1/ $GOAL3 is now $ZKG

Today, we're thrilled to reveal the official ticker for our token moving forward.

$GOAL3 has been retired, effective immediately. 2/ You might be wondering why the change?

Well, the $ZKG ticker generally is just neat to refer to and to look at.

We also think it has great potential for branding and marketing, making it easier for us to attract new users and investors to the project.

#1 Introducing: Playdrop - The rule of three

The new era of decentralized, permissionless betting starts now with Goal3.

A thread. #2 What is Playdrop?

Playdrop is the next phase of Goal3, where we not only roll out the sportsbook onto Mainnet but also we go beyond - into the realm of decentralized, censorship-resistant infrastructure.

T-minus 2 hours.

In just 12 days, we gained 20k users, processed 20k Era mainnet transactions, and attracted $2.7M in proof of trust.

We have several things to share with zkSync friends and partners. Time to get emotional 🧵 #1 We've been building Goal3 for more than 6 months.

Our first contact with the zkSync Foundation was 3 months ago, but our Sportsbook went through multiple dev-nets even before we properly set up our Discord and Twitter accounts.

The Lockdrop ends in 24 hours. Here are some insights from the current $2.5m:

1/ 51 whales contributed $890,960 by locking in over $10,000, accounts for 35.6% of the $2.5m TVL.

2/ 60.4% of the locks were invited by the community, while 39.6% were invited by influencers Special thanks to our amazing influencer and supportive communities on twitter, telegram, facebook , youtube for making this possible.

@notEezzy @MingoAirdrop @0xFastLife @Edward__Park @AscendProtocol @Airdrop_Adv @0xRemiss @Teeznutz11 @Monica_xiaoM

Should we "build in public"?

If yes, here are the sneak peaks of our portal for the upcoming Mainnet.

1/ Desktop Landscape 2/ Tablet Landscape

1/ @tumilett raised an interesting point regarding our Lockdrop being over-allocated.

While $2.3M is truly a lot of committed capital, we think that there are more to this story

A short thread 👇 2/ First of all, $10M FDV is a fair assessment.

We are not here to comment on the price of our token or the value of the project. We only BUILD and let the market decides.

However, we believe that the price of $GOAL3 will not be the only thing participants are looking towards..

1/ Why @Goal3_xyz will be built natively on zkSync Era. A thread.

On-chain betting has many benefits, but it still has some issues that hold it back from mainstream adoption. Slow transaction speeds, high gas fees, and slippages are among the most significant problems. 2/ Slow tx speed: due to the nature of blockchain technology, txs often take some time to go through

High tx fees: placing a bet should not cost >$0.01. On some networks, it takes up to a few bucks

Slippages: most casinos has terrible slippages due to limited liquidity