Market, summarised by thefunnyguys.eth
- OpenMic on on-chain and StarkNet games
- How to become an on-chain detective by theDEFIac
- A game engine to play them all by Soliton
- ApeCoin & The Death of Staking, by Cobie
- Uniswap launches Uniswap Labs Ventures and A16Z creates its own crypto research lab
- Bored Ape Yacht Club is making a film series with Coinbase
- How to make money in crypto by Onchain Wizard
- Partouche's Casinos will accept cryptos payments
- Meta, Facebook's Metaverse will charge creators fees of up to 47,5%
- Web3 social app Context just raised a $19.5 million seed round
- The Ronin Hack linked back to a North Korean hacking group
- Tornado Cash now uses Chain Analysis oracle to block OFAC sanctioned addresses
- Player Retention breakdown by LeftsideEmiri
- Learn from the pros, learn from their wallets activities
- Stepn raises a $5M Seed round with Sequoia as lead
- Rumor: Sandbox is seeking to raise $400 million in a new round
- Stripe is introducing crypto payouts with Polygon
🚨[S.C.A.M: Secure. Control. Ape. Monitor]🚨
- Immutable X Tokenomics Portal
Immutable X is announcing an easy way to understand its tokenomics.
2/ Immutable X is the home of high-quality, high-scale NFTs. We’re connecting the best Ethereum games to the best Ethereum marketplaces, and are already facilitating more NFT trades than any other major platform - and IMX is at the heart of our protocol.
— Immutable | $IMX ⓧ (@Immutable) April 4, 2022
2. A legal battle is coming soon and most NFT projects are not ready for it by DeFiDefenseLaw
2/ The Ripple case is a good predictor of what's coming "The SEC claimed that the defendants failed to register transactions in its digital asset, XRP, as "investment contracts" under Section 5 of the Securities Act ...
— Carlo (@DeFiDefenseLaw) April 22, 2022
3. How to create economic incentives in the next generation of games by 0x_fren
Investors and game designers, here is some knowledge for you!
Context:
— Kyle (@0x_fren) April 6, 2022
I game, quite a bit. And IMO, gamers should know the most about designing products because, well, they are the end users.
Don't be like League, game designers say they have 200 years of exp before pushing out overloaded kits without consulting the people that play.
4. Game development resources by Matt Hackett
Want to create video games? Here is a curated list of game dev resources!
1/ Sequelitis - Mega Man Classic vs. Mega Man X by @egoraptor
— Matt Hackett (@richtaur) April 5, 2022
[what you used to say] "Well the game felt a little nagging, like it didn't respect my intelligence."
[what you'll say after this] "Mega Man! Mega Man!"https://t.co/er3WVemxpG
5. How to get hired in Web3 by BubbaCrypto23
Everything is possible in Web3, you just need to grind for it! (in a clever way).
In this thread we will cover what you actually need to have a successful career in #Web3.
— Bubba🔺 (@BubbaCrypto23) April 5, 2022
Your opportunity here is infinite for those who believe in themselves and work hard every day.
I believe in your potential anon, time to show everyone else too.
2/ pic.twitter.com/ci4JtlA39y
6. Dogami vesting might seem strange
Some things seemed sketchy with $DOGA vesting...
2/ https://t.co/vEGjXo7hZZ
— RGHQ/Rekt Cartel/(📈,🦉) (@RegularGuyHQ) April 8, 2022
By end of the march ,instead of 26,833,333 $DOGA tokens , there are 134.2 million $DOGA tokens are in circulation . Why ?
Who got the early unlocks ? what's the need to move tokens from the creator wallet that minted 1 Bil tokens to some wallets.. pic.twitter.com/GJXgLnpo3T
Dogami's CEO responded to it and gave some clarity (a little too late for people it seems).
1/4 Some community members have voiced concerns about the current circulating supply of the $DOGA token. I hope I could address all the points raised in the statement below ⬇️
— Max Dogami 🐾 | 🦴 DOGA (@max_dogami) April 8, 2022
Happy weekend everyone - Let's go back to building!
DOGA DOGA 🐕⚡️ pic.twitter.com/y5cxPftIH9
7. Nouns DAO treasury expense finally explained
0xigami makes us understand how Nouns DAO works, and more importantly why.
