Roadmap
A Journey Through Time:
2018:
☑️ Birth of the idea for a fully decentralized casino, “JustBet”: a world where gambling thrives in a fully decentralized ecosystem, removing intermediaries and enabling direct peer-to-peer interaction.
2019:
☑️ Development began on the Tron network but was paused due to a lack of necessary smart contract libraries and challenges securing funding during the bear market.
2020:
☑️ Switched development to Matic (now Polygon), faced with slow transaction speeds, high costs, and the absence of a reliable RNG provider.
2021:
☑️ Launched on Matic, facing high transaction fees and the limitations of a centralized bankroll.
2022:
☑️ WINR Protocol was established to revolutionize iGaming, offering a complete autonomous liquidity and incentive system for onchain games. Transitioned to Arbitrum for its lower fees and faster speeds; introduced decentralized WLP Bankroll token as counterparty to all bets, creating a robust infrastructure for fully decentralized betting and cashback incentives.
Q1 2023:
☑️ JustBet Testnet launched the market's first casino, which is completely decentralized, owned by no one, fully transparent, non-tampered, with no KYC requirements, and non-custodial.
☑️ $WINR token public sale launched on CamelotDEX on March 9, 2023, raising $2.8M USDC.
☑️ WINR Protocol launched the Genesis WINR Liquidity Pool (gWLP) Farm on March 3rd and reached $4.7M USDC.
Q2 2023:
☑️ Audits finalized by Paladin and Watchpug
☑️ Mainnet launched on May 19th for WINR Protocol; JustBet also launched that day, featuring 14 games with staking capabilities, and a WLP pool was opened to the community for bankroll contributions.
☑️ WINR DAO Launch: Implementation of decentralized governance, allowing token holders to vote on key protocol decisions and updates.
☑️ The first fully on-chain Roulette game with a decentralized bankroll launched.
Q3 2023:
☑️ Reached $60M Volume with JustBet.
☑️ The world's-first non-custodial, protocol-wide decentralized account abstraction wallets are enabled. One-click, gas-free bets became available. No KYC, no custodial funds, and no bans.
☑️ The initial two WINR Improvement Proposals, WIP-1 and WIP-2 became active. 100x rakeback and Jackpot features activated.
Q4 2023:
☑️ A total of 7.7M WINR, which accounts for 7.7% of the maximum supply, has been permanently burned since the mainnet launch.
☑️ WINR has been granted 462K $ARB from Arbitrum Foundation STIP grant application with 94.62% of "For" votes.
☑️ WINR Labs launched DegensBet, a revolutionary decentralized and gamified 1000x perpetual futures dex designed specifically for crypto degens. DegensBet makes use of the WINR Liquidity Pool for market-making. 14 Pairs were available at the end of the year.
☑️ WIP-3 has passed, and the new max wager model was audited and deployed.
☑️ WINRLabs has launched the first two 3D games operating on the protocol.
☑️ WINR VRF services launched and showcased in WINR Tech stack.
☑️ Protocol-wide revenue reached $2M, and Bankroll Profit reached $500K
Q1 2024:
☑️ The first Blackjack game built completely onchain in the market was released.
☑️ WINR Protocol enabled B2B game provider and the frontend operator model.
☑️ Over $1M in ARB from STIP Grant distributed to players in 12 weeks.
☑️ Acquired +6,000 protocol-wide users since the mainnet launch.
☑️ The first-ever CEX listing for $WINR on the MEXC Exchange.
☑️ WINR Protocol was selected by the Pyth Data Association as a recipient of the Pyth Grant. Awarded 250,000 $PYTH tokens.
☑️ More than $60K on the decentralized jackpot on JustBet that everyone can win even with a $1 bet.
☑️ WINR Token has been deployed on Solana through the Wormhole bridge. WINR can be bridged and traded on Solana.
☑️ JustBet v2 became life by celebrating $90M onchain volume and 5.5M Bets, played against a decentralized bankroll.
☑️ DegensBet reaches 25 Futures Pairs with up to 1000x leverage.
Q2 2024:
☑️ The world's first fully onchain Hold'em poker was developed and launched by WINR Labs on the WINR Protocol.
