I recently dived into Friend.Tech, thanks to an enlightening discussion on Twitter. It's an emerging SocialFi platform that encapsulates the spirit of Web3: decentralization, user-driven value, and digital tokenization. Users mint their own tokens, or "keys", which give others access to their exclusive rooms. As more people want to join, the value of these keys surges, and the key creators earn a piece of each transaction. With over 200,000 users already, its traction is undeniable.

This surge in popularity recalls the gold-rush days of ICOs, the DeFi summer, and the explosive NFT markets. Each wave brought with it innovation, speculation, and a myriad of success stories. However, a common thread runs through them: they all employ a zero-sum game mechanism. Essentially, early movers and issuers enjoy significant gains, often at the expense of latecomers.

Yet, isn’t it fascinating how such models attract massive interest? The secret sauce isn't just the potential for profit. It's the narrative crafted around it. For Friend.Tech, it's the allure of shared insights, camaraderie, or simply the human touch. Similarly, for ICOs, it was about revolutionary projects; for NFTs, it's the blend of art, ownership, and technology.

So, when we dissect what makes a Web3 project soar, we're left with a triad of considerations:

Technology: The underlying infrastructure that supports the idea.
Vision: The story and future possibilities it promises.
Business Model: The economic framework that determines its sustainability and profitability.
It seems that in the whirlwind space of Web3, while technology lays the foundation, it's often the vision that entices users and the business model that either cements or erodes its longevity.

This prompts a crucial reflection: In the Web3 domain, is it the innovators that reimagine asset trading who reap the most rewards? Or is it those who tell the most compelling story?

MetaPoker is a passion project started by poker professionals and enthusiasts. Its goal is to bring the game we know and love to today’s new standard, so the game will receive the attention it deserves into the future. MetaPoker is designed with three prominent concepts integrated to its platform– decentralized finance (DeFi), non-fungible tokens(NFT), and blockchain-based Poker game.

Within MetaPoker’s ecosystem, the users will be able to take on a variety of roles such as player, investor, influencer, and shareholder, and enrich the MetaPoker experience while engaging with the platform and its community. Thus, allowing the entire ecosystem to self — sustain and operate.

At the current stage, we do not plan to seek investments but rather want to open up a dialogue between you and us to keep the project moving towards.

If you are interested in either poker or GameFi, please join us and give us effective feedback, both positive and negative, is very helpful. Those insights will lead to  the right directions to make MetaPoker happen!!


Check out the MetaPoker WhitePaper at : https://metapoker-1.gitbook.io/metapoker/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/MetaPokerGame

MetaPoker is a passion project started by poker professionals and enthusiasts. Its goal is to bring the game we know and love to today’s new standard, so the game will receive the attention it deserves into the future. MetaPoker is designed with three prominent concepts integrated to its platform– decentralized finance (DeFi), non-fungible tokens(NFT), and blockchain-based Poker game.

Within MetaPoker’s ecosystem, the users will be able to take on a variety of roles such as player, investor, influencer, and shareholder, and enrich the MetaPoker experience while engaging with the platform and its community. Thus, allowing the entire ecosystem to self — sustain and operate.

At the current stage, we do not plan to seek investments but rather want to open up a dialogue between you and us to keep the project moving towards.

If you are interested in either poker or GameFi, please join us and give us effective feedback, both positive and negative, is very helpful. Those insights will lead to  the right directions to make MetaPoker happen!!


Check out the MetaPoker WhitePaper at : https://metapoker-1.gitbook.io/metapoker/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/MetaPokerGame

Sorry for the misunderstanding, I did some researches on both live and online poker.

According to the data.ai used to be Annie App, Zynga app has been downloaded 80,692,457 times on Andriod and 55,130,766 times on IOS till the end of 2021. there are more apps like WSOP, Mega Hit, GOP3 and etc.

This just a non-real cash poker app. However, there are real cash poker apps such as pokerstars, 888poker, GGpoker, partypoker and etc.

As of July 2020, there were 7,791 poker tables world-widely.

further more, World gambling statistics show that around 26% of the population gamble. That means around 1.6 billion people worldwide gamble and 4.2 billion gamble at least once every year.

https://www.casino.org/features/gambling-statistics/

Thanks for the reminder, will be careful in the future. 

Most of the poker site using cryptocurrencies to solve the problem of moving money (deposit and withdrawal), but there are several technologies to solve the problem of trust. The shuffling system and etc.

Trading cryptocurrency is just like gambling, except there is a skill element when it comes to trading. Top traders analyze the risk and reward ratio along with the harness techniques which have been practised and learned for increasing their chances of earning profit. So, trading cryptocurrency is just like poker but with an element of luck and skill mix. Which is similar to the strategies in Poker.
Share you strategies in both poker and cryptocurrencies!!

According to the data.ai used to be Annie App, Zynga app has been downloaded 80,692,457 times on Andriod and 55,130,766 times on IOS till the end of 2021. there are more apps like WSOP, Mega Hit, GOP3 and etc.

This just a non-real cash poker app. However, there are real cash poker apps such as pokerstars, 888poker, GGpoker, partypoker and etc.

As of July 2020, there were 7,791 poker tables world-widely.

further more, World gambling statistics show that around 26% of the population gamble. That means around 1.6 billion people worldwide gamble and 4.2 billion gamble at least once every year.

https://www.casino.org/features/gambling-statistics/


We have seen so many types of GameFi, but none of them is focused on the game which means it is not entertained. I think poker is a good start point to enter the gamefi area in the future.

I could remember the day in 2017 when btc price goes up to $20000, everyone are excited and willing to dive into the market. The price is backing to 20000 today, people are screaming to leave the market...

  Poker with Web3.0~ great idea