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ConsenSys Backed Virtue Poker and Binance NFT to Launch “Mystery Box” for Celebrity Tournament on Sept 23
The crypto and blockchain space is maturing at a rapid pace. Most financial industry experts agree that this nascent industry is here to stay because there are many different use-cases emerging for blockchain-enabled platforms.
In addition to the rise of Bitcoin (BTC) as a widely accepted medium-of-exchange and store-of-value, Ethereum (ETH) has become a globally recognized name in the crypto space. Large corporations such as Visa have acknowledged Ethereum’s role in the future of finance and its ability to support a wide range of other applications.
A growing number of online platforms have also been deploying solutions on Ethereum, despite its relatively slow transaction speeds. Even though there are many other blockchains that outperform Ethereum in terms of transactions per second (TPS) and cheaper transaction costs, they do not have the same powerful network effect that Ethereum has been able to acquire. There are also many Ethereum scaling solutions such as Polygon that will aim to make the leading smart contract platform a lot more efficient in the foreseeable future.
Yet Another Ethereum-powered Platform
Virtue Poker, a decentralized platform developed on the Ethereum (ETH) blockchain, reveals that it will be holding a Celebrity Charity Poker Tournament, which will be taking place on September 26, 2021.
The charity poker tournament participants will reportedly include Hall of Fame (HOF) poker player, Phil Ivey, former NBA all-star Paul Pierce, YouTube’s superstar Mr. Beast, TRON blockchain founder and serial crypto entrepreneur Justin Sun, Hollywood actor and accomplished filmmaker Vince Vaughn, Polygon Co-Founder Sandeep Nailwal, and Ethereum Co-Founder and ConsenSys founder Joe Lubin.
The Binance Mysterybox Collection
To commemorate this special event, the Virtue Poker team plans to launch a Binance MysteryBox collection, starting on September 23, 2021 – representing each card in a typical 52 card deck. Collectors who possess the winning hand for each knockout during the Celebrity Event will get a chance to win prizes ranging from ,500 to a ,000 reward for the top prize.
Participants need to purchase two mystery boxes in order to assemble a hand. The participants can then trade with each other so that they can assemble the best poker hand through the secondary market.
The Mystery box will reportedly include an Ace of Spades that will come with Phil’s digital signature and a ,000 prize.
Prizes
All participants with completed hands can compete and have an opportunity to win:
A 00 price for the winning hand for each knockout. If multiple players own the hand, then the 00 prize will be split equally among all the winners. Furthermore, the player who possesses the championship knockout hand will be able to claim a ,000 prize.
If more than one player is holding the championship knockout hand, then only 1 player will be randomly selected to claim the reward
Participants are able to collect as many as (50) completed hands (100 boxes). Participants must also HOLD the winning hand in their Binance account to be eligible for the rewards. Winning players should email support@nfkings.io for confirmation.
Freeroll Tournament
Virtue Poker will also hold a freeroll tournament where ALL holders of (2) mystery boxes should be getting exclusive access to participate in a ,000 free-roll tournament on the Virtue Poker platform.
Virtue Poker NFT holders need to send a message to support@nfkings.io with their UID and NFT screenshot to obtain the Virtue Poker referral code.
Supporting NFT Use-Cases
The Virtue Poker team is looking forward to hosting their Celebrity Tournament and are focused on offering a truly unique NFT experience for their viewers that plan to tune in. Through their partnership with leading crypto exchange Binance, they plan to support the adoption of the Virtue Poker platform and also that of NFTs. They’ve decided to take this step to show that there’s yet another real-world use case for non-fungibel tokens or digital collectibles: interacting through a live event.
The team has also thanked the Virtue Poker community for their support of their platform as they continue to expand their ecosystem in the nascent blockchain-enabled gaming industry.
As noted in the announcement, Virtue Poker is described as a decentralized poker platform that leverages the Ethereum blockchain as well as P2P networking to offer an online poker platform that is safe, “honest” and fun. It was established in 2016 within New York-based Consensys, the leading Ethereum development studio and incubator launched by crypto billionaire and Ethereum co-founder Joe Lubin back in 2014.
Backed by Consensys and stakeholder Phil Ivey, Virtue Poker aims to make blockchain or distributed ledger tech (DLT)-powered betting mainstream.
Celebrity Crypto Poker Tournament on Virtue Poker Platform to Be Live Streamed on Twitch
Virtue Poker will be organizing a high-value celebrity poker tournament to support charitable organizations. During the event, viewers can participate in giveaways and win rare NFT rewards.
Virtue Poker’s Upcoming Poker Tournament Has a Lot to Offer for Everyone
Virtue Poker, funded by well-known industry investors, including Pantera Capital, ConsenSys, DFG Group, and more, is all set to host a celebrity poker tournament on its platform. The no-limit Texas Hold’em poker tournament will support charitable causes as twelve renowned celebrities battle it out for the top spot. In addition to winning rare NFTs, the event’s winner gets to donate their winnings to any charitable organization of their choice.
While most participants’ names are yet to be disclosed, Virtue Poker’s upcoming tournament will include renowned influencers, celebrities, and industry leaders alongside poker veteran and Hall of Famer Phil Ivey and members of the Virtue Poker Pro team, Ethereum Co-Founder Joe Lubin, Founder and CEO of Ethernity Chain Nick Rose, NBA Hall of Famer Paul Pierce, and many more.
