Guild Marketplace

The system for guild managers to lend in-game assets (like NFTs) to players, known as scholars, without transferring ownership. This enables yield generation through shared revenue.

• Automated splits: Smart contracts automatically distribute earned tokens between the guild treasury and the scholar.
• Performance tracking: Dashboards monitor scholar activity, earnings, and asset utilization.
• Example: A guild lends 10 Axies to scholars, who earn SLP tokens; the platform splits the SLP 70/30 between scholar and guild.

Mechanisms that allow a guild to aggregate capital from multiple members to acquire high-value assets, which are then represented as fractionalized ownership tokens.

• Capital efficiency: Lowers the barrier to entry for expensive gaming NFTs.
• Liquidity: Fractional shares (e.g., ERC-20 tokens) can often be traded on secondary markets.
• Risk diversification: Members gain exposure to a portfolio of assets rather than a single, risky NFT.

A decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) structure where guild members use governance tokens to vote on key decisions. The treasury, held in a multi-sig wallet or smart contract, funds operations.

• Proposal voting: Members vote on asset acquisitions, scholarship terms, or treasury allocations.
• Transparent accounting: All inflows and outflows are recorded on-chain for auditability.
• Tooling: Often integrates with Snapshot for off-chain voting and Gnosis Safe for fund management.

Automated systems that maximize returns from idle or staked guild assets across multiple GameFi protocols and DeFi yield farms.

• Cross-protocol staking: Automatically moves assets to protocols offering the best Annual Percentage Yield (APY).
• Reward compounding: Harvests and reinvests rewards to accelerate growth.
• Risk management: Can include strategies for impermanent loss mitigation in liquidity pools.

A soulbound or non-transferable scoring system that tracks a scholar's historical performance, reliability, and skill level. This reduces managerial overhead and risk.

• Trust scores: Algorithms generate scores based on earnings consistency, playtime, and asset care.
• Matchmaking: High-reputation players get priority access to better guild assets.
• Data feeds: Integrates on-chain activity with off-chain gameplay metrics for a holistic view.

A native marketplace or integration enabling the peer-to-peer trading of whole NFTs, fractional shares, and scholarship slots, providing exit liquidity for guild members.

• NFT trading: Direct sale/purchase of gaming assets like land, characters, or items.
• Share trading: Exchange of fractional ownership tokens representing a stake in a guild's asset pool.
• Scholarship auctions: A marketplace where players can bid for the right to use guild assets under specific terms.

Guilds use marketplaces to onboard and manage scholars (players who borrow assets). This includes:

• Automated asset lending via smart contracts.
• Performance tracking for scholars across games.
• Revenue distribution with programmable splits between guilds and scholars.
• Reputation systems to vet and rank reliable players.

Platforms like Yield Guild Games (YGG) pioneered this model, creating a scalable framework for asset delegation.

The core function is facilitating the purchase, sale, and rental of in-game NFTs. This includes:

• Primary sales of new game assets from developers.
• Secondary market trading for items like Axie Infinity's Axies or Illuvium's Illuvials.
• Rental marketplaces where guilds can lease assets for a fixed period or a share of earnings.
• Bulk purchasing tools for guilds acquiring large portfolios of assets.

Marketplaces provide tools for guild treasury management and capital deployment. Key features include:

• Multi-signature wallets for secure guild treasuries.
• Yield-generating vaults where idle in-game assets (like SLP from Axie) can be staked.
• Analytics dashboards tracking ROI on asset portfolios.
• Cross-chain asset bridging to manage holdings across different gaming ecosystems.

These platforms foster community coordination and establish on-chain reputation. They enable:

• Governance forums for guild decision-making.
• Achievement and badge systems for scholars and guilds.
• Discovery tools for players to find guilds and for games to recruit guilds.
• Verifiable credential systems that record a user's gaming history and reliability, creating a portable reputation.

Marketplaces act as a distribution and integration layer for game developers. They offer:

• SDKs and APIs for games to list assets and enable guild features directly.
• Initial Game Offering (IGO) platforms for launching new play-to-earn games.
• Whitelist and access pass sales for upcoming game releases.
• Data oracles that provide verified in-game performance data to smart contracts for automated rewards.

The core technical component is a suite of smart contracts that govern the secure, trustless leasing of NFTs. These contracts handle:

• Escrow and custody: Locking the guild's assets (e.g., Axie Infinity teams) for a fixed term.
• Revenue splitting: Automatically distributing in-game earnings between the guild and scholar based on pre-defined profit-sharing agreements.
• Access control: Granting temporary, revocable permissions for scholars to use the assets without transferring ownership.

