John Candeto
John Candeto

Play-to-Earn Gaming with Yield Guild Games

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Proof PodcastKevin RoseGabby DizonYield Guild GamesAxie Infinity
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Date Consumed
Oct 30, 2021
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Oct 31, 2021 3:32 AM
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Nov 17, 2021 2:55 PM

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Play-to-Earn Gaming with Yield Guild Games

Yield Guild Games is the DAO that invests in virtual world and blockchain games. Co-founder Gabby Dizon joins Kevin to discuss YGG's origins in the Axie Infinity "scholarship" program, governance mechanics in the DAO, and up-and-coming blockchain games.

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Play-to-Earn Gaming with Yield Guild Games
Investing in Yield Guild Games - Andreessen Horowitz

Last year, when COVID swept into the Philippines, nearly 7.3 million people in the country lost their jobs and their livelihoods as the country went into lockdown. A rural province of Nueva Ecija, near Cabanatuan City, was particularly hard hit when the local economy came to a grinding halt.

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Investing in Yield Guild Games - Andreessen Horowitz

YGG economic model

  1. Invest in game assets that can produce produce a yield via use (e.g. Axies)
  2. Lend assets to players that can generate yield with game assets
  3. Yield split: 70% scholar (gamer), 20% community manager (onboards+helps scholars), 10% YGG

YGG serves as an investor, investing in yield-generating game assets to provide to their scholars

YGG scholars also serve as a search function, voting on what game assets to purchase, how to manage game assets, and what additional games to pursue

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