Every 4 years or so, Bitcoin blocks get chopped in half. The payouts to miners get effectively chopped in half which is not a bad thing since the value of the bitcoins they receive can still go up as easily as they go down. If anything Bitcoin halving seems to stimulate the whole crypto and NFT economy. Last time it happened Splinterlands had a promotional event selling an incredible NFT called Halfling Alchemist. At the time it was the only card in Splinterlands with the halving ability.
With the next Bitcoin halving set to occur this week, Splinterlands is having a nother halving promtion.
You can buy Baron Fyatt
A legendary card with the halving ability for 31,250 credits or DEC.
31,250 credits is $31.25
31,250 DEC is 31,250 x $0.887/1000 DEC = $27.719, so nobody is buying these with credits.
You can also buy Henchling Enforcer
A rare card with the halving ability for 3,125 credits or DEC.
3,125 credits is $3.125
3,125 DEC is 3,125 x $0.887/1000 DEC = $2.7719, so nobody is buying these with credits.
Vouchers can be used for halving the cost of either card at a rate of 1 voucher per 50 DEC (or credits)
So Baron Fyatt would cost
312 vouchers x $0.0372/voucher = $11.60 +
15,650 DEC x $0.887/1000 DEC = $13.88 = $25.48
Henchling Enforcer would cost
31 vouchers x $0.0372/voucher = $1.15 +
1,575 DEC x $0.887/1000 DEC = $1.40 = $2.55
So vouchers don't actually offer that much of a discount.
In addition to receiving the cards that you buy, each one has a 4% chance of being gold foil. You will also receive points that will count towards a raffle and a leader board. The sooner you buy, the higher the multiplier on the points that you'll recive.
If you're aiming for the leaderboard prizes then you're probably better off skipping vouchers as only DEC and credits used in your purchase will count towards those points.
The current multiplier is 2.86
The top spot on the leaderboard currently has 31,728,750 points
31,728,750/2.86 = 11,093,968.5 DEC that you would need to spend which is
11,093,968.5 x $0.887/1000 DEC = $9,840.35
So, round that up to about $10k if you want to win the leaderboard. It would still be possible to have someone pass you up.
In any case, I hope that you're all enjoying this promotion. I think it's pretty exciting.
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