A front-end interface providing guild managers (Guild Masters) with tools to oversee operations. Key features include:

• Onboarding flows: For vetting and onboarding new scholars with KYC/identity verification integrations.
• Performance tracking: Dashboards displaying scholar SLP (Smooth Love Potion) or other token earnings, win rates, and activity logs.
• Automated payout systems: Tools to batch and execute reward distributions from the smart contracts to multiple scholars simultaneously.

A module for managing the guild's pooled capital and generated yield. This involves:

• Capital aggregation: Pooling membership fees and a portion of shared revenues into a communal treasury.
• DeFi integrations: Automatically deploying idle treasury funds into yield-generating protocols (e.g., staking, liquidity pools) to maximize returns for guild stakeholders.
• Multi-sig governance: Often requires multi-signature wallets for treasury transactions, ensuring no single point of failure for guild funds.

An on-chain system for tracking participant history and trust. This is crucial for a decentralized labor market and includes:

• Soulbound Tokens (SBTs): Non-transferable NFTs that represent a scholar's tenure, performance history, and reputation within the guild ecosystem.
• Verifiable credentials: Records of completed scholarships, which scholars can use to prove their experience to other guilds.
• Dispute resolution logs: Immutable records of any conflicts or arbitration outcomes, creating a transparent history for all parties.

Infrastructure to facilitate operations across multiple blockchains, as games and assets are often on different networks. This component enables:

• Wrapped asset creation: Minting representative tokens (e.g., wAXS on Polygon) for assets native to another chain (e.g., Ronin).
• Cross-chain messaging: Using protocols like LayerZero or Wormhole to communicate lease agreements and trigger actions across chains.
• Gas abstraction: Allowing users to pay transaction fees in the guild's native token or stablecoins, simplifying the experience for non-crypto-native scholars.

A system where a guild manager (Guild Master) provides access to in-game assets (like NFTs) to a player (Scholar) in exchange for a share of the revenue generated. This model lowers the barrier to entry for Play-to-Earn games.

• Key Roles: Guild Master (asset owner), Scholar (player), Manager (supervisor).
• Revenue Split: Typically automated via smart contracts.
• Example: A guild lends Axie Infinity teams to players, splitting the SLP tokens earned.

A non-fungible token that produces a stream of tokens or rewards through active use, such as gameplay, staking, or providing liquidity. These are the primary assets traded and managed in a guild marketplace.

• Mechanism: The NFT's utility generates in-game currency or governance tokens.
• Examples: Axies in Axie Infinity, Land parcels in The Sandbox, or Hero characters in DeFi Kingdoms.
• Valuation: Driven by earning potential, rarity, and game mechanics.

A software interface used by Guild Masters to oversee their operations, including scholar performance, asset distribution, and revenue tracking. It is the administrative backbone of a guild.

• Core Features: Scholar onboarding, performance analytics, automated payout systems, and NFT inventory management.
• Integration: Often connects directly to the game's blockchain and the marketplace's smart contracts.
• Purpose: Provides transparency and operational efficiency for scaling a guild.

A self-executing contract on a blockchain that facilitates the temporary, trustless transfer of NFT usage rights. This is the foundational technology enabling guild scholarships without transferring asset ownership.

• Function: Locks the lender's NFT, grants usage permissions to a renter for a set period, and automatically distributes rewards according to pre-set terms.
• Security: Ensures the underlying NFT cannot be sold or transferred by the renter.
• Standard: Often built on extensions to common standards like ERC-721 or ERC-1155.

The broader game design and economic model where players earn cryptocurrency or NFTs through gameplay, quests, and achievements. Guild marketplaces are a critical infrastructure layer for this model.

• Dual-Token Model: Many P2E games use a governance token (e.g., AXS) and a utility/game token (e.g., SLP).
• Economic Loop: Players earn tokens → tokens are traded or used → value flows back into the game ecosystem.
• Guild Role: Provides capital (NFTs) and scale, enabling broader participation in the P2E economy.

The process by which a guild handles its collective assets, including crypto holdings, NFTs, and revenue from scholarships. It involves strategies for reinvestment, diversification, and community rewards.

• Activities: Re-investing earnings into new NFTs, converting game tokens to stablecoins, funding community initiatives, and managing liquidity pools.
• Tools: Often utilizes multi-signature wallets and DAO frameworks for decentralized decision-making.
• Goal: Ensure the guild's long-term financial sustainability and growth.