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🚀 Getting Started

Welcome to Ponzi Land, the first fully on-chain game where you can buy, trade, and earn using any ERC-20 token. This permissionless economic battleground challenges you to outmaneuver, out-trade, and outlast the competition in a decentralized, token-agnostic system.

🏗 Setting Up​

Before you dive into Ponzi Land, make sure you’re prepared:

  1. Connect Your Wallet – You'll need a Starknet-compatible wallet.
  2. Acquire Land – You can either:
    • Buy land in a Dutch auction (new land sales).
    • Buy land from another player who has listed it for sale.
  3. List Your Land for Sale – Every land you buy must be listed for sale.
    • You set the sale price and choose any ERC-20 token for the listing.
    • The chosen token must be paired with a liquid token (LORDS, STRK, ETH).
  4. Understand the Tax System – Your tax rate is based on the sale price you set:
    • A percentage (2%) of your sale price is taxed per day.
    • The tax is paid in the same token you list the land for.
    • The 8 neighboring tiles receive the tax.
  5. Stay Liquid or Lose Your Land – If your land runs out of staked tokens, it gets reclaimed and re-auctioned.

🎮 Core Mechanics​

Ponzi Land revolves around three fundamental principles:

🏗 1. Acquire & Stake Land​

  • Purchase land through Dutch auctions or from other players.
  • You must list the land for sale immediately after purchasing it.
  • Choose any ERC-20 token (must be in an LP with a liquid token like LORDS, STRK, or ETH).
  • Stake any amount of that token to set the sale price.

💰 2. Earn & Survive​

  • Earn passive taxes from neighboring landowners.
  • Be strategic—higher sale prices mean higher taxes.
  • If your staked balance runs out, you lose the land.

🎭 3. Manipulate & Flip​

  • Buy undervalued land and resell for profit.
  • Watch out for LP manipulation—if a token loses liquidity, the land gets nuked.
  • Nuke Mechanic: If a token becomes illiquid, the system will automatically reclaim the land.

🔥 How to Get Land​

There are two ways to acquire land:

  1. Dutch Auction – New land tiles enter the game through an auction where the price decreases over time until someone buys it.
  2. Buy from Another Player – Purchase land that other players have listed for sale.

👉 You only need to do one of these to start playing—no need to participate in both!

💰 Tax System (How You Pay & Earn)​

  • The tax rate is determined by your sale price – the higher you price your land, the more tax you pay.
  • Taxes are paid in the token you chose for the land sale.
  • Taxes go to the 8 neighboring tiles around your land.
  • If your staked balance runs out, you lose ownership, and the land goes back to auction.

☢️ Nuke Mechanic (Anti-Rug Protection)​

To prevent manipulation:

  • Every land has a sell price, token, and LP address.
  • The system checks the LP liquidity of each land’s token.
  • If liquidity is too low, the land is nuked and becomes ownerless.

💸 Claiming Taxes​

Since Starknet is static, taxes aren't auto-distributed. Instead:

  • You must manually claim your tax revenue.
  • Use the claim button (multi-call enabled) to collect from all neighbors.
  • Taxes accumulate over time until collected.

🏁 Your First Move​

  1. Choose Your Entry – Get land through an auction or buy from a player.
  2. Set a Competitive Sale Price – This affects your tax rate.
  3. Stake & Earn – Ensure you have enough staked to keep your land active.
  4. Claim & Flip – Reinvest earnings, flip land, and grow your holdings.

👉 Ready to dive deeper? Check out the Game Rules for advanced strategies!