Nouns DAO inherently faces a number of challenges around ideation and capital deployment, due to the broadness of application that comes with such an ambitious project.
— Gami ⌐◨-◨ (@0xigami) April 6, 2022
8. How to overperform as an NFT collection by Purple_Police
(A) views around dilution
— purple_police (@purple_police) April 2, 2022
our community and team have coined 'dilution' as this a bad thing with a certain dogmatism — i was one of them
in reality, the market has rewarded dilution for tier-one collections — they were net eth positive to bayc, clonex and azuki holders
9. Tokenomics for everyone
- The Defi Edge Tokenomics List
You're going to get wrecked if you don't understand Tokenomics.
— The DeFi Edge 🗡️ (@thedefiedge) April 6, 2022
But what IS Tokenomics and what should you watch out for?
Here's everything you need to know about Tokenomics:
(+ a free Tokenomics checklist)
- Calmdonut's opinion of the dual vs three token model
1/ I was asked what my opinion was on GameFi's single vs. dual token model. vs. three token model?
— Calmdonut (@_erinaazmi) April 7, 2022
Which token models are better?
{Spoiler: It doesn't matter}.
- Why most play-to-earn models don't work
Most Play-To-Earn models work by rewarding NFT holders with a token.
— spacepixel (@spacepixel) April 8, 2022
The token is burnt to redeem a new NFT in the collection which the player can either hold, rent out or sell on the market.
2/12
- 10 must-reads on Tokenomics by 0xSong
Tokenomics is one of the most difficult things to grasp when conducting due diligence on a project. It's extremely nuanced, and there is a multitude of factors to consider when deciding whether a project's tokeneconomics is good or bad.
— 0xSong (@0xSong) April 13, 2022
- Nat Eliason Tokenomics 104 : How to Launch a Token
It's broken into three sections:
— Nat Eliason (@nateliason) April 22, 2022
1. Considerations & questions you should ask
2. Tactics & tools to use for the launch
3. Examples of good employment of these tactics from existing teams
Enjoy!https://t.co/k8TTIrU87z
10. CryptoPunks pendants by Tiffany&Co
Alexandre Arnault hits again! Now with CryptoPunks's jewelry.
When punks go wild at @TiffanyAndCo
— Alexandre Arnault (@alexarnault) April 7, 2022
#3167
Rose gold and enamel Cryptopunk.
Sapphire and Mozambique baguette Ruby glasses, yellow diamond round earring.
LFG! pic.twitter.com/M2c8AmwU0R
Shall we custom make @TiffanyAndCo Cryptopunk pendants available for punk owners to order for 1 week? Can’t do 10,000 though …
— Alexandre Arnault (@alexarnault) April 8, 2022
11. An Open Sea competitor scammed 277ETH from its investors
Have you ever heard of 0peNFT ? Neither did we...
I hope this time this story will gain more attention than it previously did. @nftmachine aka Tyler Gaye, is a doxxed American citizen. He *will* have to answer for what he did, I and others are making sure of it.
— Shual (@0xShual) February 16, 2022
Please tag every small, medium and major NFT influencer and share.
12. LimeWire raised $10.4M in a private token sale
We have raised USD $10.4M in a private token sale. Our investors include:
— LimeWire (@limewire) April 21, 2022
🟢@krakenfx Ventures
🟢@arringtonXRPcap
🟢@GSR_io
🟢@cryptocom
🟢@CMCC_Global
🟢@deadmau5
🟢@HivemindCap
🟢@_hardyaka
🟢@RedBeardVC
🟢FiveT
🟢DAO Jones
Learn more:https://t.co/cIJ2ZtvR7R pic.twitter.com/gBRouKTcS2
13. Art Basel & UBS Report on the Art Market summarised by thefunnyguys.eth
279 pages report resumed in a thread.
Before we dig in, it's important to state that this isn't just any report.
— thefunnyguys.eth (@thefunnyguysNFT) April 8, 2022
McAndrew holds a PhD in economics and has been preparing an annual global art market report since 2005.
As such, it has become the industry's benchmark.
14. OpenMic on on-chain and StarkNet games
Know things before anyone else does!
