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Brief Intro

Ronin is an EVM-compatible Layer 1 Blockchain forged for Gaming. The mission is to enable success for the top Web3 games and numerous other indie titles built by the community.

Axie Infinity, the top web3 game, is built on the Ronin Network with >$4B lifetime marketplace volumes, $1.4B in revenues, 2.7M in-game DAUs and >430K peak daily active onchain users. Other than Axie, notable teams include Pixels which experienced 200x User Growth since their migration to Ronin in Nov 2023, recently hitting >700K DAUs.

Ronin adopts a Curated Strategy to work with a focused set of high quality game studios rather than spreading bets widely. Games developing on Ronin are invested by Sky Mavis and supported by the internal publishing team from community building, solutions engineering to go-to-market. Tech & Infra-wise, studios are supported by ecosystem of products built by Sky Mavis that is hyper targeted at the gaming use case and user experience. Every part is integrated tightly to offer game developers and gamers the best and curated experience.

Massive community engagement wth over 2.5M followers on Twitter, >700k Discord members (top 6th in the world), 340k substack subscribers, >2500 creators.

Created by Sky Mavis, the team behind Axie Infinity and backed by top investors like Accel, a16z, Binance Labs, Animoca Brands, Paradigm, Libertus, Mark Cuban.

Resources:

Sky Mavis - Ronin Pitch Deck: https://docsend.com/v/nkqjt/sm-ronin-deck

Website: roninchain.com

Whitepaper: https://docs.roninchain.com/basics/white-paper

Coingecko: https://www.coingecko.com/en/coins/ronin

Dune: https://dune.com/ronin/ronin-overview-dashboard

Community Threads

1. Major Milestones

   1. DPOS/RON Staking + 5 Game Studios announcement (Driving 10k Signups to Games, Apr 2023)

      1. https://twitter.com/Ronin_Network/status/1641382398603476992?s=20
      2. A perfect launch of DPOS upgrade in April with over $100M+ staked. Staking APR is between 20-30%.

   2. CyberKongz Genkai Mint ($1.4M in 1 hour, Jul2023)

      1. https://twitter.com/Ronin_Network/status/1683825230270038017?s=20
      2. https://twitter.com/Psycheout86/status/1699034246789157056

   3. Pixels, Polygon’s Top Game by DAU, migrating to Ronin

      1. https://x.com/Ronin_Network/status/1701586359062872525?s=20
      2. 8k to 50k DAUs after Migration https://twitter.com/daryl24_eth/status/1721740887653548215?s=20

   4. Ronin Dev Update (2023Q3)

      1. https://x.com/Ronin_Network/status/1717187156412629470?s=20

   5. The Ronin Effect (2024Q4) - 10x-ed growth, over 1.2M MAUs achieved.

      1. https://roninchain.com/blog/posts/the-ronin-effect

   6. 2024 - Year in Review

      1. https://x.com/Ronin_Network/status/1741087357233959019?s=20

   7. 2024Q1 - RON Binance Listing; Added to Coinbase Assets roadmap

      1. https://blog.roninchain.com/p/breaking-news-ron-tradeable-on-binance
      2. https://x.com/CoinbaseAssets/status/1753112163542356159?s=20

   8. 2024Q1 Feb - $PIXEL on Binance Launchpool - hitting over 1.2B Day 1 volume and >2B token FDV

      1. https://x.com/pixels_online/status/1755432250596852141?s=20

   9. 2024Q1 Mar - Apeiron APRS Community Sale on Ronin launchpad ($2.6M in various rounds, sold within seconds and minutes)

      1. https://medium.com/apeironnft/breaking-news-community-round-report-and-more-dd7da6730222
      2. Over $75M in RON tokens staked for allocation: https://www.blockchaingamer.biz/news/30945/apeiron-token-allocation/

   10. 2024Q1 Mar - 340k Kaidro free mints, 100k new wallets

   11. $RON is listed on Coinbase https://x.com/CoinbaseAssets/status/1770477819711115694?s=20

