The first season of Crypto: The Game was a A viral, “Survivor”-inspired event Players around the world were competing in online and IRL challenges for a chance to win a prize pool worth $115,000 in Ethereum (ETH). And everything is obviously bigger the second time around.
Tickets to Play Crypto Season 2: The Game is here with multiplayer, big industry sponsors, and new on-chain game mechanics – and it's all happening. Ethereum Measurement network basis. But with everything kicked up a couple notches, can the new season recreate the same viral magic that captivated the crypto faithful earlier this year?
Season 2, called Anon Island, launches on April 8 at 12pm EST—followed by a 24-hour Early Access Mint starting today and a 24-hour Public Mint tomorrow. Players who competed in the first season are all eligible for Early Access Mint – thanks to game founder Dylan Abruscato for supporting the game from the start.
Mint highlights one of the biggest changes in the game: this time around, entries are represented NFTs. This introduces some interesting on-chain mechanics to the game. When someone votes, the Player NFT turns into a Juror NFT – which allows them to vote on who wins in the final rounds (another take on the “Survivor” reality show theme).
NFT-based entries also mean that people can cash out by selling NFTs at any point in the game, which, in theory, should get more valuable as the game progresses, and the higher the chance of winning the overall prize pool. . Additionally, voted players may return to the game by purchasing one of the NFTs on the secondary market after being voted.
Abruscato said. Decrypt By the time the first season expansion started, it was too late for any new players to join – and it couldn't immediately take advantage of the new wave of demand and potential players to join. Switching to an NFT-gated game will hopefully get more players involved and grow as the game gains more attention.
Between the two minutes they sold 800 total NFTs, meaning they could be almost twice as many players this time. Season 2's prize pool, like Season 1, is generated through ticket sales. If all 800 tickets are sold at 0.1 ETH (about $325), Season 2 will have a prize pool of 80 ETH – a 10% discount on Crypto: The Game's operating costs. That eventually comes out to about $234,000 worth of ETH.
The new season also brings big sponsors. Abruscato hesitated to speak Decrypt For fear of spoiling any surprises, sponsors have said how exactly they interact with the game, but Lens, Uniswap, Wormhole, POAP, and Safe are all sponsoring certain parts of the game.
The addition of sponsors will highlight the next evolution of Crypto: The Game – from a lightning-fast event to a scalable and repeatable business.
Abruscato has been a lifelong fan of “Survivor” and created Crypto: The Game out of his passion for the enduring reality game show. After the massive viral success the creature saw in season 1, it is now hoping to make it mainstream. In addition to retaining 10% of the prize pool to continue building the game in the future, it also brings in revenue from secondary sales of NFTs and sponsorship revenue from the aforementioned organizations.
Why build on Base? When Abruscato said Decrypt He said that many Ethereum layer-2 networks have approached him about becoming the new home for Crypto: The Game, he said that many people from Base and Coinbase participated in the games first season and the early support meant a lot to him.
Crypto: The Game has received rave reviews from players, some of whom have called it that. The most fun they ever had In the crypto world. Some observers were eager for the next season to enter the mix, to fill that glaring need for a season 2 opening. It felt like a true micro-event that captivated everyone involved.
“One of the things that surprised me the most was how 24/7 it was,” Abruscato said. “I thought people would come in and play, and then they'd go down. Enter this 24/7, 10-day game show. If you are not active, you are considered not to be there to win it.”
The next season of Anon Island will no doubt be huge based on its plans, but the burning question is whether it will be any better — or at least still feel like a virus this time around, with so much more online. The eyes of the crypto world will surely be watching when Anon Island launches on April 8.
Edited by Andrew Hayward.
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