Atocha Appchain Voting is Live!
The Octopus Network is proud to announce that its fourth Appchain, Atocha Protocol, is now in the Voting Queue! This means all OCT holders can upvote or downvote this Appchain to the Octopus Network.
How to Vote
- Navigate to the voting page here:
- Connect your NEAR wallet.
- Deposit the amount of OCT that you want to count for either an Upvote or Downvote.
- Leave your OCT in deposit until the end of the Voting Phase if you want your votes to count.
The Voting Phase is live for 7 days. We will announce the winner immediately upon conclusion.
About Atocha Appchain
Atocha Protocol is an award-winning Web3 game protocol built using Substrate. Atocha Protocol, a decentralized protocol for creating and solving puzzles, has both Play-to-Earn (P2E) & Create-to-Earn (C2E) opportunities built into its design .Atocha Protocol is one of the few Octopus Appchains to win a $50,000 grant from NEAR Protocol as well as the $50,000 Octopus Star Showcase Prize.
Why puzzles?
Puzzle games alone have an $11.8 billion market value and a predicted annual growth rate of 18.7% from 2020 to 2027. Revenue from puzzle games is estimated to reach an all-time high of around $35.6 billion in 2026. Atocha Protocol sees potential in the puzzle games market and intends to capitalize on it.
In addition, Atocha Protocol believes that puzzles stimulate our natural propensity for curiosity, adventure and challenge. In the face of a challenge, puzzle enthusiasts experience stimulating feelings of adventure when their creativity is awakened. The puzzle game is created for players to explore the unknown, learn to connect the dots, generate passion, make new friends — and of course to win!
The brain-enhancing challenge offered by puzzles isn’t just available to the people solving them but to the Creators of the puzzles as well — Because, in a sense, creating a puzzle is a puzzle in and of itself (pun intended).
Atocha Protocol has four target audiences:
- Puzzle Game Creators
- Puzzle Game Enthusiasts
- Puzzle Game Regulars
- Online Gaming Community
The Atocha Protocol ecosystem was built for Creators because Atocha believes that excellent puzzles are the best asset for the community. Anyone who is into the niche hobby of creating puzzle games can finally monetize their passion. Atocha Protocol is also creating an NFT toolset to enable Creators to make next-gen multiplayer puzzle games. So, it will be possible to build on top of Atocha!
And because Atocha is also a P2E game, players — Enthusiasts and Regulars — can also participate in the monetization of their solutions. Atocha Protocol helps the puzzle community earn rewards for their passion.
How Does the Atocha Economy Work?
Every puzzle created and submitted to Atocha has a corresponding reward pool holding $ATO made up of any amount of $ATO the Creator initially allocates to sponsor the puzzle. Community members can also sponsor a puzzle by allocating amounts of $ATO while the puzzle is still active and unsolved. Every sponsored reward received helps the puzzle to gain Atocha Points (AP).
When the puzzle has been solved, the accumulated Atocha Points will then be evenly distributed to the puzzle Creator and the puzzle Solver. The Atocha Point System is an in-game point system that recognizes a user’s contribution, reputation, and history. Weekly rewards are given in $ATO to users with the highest AP count. There are even more opportunities for the community to participate and earn outlined in the Atocha Protocol Whitepaper.
Based on Atocha’s statistics the Facebook Ad Tool, an estimated 600 million people worldwide are interested in puzzle game topics. The market is growing, and Atocha is in an excellent position to capitalize on the opportunity.
When Will Atocha Protocol Launch?
The Octopus Network has a four-phase candidacy queue:
- Appchain Registration
- Appchain Security Audit
- Candidacy Vote←We are here! 🗳️
- Staging and Initial Staking
- Booting
What is Octopus Network?
Octopus Network is a multichain, interoperable cryptonetwork built on NEAR for bootstrapping and running Substrate-based, EVM compatible application-specific blockchains, aka Appchains. Octopus Network provides cost-effective leased security, one-stop infrastructure, and a meta-community for its Appchains, positioning itself as an eminent Web3 infrastructure platform.
What is NEAR Protocol?
NEAR Protocol is a layer one blockchain that focuses on developer and user-friendliness. NEAR’s sharding technology is infinitely scalable with low latency, making it easy for Octopus Network to host hundreds of Appchains. NEAR Protocol is rapidly growing as one of the most prominent financial centers in the blockchain world, creating numerous DeFi opportunities for Appchains.
