In celebration of Coinbase’s Onchain Summer event, which is focused on rewarding builders in the Base chain, and because of its increased focus on the Layer 2 network this summer, blockchain gaming investor Animoca Brands is hosting a campaign through which participants have a chance of earning a share of the 666,666 $TOWER prize pool.
Anyone can participate by heading to the link found in the official tweet/X post to start earning points by doing 8 different tasks that award varying amounts of points while referring friends for even more points. Animoca is using a tool for Web3 campaigns called DeForm for this event, and while it does provide you with social sign-in options, you’ll still need to connect a wallet anyways to do the available tasks. Once you do, you can start completing the varied tasks available, which range from following relevant profiles on decentralized social network Warpcast and visiting OneFootball’s camapign page to minting NFTs and even a photo with an Animoca-branded border on Moshicam. For each friend you refer using your referral code, you will be rewarded with 300 points, while the person using your link gets 100 points.
Aside from creating a photo with no gas fees, users can mint 2 NFTs: a commemorative Campaign NFT and an Olympic Games Paris 2024 Mascot Digital Pin NFT. The former proves that you participated in the campaign and can be minted for the price of 0.000777 ETH, while the latter can be claimed for free on Magic Eden, though you still have to pay for gas fees using ETH on Base. The Paris 2024 NFT Digital Pin is nWay’s officially licensed collection made in partnership with the International Olympic Committee to give fans an opportunity to own a piece of this year’s sports event. When minting, users have a chance of getting an epic or legendary pin, though no utility for this collection is present at the time of writing. While the mint deadline for this asset is August 12th, you’ll want to mint it earlier if you want to get 100 points for Animoca’s campaign.
If you manage to get 3000 points before July 18th, 23:59 UTC, you will officially be eligible to receive a piece of the 666,666 $TOWER prize pool. While it is possible to see how high you rank, it’s not quite clear how the rewards are to be distributed. It probably depends on the number of users that manage to reach the minimum 3000 points mark, making it important to get as many points as you can for a bigger share of the reward pool.
Onchain Summer is a developer-focused series of events hosted by Coinbase for their Ethereum-based Layer 2 network. It started off with a month-long virtual hackathon in June which featured 200 ETH up for grabs, and looks set to continue rewarding builders through more opportunities all the way through August from a total grant pool of 600 ETH. Various studios have also jumped in to mark the occasion by hosting their own special events to reward and engage their communities in various ways. One example includes last month’s 3 exclusive mints by the developers of Parallel TCG, one of which included a free Card Back NFT that also awarded a free in-game card pack. While that free mint is over, the other two mints, a Starter Bundle priced at 0.01 ETH and a Booster Bundle that costs 0.02 ETH, are actually still live on OpenSea as plenty of supply still remains. Both feature a unique card back NFT, with the Starter Bundle containing 5 AP card packs plus a starter deck to kickstart your play to earn journey, while the Booster Bundle comes with an NFT deck containing only Planetfall cards.