10-07-2022, 12:09 AM
TIL: There is a Japanese Play2Earn Game that pays Tokens, for locating and taking ph
<table> <tr><td> <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/xx3n9t/til_there_is_a_japanese_play2earn_game_that_pays/"> <img src="https://external-preview.redd.it/SDNj6huevD34TYKZlppbyEtKGrlT8udB8B6BzN6C8VY.jpg?width=108&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=2b2ecc36ffdd911923bf3fe87f56803a3e2efa64" alt="TIL: There is a Japanese Play2Earn Game that pays Tokens, for locating and taking photos of Manholes" title="TIL: There is a Japanese Play2Earn Game that pays Tokens, for locating and taking photos of Manholes" /> </a> </td><td> <!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>Thanks to <a href="https://twitter.com/wrathofgnon/status/1577576345600593920">WrathofGnon</a>, Balaji Srinivasan for bringing it to attention.</p> <p>Japanese NGO named "Whole Earth Foundation" had made a game of citizen-collected infrastructure damage reports: “<strong>Guardians of Steel and Concrete</strong>”. </p> <p>The first task was called “Manhole Crusade”.</p> <p>By locating and taking photos of manholes players earn tokens. There tokens are already listed on Mexc, Bitmart and Bittrex.</p> <p>​</p> <p><a href="https://preview.redd.it/dwikv3cj86s91.png?width=1200&format=png&auto=webp&s=c5497b2117782470dd903c0962142133fded9ec5">https://preview.redd.it/dwikv3cj86s91.png?width=1200&format=png&auto=webp&s=c5497b2117782470dd903c0962142133fded9ec5</a></p> <p>Gamers are asked to rate the manhole cover by the quality and the reports are sent to city engineers for maintenance. </p> <p>10,500 manholes were documented in 3 days when tested in the <strong>Tokyo ward Shibuya</strong>. It would have taken many years for city engineers to complete the same task. </p> <p>Japan as a whole has 10 million manholes. This game makes maintaining them exponentially cheaper. The next step is utility poles. </p> <p>The game is also being rolled out across Asia, with plans to bring it to the U.S. There are 200 million utility poles in the U.S., badly aged. </p> <p>The App is available on <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tekkon.Tekkon">Play store</a> and App Store with the name TEKKON.</p> <p>​</p> <p><a href="https://preview.redd.it/r44zx1p1d6s91.png?width=720&format=png&auto=webp&s=87bf5a7bd4a2706c99e117797e6846faae09435d">https://preview.redd.it/r44zx1p1d6s91.png?width=720&format=png&auto=webp&s=87bf5a7bd4a2706c99e117797e6846faae09435d</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.wholeearthfoundation.org/">Here</a> is the link to the Whole Earth Foundation official website, if you want to check the project roadmap and tokenomics etc.</p> <p>The App seems to be yet not available outside Japan, they plan to launch it very soon.</p> <p>TBH! This idea sounds really cool and interesting to me.</p> <p>That's a very creative way of improving the city's infrastructure and can be used in many other domains.</p> <p>What is your opinion on this "Play to fix your Country" App?</p> </div><!-- SC_ON --> submitted by <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/Vishal_pratap_"> /u/Vishal_pratap_ </a> <br/> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/xx3n9t/til_there_is_a_japanese_play2earn_game_that_pays/">[link]</a></span> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/xx3n9t/til_there_is_a_japanese_play2earn_game_that_pays/">[comments]</a></span> </td></tr></table>
<table> <tr><td> <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/xx3n9t/til_there_is_a_japanese_play2earn_game_that_pays/"> <img src="https://external-preview.redd.it/SDNj6huevD34TYKZlppbyEtKGrlT8udB8B6BzN6C8VY.jpg?width=108&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=2b2ecc36ffdd911923bf3fe87f56803a3e2efa64" alt="TIL: There is a Japanese Play2Earn Game that pays Tokens, for locating and taking photos of Manholes" title="TIL: There is a Japanese Play2Earn Game that pays Tokens, for locating and taking photos of Manholes" /> </a> </td><td> <!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>Thanks to <a href="https://twitter.com/wrathofgnon/status/1577576345600593920">WrathofGnon</a>, Balaji Srinivasan for bringing it to attention.</p> <p>Japanese NGO named "Whole Earth Foundation" had made a game of citizen-collected infrastructure damage reports: “<strong>Guardians of Steel and Concrete</strong>”. </p> <p>The first task was called “Manhole Crusade”.</p> <p>By locating and taking photos of manholes players earn tokens. There tokens are already listed on Mexc, Bitmart and Bittrex.</p> <p>​</p> <p><a href="https://preview.redd.it/dwikv3cj86s91.png?width=1200&format=png&auto=webp&s=c5497b2117782470dd903c0962142133fded9ec5">https://preview.redd.it/dwikv3cj86s91.png?width=1200&format=png&auto=webp&s=c5497b2117782470dd903c0962142133fded9ec5</a></p> <p>Gamers are asked to rate the manhole cover by the quality and the reports are sent to city engineers for maintenance. </p> <p>10,500 manholes were documented in 3 days when tested in the <strong>Tokyo ward Shibuya</strong>. It would have taken many years for city engineers to complete the same task. </p> <p>Japan as a whole has 10 million manholes. This game makes maintaining them exponentially cheaper. The next step is utility poles. </p> <p>The game is also being rolled out across Asia, with plans to bring it to the U.S. There are 200 million utility poles in the U.S., badly aged. </p> <p>The App is available on <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tekkon.Tekkon">Play store</a> and App Store with the name TEKKON.</p> <p>​</p> <p><a href="https://preview.redd.it/r44zx1p1d6s91.png?width=720&format=png&auto=webp&s=87bf5a7bd4a2706c99e117797e6846faae09435d">https://preview.redd.it/r44zx1p1d6s91.png?width=720&format=png&auto=webp&s=87bf5a7bd4a2706c99e117797e6846faae09435d</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.wholeearthfoundation.org/">Here</a> is the link to the Whole Earth Foundation official website, if you want to check the project roadmap and tokenomics etc.</p> <p>The App seems to be yet not available outside Japan, they plan to launch it very soon.</p> <p>TBH! This idea sounds really cool and interesting to me.</p> <p>That's a very creative way of improving the city's infrastructure and can be used in many other domains.</p> <p>What is your opinion on this "Play to fix your Country" App?</p> </div><!-- SC_ON --> submitted by <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/Vishal_pratap_"> /u/Vishal_pratap_ </a> <br/> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/xx3n9t/til_there_is_a_japanese_play2earn_game_that_pays/">[link]</a></span> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/xx3n9t/til_there_is_a_japanese_play2earn_game_that_pays/">[comments]</a></span> </td></tr></table>