Gunzilla, the developer of the game Off The Grid (OTG), has launched its own Layer 1 EVM-compatible blockchain designed for AAA Web3 gaming. Accordingly, it leverages Avalanche's core infrastructures but operates independently with its own unique validator set.
"GUNZ - a full-featured platform offering blockchain-native infrastructure essential for modern game development. It powers a comprehensive gaming ecosystem with services tailored to the needs of both developers and players."¹
It claims on its Whitepaper that it is the world's first Triple A Web3 ecosystem onboarding both Web2 and Web3 native games, offering a suite of white label products and easy-to-integrate SDKs enabling game studios to launch community-driven economies seamlessly.
It delivers exceptional throughput and minimal latency, achieving sub-second transaction finality averaging around 0.8 seconds and offering theoretical throughput exceeding 4,500 transactions per second (TPS). This makes GUNZ particularly suitable for demanding applications like advanced gaming. GUNZ's consensus mechanism provides remarkable scalability, efficiently supporting thousands of validators.²
Gunz blockchain's core features include the following:
- In-game wallets
- P2P Marketplaces
- Block explorers
- Token and NFT Minting
The chain is said to have been integrated into OpenSea (NFT marketplace), Fireblocks (custodial wallet), Zealy, and other community engagement platforms. Its testnet is live with over 14 million unique wallets created and over 440 million transactions processed. The mainnet is in its final phase for launching.³
The project received over $120 million in funding from investors like Coinbase Ventures, Animoca Brands, VanEck, Delphi Digital, Justin Kan (founder of Twitch), and others.
Token & Tokenomics
Token Name & Ticker: $GUN
Maximum Token Supply: 10 billion (with buyback and burning mechanism
Initial Circulating Supply When Listed on Binance: 604,500,000 GUN
Token Allocation: 7% of the total supply is unlocked for community incentives and the liquidity pool. More details are on the table below.
(Screenshoot from the Whitepaper)
Token Unlock Schedule
All tokens sold (excluding those sold on KOL round) are locked for the first year and will have gradual unlocking periods.
(Screenshot from GUNZ Whitepaper)
Token Utility
$GUN, the blockchain's universal currency, has the following use cases:
Ecosystem utility (gas fees, fuels the validator NFTs, rewards for validators, use to upgrade NFTs).
In-game utility (the token is needed to purchase in-game NFTs, pay for customization and expendables, monthly subscriptions, and other in-game fees).
Binance Launchpool
GUNZ becomes the 66th project on Binance Launchpool, and eligible users can earn $GUN by staking supported assets. The pool started less than an hour ago and details as follows:
Farming Dates: 28 March (00:00 UTC) to 30 March (23:59 UTC)
Total Launchpool Rewards: 400 million GUNZ
Supported Pools: BNB, FDUSD and USDC
Hourly Max Cap for each User: 444,444 GUN (BNB pool); 55,555 GUN (FDUSD pool), and 55,555 GUN (USDC pool).
(Screenshot from Binance Launchpool)
Well, I have my BNB staked and already farming me a meager amount of GUN, lol!
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