What connects these projects?@matchbox_dao @LootRealms @TheDopeWars @influenceth
— SECRETIVE (@LordSecretive) April 9, 2022
👇
15. How to become an on-chain detective by theDEFIac
Do you want to become an on-chain detective?
— DeFiac (@TheDEFIac) April 10, 2022
Read this then
I learned all of this in the past year and I decided to share some of my knowledge
This should teach you how to analyze an ethereum address from scratch
16. A game engine to play them all, by Soliton
"I’ve been a gamer all my life. 15 years ago, I played as Santo, a blood elf mage in World of Warcraft. For the last 2 years, I’ve been playing as 0xSoliton a new type of game called “Web3”".
Building the first web3 native game engine to play them all ⬇️https://t.co/DX9iEHJlHa
— 0xSoliton @DevConnect (@soliton_) April 9, 2022
Written on @viamirror pic.twitter.com/ClMCuTDkH5
17. ApeCoin & The Death of Staking by Cobie
Staking is not what it used to be anymore.
Have updated the post to add in this image pic.twitter.com/VfoPiDwLhN
— Cobie (@cobie) April 21, 2022
18. Uniswap launches Uniswap Labs Ventures and A16Z creates its own crypto research lab
1/💫 At Labs, we want to onboard millions of users into the web3 economy, with the goal of unlocking universal ownership & exchange for all. But we know we can’t achieve our mission alone.
— Uniswap Labs 🦄 (@Uniswap) April 11, 2022
Today we're proud to announce the launch of Uniswap Labs Ventures!https://t.co/Y4gSKOd9dC
2/ Last year I worked with a16z crypto as an advisor—the team is fantastic, their connections to the best projects and people in the space is unparalleled, and I had a ton of fun.
— Tim Roughgarden (@Tim_Roughgarden) April 21, 2022
19 . Bored Ape Yacht Club is making a film series with Coinbase
A movie trilogy is in preparation by Coinbase and BAYC owners can feature in it.
We’re stoked that Coinbase is making a film series featuring the BAYC community. Bored Ape NFT holders, submit your ape for casting, details below.👇 Mutants, don’t worry - this is the first film in a trilogy, and you’ll be getting your own casting call for part two. https://t.co/lhsbg4AnuZ
— Bored Ape Yacht Club (@BoredApeYC) April 11, 2022
20. How to make money in crypto by Onchain Wizard
Another wizard on the block.
When I first got started in crypto, I had no process, did no diligence and aped into “calls” based on influencer telegram chats. I lost money buying Safemoon and Pitbull late because my friends were shilling them to me and made a lot of money.
— Onchain Wizard (@OnChainWizard) April 11, 2022
21. Partouche's Casinos will accept cryptos payments
Casinos: Partouche acceptera bientôt des cryptomonnaies dans ses casinoshttps://t.co/xDUtu8HT54 pic.twitter.com/KScsfbLD82
— BFM Crypto (@BfmCrypto) April 12, 2022
22. Meta, Facebook's Metaverse will charge creators fees of up to 47,5%
Meta will charge creators fees of up to 47.5%.
— Ian ✺ (@ianDAOs) April 12, 2022
"If a creator sells an item for $1.00, then the Meta Quest Store fee would be $0.30 and the Horizon Platform fee would be $0.17, leaving $0.53 for the Creator before any applicable taxes.”
This is web2.https://t.co/pVZ7Gy9fm1
23. Web3 social app Context just raised a $19.5 million seed round
"Context allows users to monitor other people’s wallets and transactions through an Instagram-esque feed, also released a new version of its product that will now help users automatically find the wallets linked to people they follow on Twitter."
Details:https://t.co/IqZTFmu8Y8
— Context 🪁 (@context) April 13, 2022
24. The Ronin Hack was linked back to a North Korean hacking group
BREAKING: The U.S. Treasury Department linked North Korean Lazarus hacking group to last month's $625 million hack of Axie Infinity's Ronin bridge exploit.@nikhileshde @realdannynelson reporthttps://t.co/rUQ9PwvKoZ
— CoinDesk (@CoinDesk) April 14, 2022
25. Tornado Cash now uses Chain Analysis oracle to block OFAC sanctioned addresses
Don't worry, Anon. It affects the website frontend and not the smart contract directly.
