that much Second season of Crypto: The Game— a contest inspired by the reality TV hit “Survivor” that spanned both online and real-world competitions — concluded last week with anonymous winner Player 733 winning a prize pool of approximately 72 ETH (approximately $210,000).
However, they do not store cryptocurrency. The winner donated all of his ETH to a legal defense fund supporting ETH’s developers, Alexey Pertsev and Roman Storm. Ethereum Coin Mixer Tornado Cash accused of facilitating money laundering through its decentralized platform. Pertsev’s trial is currently ongoing and a verdict is expected in May.
During the season, a total of 800 players from around the world spent a total of over 4,000 hours on the Crypto: The Game website, with over 100,000 visits over the 10 days of the season. After just two seasons, Crypto: The Game founder Dylan Abruscato said he’s already seen a variety of themes and plans develop among players.
“Every season is like a case study in human behavior. Season 1, we MFL won, was a relatively unknown and anonymous Japanese-speaking player from rural Japan. The season turned out to be a David versus Goliath theme,” Abruscato said. decryptionThis is GG. “This season, as people are able to buy again, they continue to compare it to ‘deal or no deal.’”
The new game mechanic (where players enter the game with NFTs that turn into “jury” NFTs if they are voted out) has created some interesting mechanics that drastically change the game. For example, players can buy back after being voted out, and “whale” collectors can accumulate large amounts of jury NFTs to sway the outcome.
Faced with all of this, some of those already voted out decided to band together during the season, win the game, and donate all proceeds to the Tornado Cash Legal Defense Fund. And they succeeded.
Mysterious Player 733
Director Eva Beilin graph Foundation was a very interesting contestant this season. She found herself on the Blue Tribe and, like many first-season players who raved about the experience, said she was surprised by the competition.
“It was like game theory on steroids,” she said. decryptionThis is GG.
Beylin ultimately treated the game like a side job. She played games all night long after work. Beylin said that when she was voted off on Day 8 of the season, she realized she had been playing the game a little more honestly than others. Her tribe was deceived by another tribe, and as a result, several of her former tribe members felt betrayed.
When Eva realized what had happened, she felt that none of the players involved actually deserved the prize money. She thought the winner would either be one of the whales who accumulated the jury NFTs, or someone from one of the secret cabals formed between the teams.
In an attempt to change the expected outcome, Beylin and several other players banded together to purchase NFTs and items that would allow them to re-enter the game. But she wasn’t playing for herself this time. Cheating is a core part of “Survivor” and indeed Crypto: The Game, but it was felt that jurors would not want to vote for someone who resorted to questionable tactics.
The second season’s “Anon Island” branding also contributed to the idea of donating the prize money (if won) to the Tornado Cash Legal Defense Fund. Cryptocurrency advocates see coin mixers as privacy-promoting tools to help traders. avoid surveillance
“Looking at how the game unfolded, I thought we could win if we had a cause. Moreover, considering that this season is called ‘Anon Island’ and the Alexei trial literally took place. one month It made sense months ago, not years ago,” Beylin said. decryptionThis is GG.
They planned to use the 3-4 ETH needed to purchase NFT entry passes on the open market, but Beylin said the anonymous Player 733 approached them and decided to donate his NFT passes.
Beylin and her squad included: Stany Kuletsov In Aave and David Phelps From JokeDAO — campaigned all night long behind the Tornado Cash banner in a Telegram group with the goal of attracting at least 100 jurors. And when the fateful moment came, Player 733 won and the funds were actually Donated to legal fund Support Tornado Cash developers.
“We, the custodians of #733, act on behalf of the wishes of the 171 jurors of Crypto: The Game Season 02 Anon Island and believe that code is a language, open source is not a crime, and privacy is a fundamental human right.” I have read the attached message. “We hereby donate 71.8 ETH ports to the legal defense fund of Alexey Pertsev and Roman Storm.”
Entering this second season, big question The question was whether Crypto: The Game could sustain buzz with a larger player pool, added sponsors and infrastructure, and doubling ETH.
Considering player reactions along the way and the memorable finish that followed, it appears Abruscato and team achieved that goal. After all, “Survivor” has been repeating and incrementally evolving its original formula on TV for 46 seasons and nearly 25 years. Now we wonder how Crypto: The Game players will try to get to the top of the game in the next season.
Editor: Andrew Hayward