   12. Successful $1.8M mint for Kaidro Spark Suit NFTs (10k at $180 per NFT)

       1. https://twitter.com/kaidrochronicle/status/1777720800440889442?s=46&t=rqxS3mwRksQ6mWz2rLcvFg
       2. https://decrypt.co/226124/match-made-heaven-why-ethereum-rpg-kaidro-migrated-ronin

   13. 2nd most used Layer 1 blockchain in the world at 1.2M Daily Active Addresses

       1. https://x.com/Jihoz_Axie/status/1777102036632248505
       2. https://twitter.com/eeelistar/status/1777336911083749530?s=46&t=rqxS3mwRksQ6mWz2rLcvFg

   14. Ronin zkEVM announcement, leveraging modified version of Polygon CDK to build L2s on Ronin

       1. https://x.com/Ronin_Network/status/1803065773197258800
       2. https://x.com/Ronin_Network/status/1804138116355100901

   15. June 2024 Coinbase Learn Campaign, driving over 800k participants and 330k new onchain users

       1. https://x.com/Jihoz_Axie/status/1802533898129482016

   16. State of Ronin Q2 2024

       1. https://x.com/Jihoz_Axie/status/1804464506321719428

   17. July 2024 - Moku, Tribesters, Puffverse Mints totalling over >$1M

       1. Moku - https://x.com/eeelistar/status/1811371382816546936

   18. July 2024 - First Phillipines Pesos Stablecoin launched on Ronin

       1. https://roninchain.com/blog/posts/phpc-is-live-on-ronin

   19. Aug 2024 - Forgotten Runiverse, Lumiterra CBTs

       1. FR CBT - Players averaged 8.6 hours of gameplay in 2 days

          https://x.com/RuniverseGame/status/1823777351500812692/photo/1

       2. Lumiterra drove 500k+ RON NFT volumes in 1 week duration

          https://x.com/iagosnews/status/1823805491773948294 CBT #1 - D1 - 90.15%, D7 - 80% | Total Volume - 810.26K $RON with 14.97M transactions

          https://x.com/LumiterraGame/status/1827378359980191907

   20. Sep 2024 - Ronin Waypoint, Tatsumeeko and 7 New Forge Games

       1. Launch of Ronin Waypoint, universal gamer account
          1. https://x.com/Ronin_Network/status/1834579110389338509
          2. https://x.com/Ronin_Network/status/1838117597914730617
       2. 16 Sept - Tatsumeeko Partnership Announcement https://x.com/Ronin_Network/status/1835666422955180359
       3. 19 Sep - Announcement of 7 New Games via Forge program https://x.com/Ronin_Network/status/1836753059730600185

   21. Oct 2024 - Ronin selects Chainlink CCIP as primary bridge provider

       1. https://x.com/Ronin_Network/status/1844364969112183046
       2. https://x.com/sergeynazarov/status/1844459757438108041?s=46&t=X_r4GeSgq9wlPpOQbdQCwA
       3. https://x.com/ChainLinkGod/status/1844367084979093504

   22. Nov 2024

       1. Ronin x Dune https://x.com/Ronin_Network/status/1855889567943217493

       2. Katana reward halving to 2.7M RON per quarter https://x.com/Ronin_Network/status/1860981548440588742

          

   23. Dec 2024

       1. Katana v3 is live https://blog.roninchain.com/p/the-katana-v3-upgrade-is-live
       2. Chainlink CCIP bridge is live https://x.com/chainlink/status/1844366078505583034

2. Research posts

   1. Decentralised.co Research on Ronin Ecosystem Apr 7 2023 - https://www.decentralised.co/p/the-birth-of-an-ecosystem

      1. 29 Mar 2024 Thesis Update: https://x.com/Decentralisedco/status/1773693044761489762?t=D7lCOrkgHkhrrM3-JI2OpQ&s=35

