Shards Beneficiaries

Shards Platform

The Shards Platform provides the underlying technology that seamlessly integrates in-game value rails with the wider social economy via Fractions. By leveraging smart contract technology, the Shards Platform is able to trustlessly automate value exchange between all Fraction stakeholders.

Game Studios

Game Studios design and materialize gaming experiences and stories that enable social connections to be built. By leveraging the Shards Platform, Gaming Studios can increase social engagement for their games while establishing additional revenue streams that grow together with the wider non-player community.

Team Owners

Team Owners invest their own time, skills, and resources to rally members of the community towards a shared goal. The leadership provided by Team Owners builds social cohesiveness within a sub-community and establishes the foundations for competitive narratives to form between Teams.

Future iterations of the Shards Platform will enable team ownership to be transferable. This enables Team dynamics to evolve in alignment with Team governance.

Players

Players participate directly in the gameplay, improving their skill sets and gaining reputation as they advance through the game. With each victory, their personal brand and fandoms grow resulting in fierce competition for Teams trying to recruit the best Players..

Players become affiliated with a Team through ownership of a Team Seat. Each Player is only allowed to occupy a single Seat thereby exclusively representing their selected Team. As the Shards Platform advances, Players will require approval from the Team prior to the Seat being exchanged on the initial or secondary market.

Non-Players

Non-Players do not engage directly in the gameplay but are critical members of the larger gaming community. Non-Players can range from passionate fans building support for their favorite teams to speculators who fund Teams based on their likelihood of success (both competitively and socially).

Non-Players can participate indirectly in the success of their preferred Teams through ownership of a Team's Fraction. Fractions can be bought outside the game and grants the holder a share of the Team’s revenue.