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Is StepN Sustainable? Behind the Fastest Growing Game in Crypto - Yawn Rong, Co-Founder, StepN, Ep. 200

Jun 7, 2022

How are some users getting paid to walk?

 

StepN is a Walk-to-Earn mobile app and in less than 6 months, they managed to amass 1.7 million monthly active users and up to 400k users are using it on a daily basis.

 

This episode, Co-Founder Yawn Rong shares with us:

  • How is StepN actually paying users and is it sustainable?
  • Comparison of StepN over competitors and their moat
  • StepN’s vision for the future

 

Host: Jason Choi @mrjasonchoi . Not financial advice.

 

------------ Timestamps -------------

(00:00:00) – Introduction

(00:02:32) – Introduction to StepN

(00:05:49) – Designing Users’ Cost Of Participation

(00:07:12) – Revenue Mechanism

(00:11:13) – Demand and Design Of StepN’s Tokens

(00:14:12) – Social Aspect Beyond Walk-to-Earn

(00:19:29) – Partnerships With Brands

(00:24:30) – Comparison To Other Platforms

(00:28:50) – Strategy For Massive Player Adoption

(00:33:36) – StepN’s Moat Over Competitors

(00:40:30) – Anti-Hacking/Cheating Mechanisms

(00:43:41) – More On StepN’s 2 Tokens - GST & GMT

 

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Guest

StepN’s Website: https://stepn.com/

StepN’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/Stepnofficial

Yawn Rong's Twitter: https://twitter.com/yawn_rong

 

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