In what can only be described as an epic lesson in mental stubbornness,’dao creatorFounder Christoph Zaknun has put YouTuber Logan Paul to shame by building his abandoned ‘Crypto Zoo’ project in just 30 days. The result, Degen Zoosees Christoph take all the core ideas from the original project and turn them into a fully functional NFT-based game.
Back in August 2021, Logan Paul announced Crypto Zoo, a project that would allow investors to turn eggs into animals that can then be staked for passive income. However, despite raising over $3 million, the game never came to fruition, earning Paul an unfavorable reputation in the NFT space.
Fast forward to the latter stages of 2022, and the YouTuber was called to answer for his apparent hoax. As a result, he claimed that the project was unfeasible due to the “years of development” required to build such a platform. At this point, Logan and Zaknun crossed swords when the latter declared that he could build the game in just 30 days. Consequently, Paul responded in his favorite medium, the YouTube video, stating that Zaknun “did not have the right to dictate the required development schedule.” However, encouraged by these poisoned words, Christoph took up this great challenge and began to build.
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What initially started as an attempt to discredit and gently mock a social media star, slowly gained momentum in the NFT space. Essentially, watching Degen Zoo gain a massive 250,000 followers on Twitter while broadcasting regular updates on their progress.
True to his word, and with only a few hours to spare, Degen Zoo went live on day 30 of the project, and has since launched his IDO, registering 115,000 wallets with a combined world record contribution of over $700 million. Within days of launch, the current version of Degen Zoo’s testnet saw over 30,000 transactions from over 3,000 individual players.
🎉 Day 60: IDO World Record
More than 115,000 Wallets joined our IDO!
54k wallets were between $500 and $2000
2000 wallets had between 50k and 250k!
More than 50 wallets with +1M$!The total value of all the wallets exceeded $700 million dollars! pic.twitter.com/SY5pxT52Ni
— Degen Zoo (@Degen_Zoo) March 6, 2023
The ins and outs of Degen Zoo
Degen Zoo represents a scathing critique of humanity’s impact on the fauna of planet earth. Essentially, incentivizing players to cull their animal NFTs in the name of good old fashioned capitalism. This is accomplished through a mathematical gambling game designed to mimic the fragile relationship between the human species and the animal kingdom.
Initially, players will begin the game by acquiring eggs, which will later hatch into one of 120 different species of animals. Each of which will have their own unique associated APR rate ranging from -85% to 1500%. Players can then stake these NFTs to earn $DZOO tokens that can eventually be released by burning the NFT (killing the animal). Which, in turn, will increase the rarity of all other instances of that species.
During gameplay, players also have the opportunity to consume other NFTs to strengthen them and increase overall APR. Essentially, watching the game continue until all the animals are extinct as the keepers look to cash in on their rewards.
So, by invoking the motivating power of mental stubbornness, Christoph Zaknun has created a fully functional NFT game in just 30 days and, as if to add salt to Team Logan Paul’s wounds, Degen Zoo will donate all proceeds from the game . for charity!
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