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A comprehensive guide on Decentraland - detailed step-by-step guide to what it represents, how to roll it out and how to play it.

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Decentraland has become a household name in the cryptocurrency metauniverse. Here's a complete guide to it.

Online gaming is arguably one of the best use cases based on blockchain technology. The ability to assign trackable and verifiable ownership to items in the game is hugely empowering.

This concept has grown in popularity and perhaps one of the first games to pioneer this space was Decentraland.

Below is a comprehensive guide on Decentraland - a step-by-step guide to what it represents, how to roll it out and how to play it.

Name: Decentraland

Launch date: 2020-02-20

Networks and Tokens: Ethereum, LAND, MANA

What it's about: Decentraland is a decentralized virtual platform where users can create, travel, and monetize experiences, content, and applications.

Related brands and celebrities: Samsung, Australia Open 2022, Digital Currency Group, Jj Lin, and others.

What is Decentraland?

Decentraland brings a decentralized virtual reality (VR) platform that is built on top of and powered by the Ethereum blockchain. On this platform, users can create, experience and monetize experiences, applications and content.

Essentially, it's a virtual reality in which the 3D land is permanently owned by the community, providing members with absolute control over their creations. You can log in, create an avatar, and then start exploring, buying land and building everything from playgrounds to virtual cinemas and galleries.

Those who own the land can control the content posted to their portion of the land, which can range from game interactive systems to static 3D scenes such as paintings, such as:

One thing that makes Decentraland different from other popular blockchain-based games is that it is not controlled by a centralized organization. Instead, there is a decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) that manages the policies created to determine how Decentraland's world behaves.

So far there are a lot of cool places users can visit on Decentraland. Now let's talk about how to play the game.

Decentraland DAO

Decentraland DAO was created to turn gaming into the first truly, fully decentralized virtual world and has always been part of the original vision of game developers.

The DAO has the most important smart contract, as well as the assets that make up Decentraland --LAND contracts, wearables, content servers, estate contracts and marketplaces.

The DAO also has a large number of in-game MANA tokens, which gives it autonomy while also allowing it to subsidize different businesses and initiatives.

Those who participate in the DAO (read all LAND and MANA holders) can schedule votes to decide different issues, for example.

- Add and replace content servers

- Upgrade LAND to add more features

- Specific content and date of LAND auction

- Primary sales expenses

- Add new wearable devices, etc

The team behind Decentraland

Decentraland was conceived in a detailed white paper by Esteban Ordano, Ariel Meilich, Yemel Jardi and Manuel Araoz. Notably, they also enlisted the help of well-known experts like Google's Michael Bosworth, Dropbox's Jon Choi, CoinFund's Jack Brockum, and more.

The team's vision became a reality on 20 February 2020, with Decentraland going live. The launch includes the establishment of Decentraland DAO, as well as the full decentralization of the world's infrastructure and public access to the services it provides.

This is an important moment in Decentraland's roadmap as after it no entity can single-handedly modify the rules of its code stack.

While unverified sources of information reveal Decentraland's current gameplay, there is no denying the fact that Decentraland has grown to become one of the leading metadata-based vr in the blockchain industry today (as of January 2022 when these words were written).

This is largely thanks to the big players who have stepped through its digital doors and into its digital land.

From Samsung to AO 2022: Decentralized partnerships worth noting

Speaking of partnerships, one of the most notable developments in this area has to be Samsung's public attempt to penetrate the metaverse via Decentraland. This includes a limited supply of Samsung Decentraland's range of wearables that users can purchase to customize their avatar in games.

The Australian Open, one of the four Grand Slam tennis tournaments, has also announced it will join the metasemuniverse through a partnership with Decentraland.

One of the project's high-profile backers is an industry-leading digital currency group led by prominent cryptocurrency backer Barry Silbert.

In June 2021, Sotheby's, the world's oldest auction house, also announced its move into the metasomes. It has opened its first ever virtual gallery, choosing Decentraland as its main destination. This is what it looks like in the game.

Decentralization and tokenomics: Explaining LAND and MANA

The game itself is made up of many parts, and its complexity is self-evident. However, understanding its tokenomics is crucial to playing it well. The two main tokens on Decentraland are LAND and MANA.

Explanation of LAND tokens

LAND on Decentraland Metaverse is represented by an unforgeable LAND token. In essence, these are uncounterfeitable tokens (NFTs) that track land ownership on the Ethereum blockchain.

The LAND token is built on top of the ERC721 protocol standard, which makes it a digital asset that can be traded with other users -- just like other NFT.

One of the main differences between LAND and other NFT (such as the Bored Ape Yacht Club series) is that players can use LAND to build 3D Spaces and applications within Decentraland, as in the example below.

The plot area is 16m 16m. Height is also limited based on these limitations. In addition, LAND is a digital scarcity token, which corresponds to a fixed total of MANA tokens.

- On 24 November 2021 TokensCom paid 618,000 MANA (valued at $2.4 million at the time) to purchase a plot of land on Decentraland. This is the most expensive virtual real estate to date (January 2022).

- In June 2021, someone bought a virtual piece of land for $1 million.

- Chinese singer Jj Lin has bought three blocks of land on Decentraland.

How to buy LAND?

On Decentraland Metaverse there are several ways users can purchase virtual property (LAND). The first is to participate in timely auctions that the team announces from time to time to sell unclaimed land.

