I'm writing a series on 5 coins (in no particular order) that I believe have big growth potential in 2018 and beyond, along with my reasoning. Part 2 is about FunFair!
What is it?
From FunFair's website:
"FunFair is a revolutionary blockchain technology platform that enables anyone, anywhere to create an online casino in seconds. Thanks to the Ethereum blockchain and protocol, our casinos are easier to create, cheaper to run, faster and fairer to play, and can reach more players across the world than any other platform."
You can see the latest version of FunFair's prototype platform here, which at the time of writing has 12 casino games.
The advantages FunFair brings are:
- Anyone can create their own online casino using FunFair's technology.
- Deposits and withdrawals are almost instant. In comparison, online casinos using fiat today will take 3-5 days to process a withdrawal, sometimes with a fee.
- Transparent. All payouts can be verified via Ethereum smart contracts on the blockchain.
- Secure, due to decentralized serverless technology.
- Low transaction cost thanks to FunFair's development of revolutionary "Fate Channels", where the only transactions on the blockchain occur at the start and end of the gaming session.
Justification for investing
- The global online gambling industry is huge, worth $39bn in 2015, and growing year-on-year. By 2020 it's predicted to grow to almost $60bn!. FunFair could take a decent slice of that pie given the advantages it brings!
- Their functional prototype has 12 games so far, is well-built and constantly being updated (currently at v0.2.0.2917-release).
- Ran by a team that has prior experience in the gaming & gambling industries.
- The FunFair team are transparent enough to interact frequently with members in their Telegram group.
Competitors/Possible risks
FunFair's main competitor* is Edgeless which is currently sitting at a price of 1.67 USD. Considering FunFair has 12 functioning games and Edgeless only has one, I think at this stage FunFair is undervalued.
*Some may even argue that FunFair doesn't have competitors, as they aren't actually a casino - they simply licence their technology to others who wish to run online casinos!
Current price
Source: CoinMarketCap
Current price is $0.099 as of January 21st 2018. All-time high of $0.19 in December 2017.
Predicted Price by January 1st 2019
It's very difficult to predict as this is a ground-breaking concept with new technology. However, we can look at "competitors" such as Edgeless for guidance. The EDG token hit a high of $3.04 in December
I am going to be a little more conservative than that with my prediction of FunFair, but I'm still predicting a 20x growth on today's price by the start of 2019, so $2 is my target price. Even if it doesn't get there, at less than 10 cents, is there a more exciting crypto investment around today?
Where to buy
33% of FunFair's volume is currently traded on Binance (Note: This is a referral link, so please comment if you sign-up and trade. I'll make sure to upvote you a few times as a way of saying thanks!)
I hope you found this post informative, and if so any upvotes/resteems/comments are greatly appreciated.
To see what my other 3 high-growth coin picks are for 2018, feel free to follow me, as I'll be aiming to deliver one write-up a week for the next 3 weeks :).
-- @acelad
Disclaimer: The above is simply my opinion and should not be taken as investment advice. Please do your own research before investing!
Great writeup!
@acelad nice post. I have also invested in FUN . I think it has alot of potential. It is actually one of the coins i put the spotlight on with a community poll i started. I think it has great potential. Anyways you earned my Upvote and i followed you. I think the community would love to hear your 2 cents in the comment section of the poll. Here is the link. Hope to see you there! Thanks
https://steemit.com/crypto/@keepinitreal/what-crypto-are-you-holding-non-promotion-poll
Thanks @keepinitreal! I'll check it out :).
Awesome post and thanks for sharing this. Currently at $0.10 on binance. I will buy a few now.
I believe in FunFair. It's one of my long term holds. I will radically disrupt the gambling industry.
I agree @homehobbies, it has a lot of disruptive potential. Good luck to us both :).
I had bought EDG a few months back, but FUN sounded more fun ( if you will ignore the pun!) and started picking up FUN in the first week of Jan and then forgot about it for a couple of weeks until I noticed your post. The price seems to have come down a bit, so good to time to add some more. Thanks for the post, following you and upvoted you
I'm glad to have helped remind you of the asset you hold! I like your most recent post btw. Some great points made!
Hi @acelad, nice review (and imho coin)! FUN is on my list since I recently joined the altcoins end december :).
Can I add two suggestions?
https://funfair.io/approach-turing-complete-state-channels-part-1/
Keep up the good work :). I will look at your other posts later!
Hasse
#cryptocurrency #Funfair #review #telegram #state-channels #casino #due-diligence
Thanks @hasse72 for the compliment and points made!
I agree! I really like how the founders like Jez San are willing to answer people's questions so openly.
Actually, we're both right! They are state channels, but FunFair's implemention of them are called Fate channels. In their words "Fate Channels is FunFair’s name for a different type of State Channel service". It's all explained in their blogpost here: https://funfair.io/state-channels-in-disguise/
Thanks for explaining :-)
You got a 10.10% upvote from @allaz courtesy of @acelad!