☑️ Over $1 million revenue shared with WINR/vWINR token holders, less than a year since WINR's launch.
☑️ WIP-5 is active onchain. The vesting schedules for core contributors and WINR Labs have been extended by nine months, effectively slowing emissions.
☑️ WINR VRF Services for Launchpads, providing the fastest way to generate verifiable onchain randomness.
☑️ The world's first fully onchain slot game developed with the Unity game engine by WINR Labs, WINR Bonanza.
Q3 2024:
☑️ Launch and bridging of WINR Chain, a Layer-3 solution tailored for gaming applications to decentralize.
☑️ Introduction of the auto-bet feature and strategy options similar to web2 UX.
☑️ WINR Chain on Justbet Testing event to ensure robustness and performance before the official launch.
☑️ WINR Chain launch of JustBet, offering a fully decentralized casino experience with Layer-3 upgrade.
☑️ New tokenomics and token emission shutdown for vWINR cashbacks, enhancing sustainability by paying cashback in LP tokens from the bankroll.
☑️ 265,000 $ARB Grant Giveaway, part of the Arbitrum STIP Addendum, successfully distributed through JustBet. Achieved $3.3M volume, $102K in profit, and 2K+ new players during a 2-week campaign.
☑️ Activation of an onchain badge system where users accumulate badges by completing specific tasks on WINR Chain.
☑️ WINR Chain Gaming Provider Grants to develop and launch new games on WINR Chain.
☑️ CamelotDEX is now live on WINR Chain.
☑️ JustBet reached $4.4 million TVL and 14 million transactions within the first 7 days of launch on WINR Chain.
☑️ BASE Network is now active, allowing deposits in $USDC, $USDT, and $ETH to be transferred to WINR Chain via JustBet.
☑️ Introduction of new gambling and slot games, starting with the launch of WINR of Olympus on JustBet, kicking off the first new game on WINR Chain.
Q4 2024:
☑️ Princess WINR has officially launched on JustBet, adding a new slot game to the WINR Chain catalog.
☑️ WINR VRF and WINR Bundler have been merged, combining the RNG result before publishing the game tx on-chain, allowing for game completion in a single tx. WINR Bundler now handles up to 2000 bets per second, making it the fastest bundler ever.
☑️ WINR’s tech stack can support onchain points systems for non-gambling applications like play-to-earn games and launchpads. Sonic Arcade on the Sonic Network, powered by WINR, has already reached over 250,000 users and offers games like Mines, Plinko, and Wheel for airdrop points
Auto-finalization of deposits from EVM chains directly into WINR Smart Wallet, solving UX issues by enabling seamless deposits to unique addresses with security intact.
Leverage trading on JustBet, allowing users to bet on token prices with high leverage of up to 1000x.
One-Click Deposits are live, enabling transfers from any EVM-compatible chain to WINR Chain via JustBet, with Tron & Solana support coming soon.
Launch of prediction markets on WINR Chain, providing a new way for users to engage and bet on the outcomes of various events.
WINR has expanded to Solana with the fastest VRF and NFT staking contracts, including the WINRZ NFT public mint on MagicEden.io. Holders can now stake NFTs to earn casino profits and join special events.
First horizontal expansion of the WINR Protocol and its entire tech stack on a new EVM, launching PlusBet on the Fantom Network.
Innovative next-generation meme launchpad on the WINR Chain.
Introduction of a new synthetic token, xUSD, which is a mock token that can convert to real USD if specific parameters are met. These tokens are typically offered as deposit, VIP, and welcome bonuses.
Introduction of a frontend operator module, enabling operators to deploy from a full suite of products that let anyone launch a similar product they own without needing to fund a bankroll or develop a product.
A unified WINR App page that contains an explorer from all frontend operators, total stats, stats per frontend operator, and a permissionless frontend operator onboarding page.
Major chain expansions: Plans to launch on Base, Fantom and other EVM-compatible networks to reach a broader audience.
Launch of the Sports Betting Module and 0xSportsBet, extending the platform to include decentralized sports betting.
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