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The current price of Splintershards is $0.003935 with a 2.28% change in the last 24 hours.
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Splintershards (SPS) is the governance and rewards token of Splinterlands, a play-to-earn collectible card game built on the Hive blockchain. Players who stake SPS vote on how the game and its treasury evolve, and a large share of the supply is paid out as rewards for playing, staking and running validator nodes. It matters because it is one of the longest-running attempts to hand real decision-making power in a live game to its players and asset owners.
In Splinterlands, players build decks of monster cards, pick a team for each match based on rule sets and mana limits, and then watch a short automated battle play out. Matches take only a few minutes, and the game runs in a browser and on mobile. Cards, land and other game assets are tokenized, so they can be traded between players. SPS sits on top of that economy as the token that coordinates rewards and governance.
Splinterlands began in 2018 under the name Steem Monsters, created by Jesse Reich and Matt Rosen on the Steem blockchain. The game later moved to Hive, the community fork of Steem, and rebranded as Splinterlands.
The SPS token launched in 2021. Instead of a single snapshot airdrop, 400 million SPS (13.33% of the maximum supply) was distributed daily over a full year to holders of Splinterlands assets, weighted by "airdrop points" such as a card's collection power. The design aimed to reward long-term holders rather than create a rush before a snapshot. Governance has since moved toward a DAO model, with an SPS Foundation (a Panama-based private interest foundation run by DAO-elected representatives) acting as the legal wrapper for the DAO.
SPS is managed by open-source software called SPS Chain. It uses Hive as its layer 1: all SPS-related transactions are published to Hive, and SPS Chain validators read those transactions, compute token balances and smart contract state, and publish hashes of each block's data back to Hive so other validators can check them. The documentation describes this as a layer 2 that anyone can run and verify without relying on the Splinterlands company.
SPS Chain uses a Delegated Proof of Stake (DPoS) model. Accounts with staked SPS vote for validators, and each Hive block is randomly assigned to a validator weighted by the stake voting for it. The validator earns SPS for each block it confirms. The same staked votes also elect the treasurers who control the DAO's multisig wallets.
SPS is bridged to BNB Smart Chain as a BEP-20 token (contract 0x1633b7157e7638c4d6593436111bf125ee74703f), which lets it trade on BSC-based venues. Staking and governance, however, require the tokens to sit in a Splinterlands game account on Hive.
Governance Staked SPS is the voting weight in the governance system. Anyone can submit a proposal by publishing a post on Hive with the #spsproposal tag and burning 100,000 DEC (the game's in-game currency) as a submission fee.
Staking rewards SPS must be staked to earn staking rewards, vote, or access SPS holder promotions. Staked tokens are illiquid, and unstaking takes four weeks, releasing 25% of the amount each week.
Validator economy Staked SPS elects validators, and SPS is used to buy validator LICENSE tokens. Under the original sale design, 80% of the SPS spent on licenses was burned and 20% went to the Foundation.
Play-to-earn rewards SPS is paid out to players through ranked battles, tournaments, guild brawls and land-related rewards.
The maximum supply is capped at 3,000,000,000 SPS, released on a schedule of about 65 months from launch: 30% play to earn, 30% staking, liquidity and validator rewards, 13.33% airdrop, 10% Foundation/DAO, 9% unallocated (for governance to assign), 6.66% private sale (vested over 10 months) and 1% partners and advisors.
Most gaming tokens are controlled by the studio that issues them. SPS was designed from the start to move control to token holders: the DAO holds a real treasury, votes on its use, and elects the people who hold its keys. Its daily airdrop over a year, rather than a one-off snapshot, is also an unusual distribution choice. The SPS Chain approach of validating Hive transactions in a separate layer, secured by licensed nodes and staked votes, is another feature few games attempt.
Compared with Axie Infinity, which runs on its own Ronin sidechain, Splinterlands relies on Hive for fee-less transactions and adds SPS Chain as a verification layer on top. Compared with Gods Unchained, another trading card game, Splinterlands battles are automated after team selection, so matches are faster and less about turn-by-turn play. Unlike metaverse tokens such as The Sandbox, SPS is tied to a single established game economy rather than a virtual world of user-built experiences.
Transaction ordering and finality come from the Hive blockchain, which uses its own DPoS consensus. SPS Chain validators then independently compute the SPS state and cross-check each other's block hashes, with rewards tied to honest validation. DAO funds are held in multisig wallets controlled by elected treasurers. Details of the validator rollout are still evolving (the official release schedule lists several SPS Chain milestones as to be determined), so refer to the official docs for the current state.
SPS is a working test of whether a game community can govern its own economy over years, not months. It combines a real treasury, on-chain proposals, elected treasurers and a validator network, which makes it a useful reference point for anyone studying player-owned games.
SPS trades on centralized exchanges and on decentralized venues. On BNB Smart Chain it can be swapped as a BEP-20 token, and within the Hive ecosystem it is available through Hive-based markets. Always confirm the contract address (0x1633b7157e7638c4d6593436111bf125ee74703f on BSC) before trading, and check the official docs for supported bridges.
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Read the complete paper trading guideThe current price of Splintershards is $0.003935 with a 2.28% change in the last 24 hours.
The daily trading volume is $408.84 representing a 6.73% change in the past 24 hours.
The market capitalization of Splintershards is $5,225,445, ranking #749 globally.
The fully diluted valuation (FDV) of Splintershards is $11,805,000, calculated assuming the maximum supply of 3,000,000,000 SPS is in circulation.
Circulating: 1,327,940,171. Total: 1,327,940,171. Max: 3,000,000,000.
In the last 24 hours, Splintershards traded between a low of $0.003935 and a high of $0.004027.