The Rainicorn Litepaper
Tying it all together.
We’ve been hard at work building the foundation and structure of the Raini ecosystem, and now we’re ready to document the details!
See below for an overview of the 2021 vision for the Rainiverse and in-depth look at how all of the pieces of the puzzle will be connected.
Raini’s NFT Platform
As a project that is heavily invested in and passionate about the world of art, Raini’s cornerstone offering is naturally its NFT platform.
Our NFT platform is also one of our more complex offerings and includes a lot of linked components and Raini jargon. With this in mind, we figured we should break it down for you, as follows:
- Token holders can stake their $RAINI to earn Rainbows 🌈, or stake their RAINI-ETH or RAINI-BNB LP Tokens to earn Unicorns 🦄.
- Rainbows and Unicorns will be redeemable for exclusive Core NFTs, available only through the Raini platform. In some cases, users will be able to “top up” their NFT purchases using ETH or BNB if they do not have enough Rainbows and/or Unicorns for a specific purchase. The top up cost will ultimately be less attractive than using Rainbows/Unicorns alone as the purchase medium, but will be an option nonetheless.
- Holders of Core NFTs will be able to burn a number of identical copies to upgrade to a higher Gold tier. For example, Rainicorn may organise a drop with a max of 50 copies a particular Core NFT. In this case, any individual wallet that manages to accumulate 10 copies of this Core NFT may burn them all for 1 Gold version of the same NFT.
- Holders of Gold NFTs will be able to burn a number of identical copies to upgrade to a higher Chromatic tier. Continuing the above example, if an individual wallet managed to accumulate 30 copies of the same Core NFT, they could burn all of them to produce 3 Golden copies, and then burn all 3 Golden copies to produce 1 Chromatic NFT. As in the above example, there will only ever be enough supply of Core NFT’s for a maximum of 1 Chromatic edition of that NFT to be produced, along with a small number of Golden versions.
The tl;dr breakdown so far:
- Stake $RAINI, earn Rainbows 🌈
- Stake RAINI-ETH/RAINI-BNB LP tokens, earn Unicorns 🦄
- Rainbows and/or Unicorns = Core NFTs
- Burn 10 Core NFTs = 1 Gold NFT
- Burn 3 Gold NFTs = 1 Chromatic NFT
But Wait, There’s More!
All Raini NFTs will of course be able to be bought and sold on secondary markeplaces, as well as Raini’s own NFT marketplace.
Combined with the exclusive benefits of holding Gold and Chromatic NFTs explained below, this system will drive scarcity and produce value for Raini NFTs — not only for the higher tier NFTs, due to their limited availability and acquisitional difficulty (e.g. in the above example, a maximum of 1 Chromatic and 5 Gold copies of each NFT) — but also for the Core NFTs. This is because the Core NFT’s will be essential components required to obtain the higher tier NFTs, and therefore create clear practical value tied to the future deflationary nature of their supply.
We are also creating providing bonus NFT’s for Initial LP Providers, which will be available in different versions based on the amount of LP provided, as well as the duration it was provided for — before our staking platform was launched. These NFT’s will be airdropped to users as way of saying “thanks” for supporting Raini early on.
The Raini Marketplace
For any artists looking to work with Raini and organise a drop on our platform, we will offer complimentary assistance with producing evolving NFT’s.
This will not just be in the hands of artists who are part of our curated drops, but will form a key point of difference and drawcard for the Raini NFT marketplace.
Raini —The Trading Card Game
As many of you know, we’re hard at work developing the Raini Trading Card Game, which will be turn-based and free-to-play.
All players will be provided with a base set of cards that they can use to play against other players online, allowing casual gamers to enjoy the game at any time at absolutely no cost.
Beyond this, players will also be able to collect and build decks using NFT cards that we launch through the Raini platform. These NFT cards will offer not only improved aesthetics, but also unique abilities that can yield gameplay advantages.
Before you ask, no need to worry — we will ensure that any gameplay advantages from NFT cards are balanced so that players without NFT’s still have a decent chance of winning any game with skill and a bit of luck. Many of our dev team are gamers ourselves, so we fully understand the importance of never turning our game into something that is “pay to win”.
In the future, Raini — TCG will be expanded to offer tournaments and alternative game modes; entry fees will be payable in Rainbows, Unicorns, ETH, or BNB.
Raini Cross-Chain Bridge
On Tuesday, 4 May 2021, Raini launched its long-awaited bridge between the Ethereum and Binance Smart Chain networks for the $RAINI token.
This bridge allows users to buy, sell and stake $RAINI from the same fixed maximum supply of tokens on either network, as well as transfer their tokens between the networks at any time without restriction.
The timing of this launch could not have been better — within a matter of days, we witnessed Ethereum gas fees spike to what is likely their highest ever USD level, thanks largely to the dog coin craze that has swept the market (thanks Elon!).
In addition to opening our project up to a whole new community of investors on BSC, the RainiBridge has offered the added benefit of allowing our existing investors to complete $RAINI transactions without needing to take out a second mortgage just to cover their gas fees!
In all honesty, we have been overwhelmed by the level of success we have seen from launching our own bridge and listing $RAINI on PancakeSwap — both in terms of additional community growth engagement, as well as a significant increase in the number of $RAINI holders.
On the back of this success, and given that we have identified a clear lack of easy options for other crypto projects to bridge their own tokens across chains, we are excited to officially announce that we are now opening applications for the RainiBridge.
Crypto projects looking to offer their communities a cross-chain bridge and listing for their token need to look no further — Raini can offer this service free of charge to other projects who wish to bridge between Ethereum & Binance Smart Chain, so please reach out if you are interested in speaking to us about this via this form.
Raini Revenue Streams
In order to cover all of Raini’s ongoing expenses (including artist payments and marketing), as well as support continued project development, we have identified the following sources of revenue:
- Our two-sided NFT marketplace will raise revenue via minting fees and commissions on sales.
- Purchases via our NFT farming platform will in some cases be partially payable via “top-ups”, whereby ETH or BNB can supplement the Rainbow and/or Unicorn purchase price.
- Tournaments and special game mode entries within Raini — TCG will be purchasable using Ethereum or BNB (in addition to Rainbows or Unicorns), and a percentage will be retained by the platform as margin.
- Transaction fees via the Raini Bridge when transferring tokens between Ethereum & Binance Smart Chain (& soon Cardano).
Wrapping Up
That’s about it for now — kudos to you if you made it all the way to the end of this piece, since it is our longest medium post by far!
From here, we have plenty of updates, plenty of activity, and plenty of work still to do. We will continue to move full-speed ahead through our roadmap, and develop a truly dynamic and unique platform for our investors as we build out the Rainiverse and make everything Raini!
Thanks again for being a part of our project, and we look forward to continuing to deliver on our promises.
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