Summary
Player 733 won the second season of Crypto: The Game and donated the prize pool of nearly 72 ETH to a legal defense fund supporting developers of Ethereum coin mixer Tornado Cash facing money laundering charges. The season had 800 players and unique dynamics with NFT entries and jurors. Eva Beylin and others banded together to win the game and donate the winnings. The season was a success, and the future of the game looks promising.
Key Points
1. The second season of Crypto: The Game concluded with the anonymous winner, Player 733, donating the prize pool of nearly 72 ETH (about $210,000) to a legal defense fund supporting developers of the Ethereum coin mixer Tornado Cash facing charges for allegedly facilitating money laundering.
2. The new game mechanic in the competition involved NFT entries that converted to “Juror” NFTs when a player was voted out, leading to interesting dynamics and strategies among players, including buying back in after being voted out or accumulating juror NFTs to influence the outcome.
3. Eva Beylin, a participant in the season, treated the game like a second job and teamed up with other players to donate their winnings to the Tornado Cash Legal Defense Fund, highlighting the intersection of gaming, crypto, and social causes within the competition.