Tornado Cash uses @chainalysis oracle contract to block OFAC sanctioned addresses from accessing the dapp.
— 🌪️ Tornado.cash 🌪️ (@TornadoCash) April 15, 2022
Maintaining financial privacy is essential to preserving our freedom, however, it should not come at the cost of non-compliance.https://t.co/tzZe7bVjZt
26. Player Retention breakdown by LeftsideEmiri
Achieving that initial traction for your game requires 4 key factors.
- Understandability
- Novelty
- Marketing
- Technicals
Welcome, todays article dives into an overlooked problem in #GameFi: Player Retention.
— LeftsideEmiri (@LeftsideEmiri) April 15, 2022
I breakdown its importance accompanied with some methods to help improve player retention.
If you enjoyed,
pls like & RT.
feedback and criticism is welcomed.https://t.co/v2pO41Zp2v
27. Learn from the pros, learn from their wallets activities
2. The top wallets know what they're doing. I analyzed the top 10 crypto wallets on @DeBankDeFi.
— Covduk (@Cov_duk) April 18, 2022
This thread contains an overview & takeaways from every single one of the top 10 wallets.
If you want to look at the common trends & holdings across all of them, skip to the end.
28. Stepn raised a $5M Seed round with Sequoia as lead
A ponzi or not a ponzi, that's the question, fren.
2/15 Read the Investor announcement below 👇https://t.co/8Uw4qoV7wE pic.twitter.com/muV47VWcNU
— STEPN | Public Beta Phase III (@Stepnofficial) January 20, 2022
- is GMT / GST sustainable, by Calmdonut.
1/ Here’s some basic info:
— Calmdonut (@_erinaazmi) April 23, 2022
- GMT’s FDV: $19bn > higher than @adidasoriginals brand value of $14.3bn, or 50% its mcap. @axieinfinity ‘s of $12bn
- DAU 300k which is 75% BELOW Axie's 1.2mm (excl Origin I believe)
- Android download: 500k+
- iOS download : 1mm+
29. Rumor: Sandbox is seeking to raise $400 million in a new round.
The sky is not the limit.
Bloomberg: The Sandbox is seeking to raise $400 million at a $4.8 billion valuation. It previously closed a Series B round of funding led by SoftBank Vision Fund 2 in November 2021, raising $93 million. https://t.co/k3Ea7LM599
— Wu Blockchain (@WuBlockchain) April 19, 2022
30. Stripe is introducing crypto payouts with Polygon
Introducing crypto payouts: https://t.co/xJnpLmsBKn. pic.twitter.com/PJQ2oTaU7J
— Stripe (@stripe) April 22, 2022
DO NOT OPEN
Hello, this is Apple and Metamask client service, I need your seed phrase, Anon.
- A new phishing scam is out, and it's playing on the Metamask i-Cloud backup.
1/ On April 15th, @revive_dom received multiple text messages asking to reset his Apple ID password and at 6:32 PM he received a call from "Apple Inc." which was a spoofed caller ID.
— Serpent (@Serpent) April 17, 2022
They claimed that there was suspicious activity on his Apple ID and they asked for a one-time pic.twitter.com/fc8lSntgyP
- Metamask is saving your seed in the cloud. Yes, you read that right.
🔒 If you have enabled iCloud backup for app data, this will include your password-encrypted MetaMask vault. If your password isn’t strong enough, and someone phishes your iCloud credentials, this can mean stolen funds. (Read on 👇) 1/3
— MetaMask 🦊💙 (@MetaMask) April 17, 2022
- Ape scammed on SwapKiwi
A Bored Ape holder got scammed, but how? Here is the explanation by the unlucky ape.
2/ I track ape listings under floor (5% trigger) in my discord server. The pings are rare, but when they happen it generally means one of two things: somebody is panic selling, or somebody is compromised. When I saw the notification for #1584, I instantly knew it was the latter
— quit.pcc.eth (@0xQuit) April 5, 2022
They did not make the cut, but all news gonna make it.
- Kraken shut down its San Francisco headquarters
- NFTs are like cereals
- Interoperability to blockchain games with MetaMaterial
- A market pattern is emerging with Moonbird.xyz
That's all, folks! Have a great week!
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