   2. Ronin Ecosystem Analysis by Ancient8 Research https://research.ancient8.gg/research/en/articles/ronin-empowering-gaming-samurai-in-the-blockchain-battlefield

   3. Why Jason Choi thinks $RON will make a comeback in 2023 - https://twitter.com/mrjasonchoi/status/1644129617429823488?s=20

   4. What it means to work with Sky Mavis and Ronin - https://twitter.com/thecoreloop/status/1650847583357784068

   5. Delphi Digital on upcoming Gaming blockchains - https://twitter.com/Delphi_Digital/status/1711780398416408667

   6. Coingecko GameFi Levels Up report - https://www.coingecko.com/research/publications/gamefi-report-2023

   7. Footprint Ronin Analysis - https://www.footprint.network/article/what-are-the-possibilities-of-ronin-beyond-axie-infinity-DK9h6Yho

   8. Delphi Report (paid) - https://members.delphidigital.io/reports/the-year-ahead-for-gaming-2024#hytopia-back-from-the-brink-9e1f

      The Year Ahead for Gaming 2024 - Delphi Digital.pdf

   9. Return of Ronin by Bankless - https://metaversal.banklesshq.com/p/return-of-ronin

   10. 14 Feb 2024 ROK Capital Thesis https://medium.com/rokcapital/ronin-a-new-era-aae903addfac

   11. 25 Mar 2024 - Ouroboros Research Thesis https://x.com/OuroResearch/status/1772279349774827566?s=20

   12. 26 Jul 2024 - SevenX Ventures (Chinese) https://www.panewslab.com/zh/articledetails/bs08au9sbmnu.html

   13. 20 Aug 2024 - Messari Overview on Ronin https://messari.io/report/understanding-ronin-a-comprehensive-overview

   14. 10 Sep 2024 - Ronin on OurNetwork Newsletter https://www.ournetwork.xyz/p/on-269-polygon-mega-issue#ronin

   15. 27 Sep 2024 - Report https://messari.io/report/ron-it-back-the-revival-of-ronin-web3-gaming-empire

       $RON It Back_ The Revival of Ronin's Web3 Gaming Empire _ Messari.pdf

   16. Older Articles (<2023)

       1. https://www.decentralised.co/p/understanding-ronin
       2. https://www.nansen.ai/research/ronin-the-engine-powering-axie-infinitys-growth#what-is-ronin
       3. Arca's valuation model- https://www.ar.ca/blog/debunking-more-overreactions-to-macro-a-ronin-case-study

3. Repository of Ecosystem Projects (Games, dApps, Infra and Tools)

   1. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1r04P-Pfks8OebAQfHeP3BVVeAnF3jnJYdmpnpRxoj84/edit#gid=1089710069

4. Notable blog posts

   1. Solving the Blockchain Trilemma https://roninchain.com/blog/posts/solving-the-blockchain-trilemma-on-ronin
   2. Security https://roninchain.com/blog/posts/securing-ronin
   3. Decentralization https://roninchain.com/blog/posts/decentralization-on-ronin
   4. Scalability (zkEVMs) https://roninchain.com/blog/posts/scalability-on-ronin
   5. How Ronin Identifies Breakout Titles: https://x.com/AbuNft/status/1843552774984028502?t=quwRWNemCkSfeCcejcgbWg&s=35

5. Tokenomics

   1. Name: Ronin; Ticker: $RON or $RONIN, Layer-1 native Token.
   2. Supply allocation & Vesting: https://docs.roninchain.com/docs/basics/tokenomics
   3. Token Utility: RON Token Utility (for sharing)
   4. 2 main sources of RON emissions

6. Public Analytics Dashboards

7. Sky Mavis

8. Branding Kit

9. Security

CEX Integration Guide: https://www.notion.so/skymavis/Ronin-CEX-9f35bceeb2114cdbb66ec43f717d6e5c?pvs=4