[HN Gopher] Axie Infinity: Infinite Opportunity or Infinite Peril?
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       Axie Infinity: Infinite Opportunity or Infinite Peril?
        
       Author : abush
       Score  : 21 points
       Date   : 2021-11-12 22:13 UTC (47 minutes ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (naavik.co)
 (TXT) w3m dump (naavik.co)
        
       | randomhodler84 wrote:
       | $2000 a month for a report containing public data. Uuhhh
        
       | larsiusprime wrote:
       | I was one of the researchers who worked on this project, if you
       | want a condensed summary I put together a thread that pulls out
       | some of the highlights:
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       | https://twitter.com/larsiusprime/status/1459191090100244483
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       | The most salient graph IMHO is the graph of expected daily
       | earnings versus the average and minimum Philippine minimum wages.
        
       | lifty wrote:
       | Not sure how this 2k a month service ad got on the first page.
        
       | azuchu wrote:
       | One of the best, if not the best, piece I've seen about this
       | super hyped game
        
       | enlyth wrote:
       | These blockchain/NFT games are an interesting space which I don't
       | know much about, does anyone on HN play them?
       | 
       | I'm specifically interested about the balance of having fun
       | playing like traditional games vs playing because of the
       | potential of earning money
        
         | larsiusprime wrote:
         | According to our research, the vast majority of the players of
         | this game (the #1 in the space) in particular are in the
         | developed world. Furthermore the majority of players are
         | "scholars", ie player who are loaned assets by "sponsors" in
         | the developed world who purchase assets for them, and take a
         | cut of the "scholar"'s earnings.
         | 
         | Informal surveys suggest the primary motivation motivation for
         | most players is to earn money, and this is backed up by the
         | demographics we observe and the behavior we see in the economy.
         | 
         | Sky Mavis estimates 10% of their audience is in the USA and
         | 65-70% is in Southeast Asia. My guess is that not many Hacker
         | News players (unless they are themselves investors) are playing
         | this game.
        
       | sgpl wrote:
       | Maybe there's nothing wrong and maybe I'm a skeptic but
       | definitely seems like a gamed submission. Submission by a new
       | account, another new account posts that this is the best piece
       | they've read about this game, front page in less than 30min...
       | 
       | Also the title seems eerily similar to a good primer on the
       | company that I had read earlier this year by twitter.com/packym
       | that was titled, "Infinite Revenue, Infinite Possibilities." That
       | was a super bullish piece though so perhaps the growth is
       | tapering off.
       | 
       | Anyways - I'd highly recommend that piece [0] for a primer on the
       | company and catalysts for its growth (if anyone reading this
       | isn't familiar with it and wants a deeper dive).
       | 
       | [0] https://www.notboring.co/p/infinity-revenue-infinity-
       | possibi...
        
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