The mechanics: Beyond holding shares, the platform facilitates direct competition between users based on specific player matchups.
- Daily face-offs pit specific players against each other, like Jaylen Brown versus Kawhi Leonard.
- Users predict which player will have the best stat line in a “winner takes all” format.
- Thompson aims to deepen fan engagement by getting viewers to watch live games to track their investments.
The context: Thompson believes the platform is aimed at an online culture that wants to monetize their sports knowledge.
- The goal is to give users and die-hard fans a place to prove that their ideas exceed those of TV analysts and their friends.
- The system uses leaderboards to allow users to “level up” their basketball IQ and prove that they are the “smartest in the room” compared to their peers.
- Thompson argues that modern culture has transformed almost everything into competition or a market.
Tristan’s point of view: Beyond speculation, Thompson sees the platform as a reputation engine for the next generation of sports media personalities.
- He envisions top performers using their verifiable on-chain track record to launch independent live streams and build social followings.
- The goal is to allow creators to become “more popular than the guys at ESPN” by proving they are being exploited in the culture.
Thompson says the drive to compete is innate, but Web3 tools now allow fans to fund it. “Now I think we realize that almost anything can be a form of competition where you can monetize it and create a marketplace where people can make money,” Thompson said.
