Step'N GameFi, earn by moving around

 Warning: There is absolutely no financial advice on this or on any other pages of this blog.

Good news!

Jogger, runner and walker, you can now earn by staying healthier!

If you have been around the GameFi space, then surely you already know this controversial project. This project offer utility token, the GST (green satoshi token) as rewards, and this is the token you need to spend in order level up/upgrade/buy equipment so your sneaker earn even more.

In the same time, GST value has been very volatile, its value has been dragged by the overall value clash around the crypto space. It went to 10USD and now drop to 0.53USD by the time of this writing. So for me, enjoying the game at lower cost/loss is better when the game item in the game is lower in price (compared to peak price on April 2022, which range around 12-18 sol).

Drop from USD5 to USD0.53

Before you start, please do your own research (DYOR), don't invest with your hard earn money which you can't risk losing. Again, the value of GST has been dropping from approx 10usd to 0.50usd, and this has pushed away many investor who joined at the peak floor price and hope for just profit instead of enjoying the game. Be informed!

How to get started?

1. Download the app from Apple app store or google play (visit official website for download link: https://www.stepn.com/howToPlay)
2. Get activation code from Stepn discord or get the code from your friend who has it
3. Create a wallet and keep your private key (seed) in a safe place (if anything, you'll need this key to recover the access to your wallet)
4. Deposit Solana into your wallet
5. Transfer solana from wallet to your spending wallet
6. For starter, look for a sneaker with good Efficiency and Resilience (you can ignore luck and comfort at the early stage of the game)
7. Try start moving with the app without any owning sneaker (Test the speed you like, so you aware of which type of sneaker you should own, there are walker/jogger/runner/trainer)
8. Buy a sneaker (If you don't exercise often, I recommend getting a "walker" to start with)
9. Wait energy to be filled (2 max for first timer), your energy will get filled up 1/4 of your max energy every 6 hours.
10. Once you have the energy filled, start walk/jog/run & earning!

Delving deeper in the "why"

Point 7 is important, to make a wise choice, you should consider which speed you can keep steadily for a period of your effective energy spending period. Given that you have 2 energy to spend, it gives you 10 minutes of moving time. If you have a runner type sneaker, this sneaker expect you keep maintaining the speed between 8km/h - 20km/h for 10 minute to maximise the earning.

Any speed outside of this 8-20km/h is not calculated into your earning, it means you are losing the earning as you can't maintain the speed.

Type of sneaker

• Walker: 1 - 6 km/h
• Jogger: 4 - 10 km/h
• Runner: 8 - 20 km/h
• Trainer: 1 - 20 km/h (this is best option, but it's also the most expensive type)

I'm not a runner, I seldom move at the constant speed of 8km/h, my stamina has room for improvement, I regret my purchase now. All in all, test your preferred speed first before you make your purchase decision.

For me, getting a walker in Point 8 is safest.

I walk my dog often, with that I don't move very fast and usually it falls between the 1-6km/h range. This speed is also reasonable speed for a daily random walk around the street, I won't get wrong moving within this speed range.