CryptoStrikers are rare and beautiful sports cards on the Ethereum blockchain. To find out more about the genesis of the project, read our previous post.

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After an accelerated training camp and many long practice sessions, we’re happy to announce that CryptoStrikers is live on MainNet! 🎉 You can access our website via 1️⃣ desktop using MetaMask on Chrome, FireFox, and Opera; or the Brave browser; and 2️⃣ mobile using Dapp browsers such as Cipher Browser, Toshi, Trust Wallet, and Status. To learn how to get set up using any of these methods, please read this getting started post.

Thanks 🙏 to our extended team (more about them in future posts) of illustrators, designers, and attorneys for helping to get us to the opening whistle. In addition, we’d like to extend special thanks 🙏🙏 to the Status Incubate team (words from them in this post) for all their assistance!

Getting Acquainted: Key Functionality

We’ll go into more detail about specific features in future posts, but below summarize some key features to check out.

1️⃣ Buying Packs 🛒

Standard Packs containing our Originals set of cards are now available for purchase. Each pack contains 4 cards.

Packs can be purchased with ether. [Update: As of June 13th, you can exchange a CryptoKitty for a pack of our cards!]

Curious regarding the player distribution is for each sale of 139 packs? Check out this list.

Premium Packs go on sale this Thursday, June 14th. Each pack has a 1 in 5 chance for an Iconics set card.

2️⃣ Trading ↔️

Head to our trade center to create 1-for-1 card offers. Each trade offer generates a link that you can share however you wish to whoever you wish.

If you know your trading partner’s wallet address, you can enter it and then select a card to acquire from his or her cards.

Looking for a trading partner? Head over to our #trading channel on Discord or post in our subreddit. Or broadcast publicly on your favorite social media app.

3️⃣ Marketplace 🏬

Head over to our third-party marketplace partner OpenSea to buy and sell individual cards.

Award Giveaway 🏆

Think you can collect the full set of 100 Originals or 32 Iconics? If so, you’ll earn a custom, high quality print of your favorite Originals player.

Learn more by reading our Award Giveaway Rules.

Referral Program 💰

Our Referral Program gives you the chance to earn up to 8 Iconics cards as well as referral bonus payments from pack purchases made by friends you refer.

To qualify for the program, you must first buy 1 pack of cards. Then you can go to the Earn Cards page to set your custom referral link.

Track referrals and your ETH referral balance in real-time. Withdraw referral bonuses at any time.

Help and Support 🔧

If you have any questions, please reach out to us via our #support channel on Discord. You can also reach us via Twitter or email at support@cryptostrikers.com.

Any feedback or feature requests? Don’t hesitate to reach out and let us know.

In the meantime, listen for the referee’s whistle and try to stay onsides! ⚽️

Benn