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Re:“Let's Run The Experiment”: about DAOs and the future of ... by hackingforfun on Tuesday November 16, 2021 @04:16PM (#29246449)
Some people in the countries you mentioned are making more playing Axie than they could otherwise [1].

I'm not advocating for Axie Infinity, but I think there are multiple sides to this.

[1] https://restofworld.org/2021/axie-infinity/

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Re:“Let's Run The Experiment”: about DAOs and the future of ... by Animats on Tuesday November 16, 2021 @05:22PM (#29247045)
Yes. About 1 in 700 players can make a living off of it. It's zero-sum, of course. Many of the losers don't know they lost yet, because they haven't cashed out. This is typical of a Ponzi scheme.

The bottom already fell out of Smooth Love Token.[2] The Axie Infinity governance Token is down a bit after a big runup.[3]

"Daily Earnings of Typical Axie Infinity Player Fall Below the Philippines’ Minimum Wage Line".[1]

[1] https://block2block.io/daily-earnings-of-typical-axie-infini...

[2] https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/smooth-love-potion/

[3] https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/axie-infinity/

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