What Is Gods Unchained (GODS)?

Gods Unchained (GODS) is a play-to-earn card game where players compete in duals using fantasy cards. According to its whitepaper, the platform encourages players to outsmart their opponents using strategies to combat the game. The network allows players to own digital items and trade their cards within or beyond the game, like holding real cards. The platform aims to allow users who quit the game to recoup their investment by selling their in-game purchases. 

Interestingly, the Gods Unchained platform is one of the early movers of the crypto and blockchain-based gaming space. Traditionally, players bought items from a game store that users cannot trade outside the gaming ecosystem. In contrast, the Gods network enables players to use in-game items as NFTs or digital assets, which can be used in the game or resold for cash and even embedded in third-party games and tools. The ability to earn tangible rewards is crucial to the game's growth. The designers conceptualized Gods Unchained to hold economic value to players, thereby boosting participation and strengthening the platform. The in-game items have value beyond the game ecosystem as real-world tradable assets.

Further, the platform developers aim to build a path-breaking online game for players using Ethereum's secure network. However, Ethereum allows limited scalability, and transactions take longer to execute while incurring high gas fees. With these bottlenecks, NFT trading couldn't thrive. As a result, the game developers chose Immutable X, an Ethereum protocol that supports NFTs with zero gas fees, instant trades, and scalability. Since Gods Unchained NFTs reside on Immutable X, it enables quick and secure trading, making the game accessible to players and collectors.

Meanwhile, the native currency of the platform is GODS, an ERC20 token. As the core currency within the game, GODS seeks to craft new NFTs. GODS tokens, which are created directly on Immutable X, can be used to fuse in-game cards into NFTs. These cards can subsequently be traded on Ethereum layer 2, giving consumers full ownership of their digital assets. In Gods Unchained, the Forge allows players to create new NFTs that may be utilized in the game or sold on the market. When a user uses the Forge to create a new NFTs, they need a combination of GODS tokens and in-game assets. The GODS Staking Rewards Pool receives GODS tokens consumed by the Forge. After that, all users who qualify as active stakers receive these tokens. Additionally, as a governance token, GODS allow players to contribute to the game's future development and play an essential role in directing the ship. The platform enables users to employ GODS tokens for in-game purchases. 

History of Gods Unchained

Brothers James and Robbie Ferguson launched the beta version of Gods Unchained on Ethereum in 2018. This is the second blockchain game of the duo, following the debut of Etherbots and the formation of the firm Fuel Games. James and Robbie are also CEOs of Immutable. Chris Clay, former game director of Magic: The Gathering Arena, is the CEO of Gods Unchained and one of the leaders within Immutable. The platform released its whitepaper in September 2021. 

How Are New GODS Created? 

Since Gods Unchained is based on Ethereum and GODS is an ERC20 token, the game uses a proof-of-stake mechanism to forge new GODS tokens. Staking is a crucial feature of the game that distributes rewards in GODS to active users. Token holders who actively stake while participating in governance activities can receive GODS tokens awarded from the rewards pool. The token also helps grow the Gods Unchained economy by allowing users to receive staking incentives for completing in-game campaigns. 

How Many GODS Tokens Are There?

According to its whitepaper, GODS tokens have a total supply capped at 500,000,000. A public token sale was held to sell 35,000,000 GODS tokens (7% of the total). Besides raising funds for the game, the public sale fosters early token adoption and increases its value for all ecosystem participants. 170,000,000 GODS tokens, 34% of the total supply, are earmarked for play-to earn rewards for gamers. 

How to Buy GODS Tokens

You have a lot of options when it comes to buying Gods Unchained (GODS), including Coinbase's centralized exchange anywhere Coinbase is available.