Cryptocup game brings all the excitement of the 2018 FIFA World Cup to the blockchain

The Cryptocup game, which is based on the prediction of results of games of the 2018 FIFA World Cup, to be held in Russia from June 14 to July 15, is already available on the Ethereum's Ropsten test network. of the current year.

The game uses non-fungible tokens under the ERC-721 protocol, ideal for this type of purpose since the token can not be divided into smaller portions, unlike those that follow the ERC-20 protocol. For now, the game has been launched in the Ethereum test network known as Ropsten and will be definitely launched on the main network on May 10 this year.

Cryptocup is the first prediction game based on the 2018 FIFA World Cup that runs through smart contracts on the blockchain. Players can make their own tokens when they make their predictions on the game website using Metamask.

Each token is customizable and unique since it contains the user's choices. Players earn points when they compare their predictions with real results and those with more points are rewarded with prizes according to an intelligent contract.

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The players will make their predictions about the results of each of the 64 matches that will be played during this edition of the World Cup. Predictions will be issued in an ERC-721 token, the so-called Token Cryptocup. The same non-fungible token technology used with the Cryptokitties, collectible kittens that broke popularity records in Ethereum's network, was used to the point where they almost made it collapse.

Each token will automatically earn points according to the degree of coincidence between the actual results and the established predictions, a task that will execute the intelligent contract that governs the game. Depending on the position of the player at the end of the FIFA tournament in the Cryptocup ranking (in comparison to the tokens of the other players), the same intelligent contract will allocate the established amount of ETH from the accumulated to whom it corresponds.

Another innovative feature of Cryptocup is that during the World Cup, players can exchange (buy or sell) their prediction tokens with other users in a secondary market. Some players will be able to set the price of their Cryptocup token and sell it before the end of the tournament, while others may be interested in speculating on future rewards.

In Argentina we are super football fans and we have also been innovating in blockchain technology in the region with many successful projects using Ethereum technology such as Decentraland, ZeppelinOS, Ripio, Wibson and others. We are very excited to join this ecosystem and also create an application that is connected to our passion and culture, football is in our DNA.

As previously mentioned, for now the game is only available in the Ethereum test network, so there are no real rewards; but it allows interested people to get acquainted with Cryptocup and get an idea of how it will work after its release on May 10. Once the tournament begins, the only way to acquire the Cryptocup tokens will be through the secondary market.

For more information about the game, you can enter the following sites and social networks of the game:

Website: cryptocup.io
Telegram: t.me/cryptocup_io
Twitter: twitter.com/cryptocup_io
Facebook: facebook.com/cryptocup
Reddit: reddit.com/r/Cryptocup