What is Decentraland?
So I'm pretty excited to announce that as of last night my father @jonny-clearwater and I contributed LAND to the new Decentraland project! If you don't know, Decentraland is an upcoming VR project in which users purchase parcels of land using the cryptocurrency MANA, which is ultimately contributed to Land. Players can build all sorts of creations on this land, including things such as arcades, roller coasters, music festivals, casinoes, etc... A quick trailer for Decentraland can be seen below:
So What is the Land Being Contributed To?
Decentraland is composed of two major areas, an inner circle, where players can auction to buy land to live on and build their own creations, and a ring of outer districts, which are basically community run areas. These outer districts are composed of donated LAND, which users can stay on when the game is launched. We ended up buying land in two districts, Vegas City and Aetherian Project.
Vegas City
Vegas City is defined as a digital sin city and party town gambling district, complete with the Vegas strip, casinos, shopping centers, concerts, performance halls, and nightclubs. It claims it will have legitimate digital gambling, running through cryptocurrency (most prominently MANA). This not only sounds like a great source of fun, but also a promising way to earn profits through digital gambling.
Aetherian Project
The Aetherian Project, currently the largest district, claims to be a cyberpunk, Tron and GitS-like area. It will be composed of a night club, VR gaming tournaments (with MANA prize pools), festivals, and other neo-future like events. This is personally the area I'm most excited about, and it sounds like a really interesting area to stay in.