A more popular way is to go to Decentraland's marketplace to buy it. Once you're in the market, you'll be prompted to connect to an Internet wallet, and we suggest you use the most popular wallet --MetaMask (unless you have another wallet you're used to). If you don't have the wallet installed, go to the official website, install the Google Chrome extension and follow the instructions carefully.

Important: If you are installing a wallet for the first time, please watch out for phishing and double check that you are visiting the correct website address.

Once your wallet is connected to the market, you can click on "Land" in the top left corner and you'll see the map below.

These little squares are LAND corporation units, and you can click on each of them, view their details and bid (in case it's owned by someone, as most people already are). To buy it, you must bid to win.

Explanation of MANA tokens

Another token that is critical to Decentraland's in-game economy is MANA. Unlike LAND, MANA is a replaceable ERC20 cryptocurrency that can be burned or spent in exchange for LAND parcels. It can also purchase various items available in the game on Decentraland's marketplace.

How do I buy MANA?

Unlike LAND, MANA can be freely traded on many leading cryptocurrency exchanges, such as Binance. However, if you want to use them in the game, you need to transfer them to the wallet you use.

Now that that's all clear, let's look at how to actually play the game.

How to play Decentraland

Once you go to the game's official website, you'll see a big red button in the middle that you should click to start. Then, you'll be prompted to either play with your wallet or continue as a guest.

In this tutorial, we will connect a MetaMask wallet and sign the necessary permissions. Once the game loads, you will be able to create your own avatar. This will be the character you play the game with, so make it beautiful.

There are a bunch of features you can choose from, such as body, head, top, bottom, shoes, accessories, and add different collectibles. In addition, you can use the marketplace to purchase items, but more on that below.

Once your avatar is ready, click the "Done" button in the lower left. Now you have to name it, agree terms and conditions, and you're ready to go.

You will be transported to Genesis Square along with all new players who have just begun their journey.

Note that there is a tutorial box at the bottom of your screen -- we highly recommend that you keep this box until you get used to playing the game, as it will provide you with the basics.

Once you get to Genesis Square, start using the traditional "W, A, S, D "keys to control your avatar -- just like in most Mmos.

Around Genesis Square, you'll find columns, each with a different activity to choose from.

Alternatively, you can explore other avenues by jumping through the whirlwind that looks like a giant hole in the middle.

Another cool thing is that when you press the M key, you switch to the map. There, you can search for different locations and "jump" into them without having to walk there.

In the lower right, you'll find your current position. At the top, there is a navigation menu that allows you to explore different options. For example, if you click on the "explore" button, you will be taken to a page where you can find various places, events and so on.

Remember we mentioned above that Sotheby's opened a gallery in Decentraland? Well, let's go and see.

Explore Decentraland

Once you click on the "Explore" button at the top of the page you will also find the "Places" button which pops up some popular locations on Decentraland whenever you click on it. We chose sotheby's gallery and jumped right in there. That's what we ended up with.

And what's cool is that Sotheby's has actually displayed some of the art for people to look at. For example, this is one of Banksy's works.

You can also click directly on the painting itself, which will take you to Sotheby's official page, complete with art details.

What else can you do on Decentraland?

It's important to remember that Decentraland isn't exactly the type of game many people might be used to -- you can't fight other players or fight the environment. Instead, it's designed as a gaudy, pixelated virtual space to replace our world.

Purchasers of land can build on it using the Build tool in the navigation menu at the top.

Obviously, the possibilities are almost endless. Take our short cruise to Sotheby's. Just as an idea, you can build an impressive art gallery, and if players come to visit, you can commission the artwork to be displayed. For example, if the owner of a boring ape-man NFT wants to sell it, he might consider paying you to display it, if given enough exposure -- as Sotheby's does for their artists.

There are many other avenues to explore. You can also go to various theme parks, take the bus, or just run around and explore Decentraland, which has become quite large and there's a lot to discover.

Decentraland market

Decentraland markets are an integral part of the game. It allows users to buy and sell a variety of items, such as collectibles, wearables, and more.

To access it, all you need to do is go to the official website and click on "Markets" at the top. You can also find it in the game by clicking the "M "button and in the navigation menu at the top, where maps and building tools are available.

This is what the market looks like.

You can browse through various items and purchase them with MANA tokens, the game's currency.

Decentraland: A real revolutionary product

Decentraland has a complete meta-spatial experience, as many people imagine. It's a full-fledged digital alternative to our empty lives, where users can build everything from scratch, and some already have.

The fact that it is decentralized and managed through daOs really sets it apart from some of the other popular competitors in the industry.

We've spent a few days exploring Decentraland's universe and it's fair to say that it's in serious in-game development. There are big buildings under construction, galleries, museums, arcade parks and even a university (though it's not quite finished yet). This shows that there is a lot of interest in the game.

We can feel the game growing in popularity. We started playing the game a few months ago and didn't meet anyone outside genesis Square, but now -- we see a lot of players cruising around, exploring various locations. This is very promising.

Of course, if you're used to a three-in-one game experience, perfect fantasy graphics and gameplay, Decentraland is not for you -- the game is currently a very simple browser-based experience app that doesn't really impress anyone in terms of design and/or gameplay.

However, it was one of the first attempts to create a blockchain-based game, where transactions take place on the chain and users have legal and verifiable ownership of the items in the game. So the developers have done an admirable job, and it looks like it has a very bright future.