Sky Mavis: The Builders behind Axie Infinity

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[00:03:00] - [First question] - How many people are playing Axie and how quickly it’s grown

[00:04:03] - What play-to-earn means and how money flows through a digital ecosystem

[00:05:03] - A basic overview of the user experience of playing Axie Infinity 

[00:07:23] - What an Axie is, its features, how they’re generated, and how many exist

[00:09:32] - Monster NFTs and the fungible SLP in-game currency

[00:15:00] - Converting SLP to fiat currency and how low-friction the process is

[00:16:40] - Are people actually playing the game or just speculating on the game’s assets

[00:23:14] - The AXS governance token, how to earn it, and what it enables for token holders

[00:27:08] - What the opportunity set looks like for Axie from an investor standpoint

[00:29:39] - Finding a balance between offering digital work and creating a player incentive 

[00:33:29] - Mystic Axie and what they are generally worth today

[00:34:42] - How much the community will have to expand and build on top of the game

[00:38:48] - Overview of the plots of land in the Axie metaverse and what they might unlock 

[00:41:57] - What a sidechain is and how the Ronin wallet works 

[00:46:41] - Why what’s good for Ronin is also good for Ethereum

[00:48:53] - Defining a bridge and how it differs from an exchange

[00:50:24] - Lessons learned about good tokenomics and token design 

[00:55:04] - The biggest potential risks to the future of Axie Infinity and its growing popularity 

[00:57:13] - What an ideal future looks like for the metaverse and Axie infinity

[01:01:09] - How the world is changing and why that unlocks value for play-to-earn games

[01:04:03] - Asset ownership inversion and how big this could become in the future

[01:05:24] - The most surprising things that have happened since joining Axie Infinity

[01:06:55] - How he thinks about assessing new opportunities in crypto and the metaverse

[01:09:19] - Where you can go to learn more about Axie and dabble in the game