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Notes from the arcade

Protocol updates, tokenomics deep dives, and engineering notes on how DegensQuest turns Telegram groups into game servers — and pays players on-chain.

Protocol
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Introducing DegensQuest: every Telegram group is now a game server

We turned the most-used chat app in crypto into a multiplayer arcade. Add one bot, and your group plays games, runs seasons, and earns QUEST on Base — no installs, no friction.

DegensQuest Team6 min readRead
Tokenomics
DegensQuest

How the QUEST fee flywheel funds rewards

A custom Uniswap v4 Hook takes a small, immutable swap fee and routes it on-chain into nine buckets. Here is how trading volume becomes game rewards, staking yield, and season prize pools — transparently.

DegensQuest Team7 min readRead
Engineering
DegensQuest

Designing fair, replayable on-chain games

Fairness is an engineering problem. Inside the plugin-based game engine that ships anti-cheat, secure randomness, cooldowns, and replay logs with every game — so real players win and farms do not.

DegensQuest Engineering8 min readRead
Community
DegensQuest

Building guilds: turn your community into a team

Guilds turn a group chat into a competitive squad with shared XP, a treasury, and standings. Here is how seasons, leaderboards, and creator rewards make your community a game economy.

DegensQuest Team5 min readRead
Ecosystem
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Why we built DegensQuest on Base

Low fees, fast finality, a Coinbase-grade onramp, and a thriving SocialFi ecosystem. The case for building a high-frequency, reward-settling game protocol on Base.

DegensQuest Team6 min readRead
From reading to playing

Stop reading. Start a season.

Add @degensquestbot to your Telegram group and turn your community into a game economy on Base.

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