Overseen by CEO Ryan Gittleson, Virtue Poker delivers a provably fair online poker experience via a decentralized peer-to-peer poker platform deployed on the Ethereum blockchain. The decentralized poker platform, backed by ConsenSys, has already partnered with SuperFarm, a well-known NFT platform, to offer its IDO ahead of its mainnet launch.
Gittleson remarks, “Virtue Poker is excited to take this next step to drive awareness and adoption of the world’s first blockchain-based P2P poker platform. Through our partnership with SuperStarter and our execution of our Celebrity Poker Charity event, Virtue Poker will be able to grow our community’s foundation as well as showcase the platform to a broad audience.”
The poker tournament will be broadcast on Twitch as well on the channels of the participants. Virtue Poker has kept the rules of the tournament pretty straightforward. A total of 12 players, including the celebrities and one community member each from Virtue Poker, SuperFarm, and Ethernity will sit at the table, battling it out head-to-head. Following the first round, only half of the players will move to the final table.
In addition to the high stakes, each participant will also receive a unique NFT powered by SuperFarm. These NFTs will also be used as chips in the tournament as ‘bounty.’ Winning players will be entitled to the NFTs of the players they beat during the event. Besides, viewers can predict the outcomes during the livestream and win amazing prizes.
Other than the charitable cause, the tournament will also include rewards and giveaways for the users streaming the event from their homes. From ‘easter-egg’-themed giveaways to NFTs, users can win several prizes by watching the event live.
Per poker pro and team member Phil Ivey, “After working with the Virtue Poker team for over 3 years, I’m excited to see the platform launch and be part of their first live stream event on this innovative platform.”
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Blockchain-based Streaming Platform Play2Live Successfully Broadcasted World’s First Tournament With Crypto Prize Pool
Play2Live CryptoMasters was scheduled to release of the 2.0 version of MVP with advanced player and P2P CDN, that was tested during the broadcast of the tournament.
Play2Live (P2L), the first full-blown blockchain-based streaming platform for gamers and esports fans successfully hosted and broadcasted the world’s first esport tournament with the main prize – 2 000 000 LUC (Level Up Coin) tokens (0,000).
Eight international teams — 7 invited and 1 from the open qualifiers, took part in the tournament. It has resulted in the triumph of AGO, a Polish esports organization, that took the main prize of 1 000 000 LUC tokens ($ 50,000). The second team was Space Soldiers (Turkey), which received 400 000 LUC tokens ($ 20,000), the third and the fourth place with 200 000 LUC tokens ($ 10,000) prize pools were taken by the teams BIG (Germany) and GODSENT (Sweden).
P2P CDN technology, claimed in the company’s Whitepaper, was tasted during the tournament as part of demonstration of the Play2Live MVP 2.0 features.
“We have successfully coped with the load of the first cyber tournament. P2P CDN technology tested during P2L CryptoMasters allowed us to save up to 30% of traffic per separate stream. This gives a lot of opportunities in terms of earnings for the platform users. Beta version with this monetization channel will already be available in June”, comments Alexey Burdyko, CEO and Founder at Play2Live.
The tournament was broadcasted in 16 languages and gained 950K views, driving more than 120K unique users. Due to the vast geography of the broadcast, Play2Live team had a chance to test platform accessibility for users from many countries and regions, including: China, South Korea, USA, Germany, France, Turkey, Russia, Balkans, Baltics and Eastern Europe.
The first 10,000 users to register for p2l.tv will receive 100 Silver LUC on the personal account as a bonus. During P2L CryptoMasters, more than 4,000 users registered for the platform. They were able to participate in the tournament voting due to its blockchain-architecture. 0
All LUC tokens can easily be converted into other crypto currencies or fiat money through a special exchange gate/API after the end of the Play2Live token-sale on March 14 at 17:00 UTC.
“I think that the crypto currency prize pool is a new hot trend. Usually people treat crypto currencies suspiciously, but for those who actually understand how it works, it’s easy to find value and benefits of it. That’s why P2L CryptoMasters organizers managed to attract profound teams to the tournament. Majority of them have received personal invitations and agreed to come to Minsk to compete for the token prize”, comments Mateusz Kovalchuk, co-founder and board member of the AGO team.
P2L CryptoMasters took place on February 24-25, in Minsk, Belarus on Falcon Arena in front of the thousands of viewers. More than 50 people took part in the organization of the tournament. The event was broadcasted in 16 languages.
“Only a few esports event are broadcasted in so many languages. We coped directly with 16 groups of streamers. It wasn’t easy, but since it was the world’s first esports tournament with crypto prize pool, it was crucial for us to give the opportunity to see it native languages to as many people as possible, despite their location. Blockchain and Esports are the future, and we are sure that there are going to be more tournaments like soon,” comments Ignat Bobrovich, CEO of TwoGNation, technical partner and organizer of the event.
Play2Live CryptoMasters tournament was the first event broadcasted on p2l.tv platform. To learn more about all the broadcasts, you can subscribe to the official Play2Live channels in social networks and stay tuned.
More about Play2Live:
Founded in 2017, Play2Live aims to merge blockchain technology with streaming services. Its mission is to create an ecosystem where every participant — the viewer, the streamer, and the esports tournament organizer — is part of a seamless system that favors interaction among viewers and the diversity of monetization schemes. Essentially, everybody can be part of the peer-to-peer interaction, and everybody — even the viewer — is able to earn money.
Play2Live uses a token called Level Up Coin (LUC) which acts as a sole internal currency within the system. It can be easily converted to other cryptocurrencies or to fiat money through a gateway/API.
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