STEPN CO-AMA with SLOPE

A brief introduction about STEPN and Yawn

STEPN is a Web3 running app with fun social elements and gamification design. Users equipped with NFT Sneakers — walk, jog or run outdoors to earn game token — GST, which can be used to level up and mint new Sneakers.

Player can choose to lease or sell their NFT Sneakers on the in-app Marketplace; users’ GST earnings are stored in the in-app Wallet, which has a built-in Swap function.

Yawn Rong is a serial entrepreneur, he built two successful brands in Australia before he ventured into the crypto industry in 2017, Yawn funded Crypto SA and merged the business with his neighbor Jerry’s game development studio in late 2021 to develop STEPN.

Is STEPN a game or a running app?

Technically, STEPN is half game and half running app, we recently pivoted to be the leading Web3 running app with fun social elements and gamification design.

The aim is to target not only crypto native people, but also the general public and connect them to the Web3 world. This enables us to appeal to if not billion, millions of people.

If I’m a newbie, how do I get involved?

The STEPN app now can be download from our linktree.

User deposit SOL/USDC to buy an NFT Sneaker from in-app marketplace and use the NFT Sneaker to walk, jog or run to earn GST tokens, which can be swapped to USDC or SOL in app.

It is a closed cycle, even for people don’t know where to get SOL, they can start from renting a NFT Sneaker and buy an NFT Sneaker in the future (upcoming update).

What do people expect to earn from STEPN?

Users can expect a heathier body, we have users that already commented they have lost weight by using STEPN. Also, once we started our governance, people can expect every step they moved will contribute positively to the environment.

What makes STEPN different from other move2earn project?

We have the product out in Nov 2021 and rapidly adding new features, we also aiming to be more than just a game or a running app, because in Web3, it is the Network effect connects people, and social plays an important part to scale the connection among people. Therefore, once we have implemented our roadmap for this year, we will start working on connecting people in our app and this will create a much stronger tie between users and our app.

What is the future plan of STEPN?

We plan to do our investor announcement this week and go IEO in Feb/Mar, during this two months, our top priority is to add user tutorial and notification system. Then we will start adding Leaderboard, rental system and achievement system before Q2 of this year. Then we will be able to reach to the non-crypto crowd.