The Sandbox (SAND)

Basics

• Based in:
• Started in / Announced on:
• Testnet release: June 2020
• Mainnet release:

• From Zima Red (1-10-2020):

"Virtual world that is focused on gaming. Although not yet live, The Sandbox has a great roster of investors and supporters. I expect major things from them."

• From their Gitbook (5-10-2021):

"The Sandbox is a decentralised, community-driven gaming ecosystem where creators can share and monetise voxel assets and gaming experiences on the Ethereum blockchain."

Audits & Exploits

• Bug bounty program can be found [insert here].

Token

Token Allocation

• 23.8% of the tokens were sold (20-8-2020). The rest is in company and advisory (10%) wallets:

"SAND allocated to investors through the Private Sale, Founders, Tem and Advisors are 100% locked with 5 years vesting and 12-month cliff."

• From Binance Research (5-8-2020):

Binance Launchpad Sale	12.00% of the total token supply
Seed Sale	17.18% of the total token supply
Strategic Sale	4.00% of the total token supply
Foundation	12.00% of the total token supply
Team	19.00% of the total token supply
Advisors	10.00% of the total token supply
Company Reserve	25.82% of the total token supply

Utility

• From their Gitbook (5-10-2021):

"$SAND is an ERC-20 token built on the Ethereum blockchain. It is the main utility token and the currency of The Sandbox's ecosystem. It is also a governance token.

As such, $SAND will be required for the buying and selling of non-fungible tokens (NFTs), such as LAND and ASSETs, from The Sandbox's marketplace."

Technology

• Whitepaper can be found here (20-8-2020).
• Code can be viewed [insert here].

Implementations

• Built on: Ethereum

How it works

• The Sandbox is a virtual world where players can build, own, and monetize their gaming experiences on the Ethereum blockchain using the platform’s utility token SAND.
• From their Gitbook (5-10-2021):

"Some games on The Sandbox's platform will be free to play (F2P). But not all of them. The game designer may choose at their own discretion to charge players a small amount of $SAND in order to play their games. Players can potentially earn some $SAND by playing games. Simple as that.

A LAND is a digital piece of real-estate in The Sandbox's metaverse. Game designers use LAND to build digital experiences, such as games or dioramas, and also populate it with ASSETs. Each LAND is a unique, non-fungible ERC-721 token on the Ethereum blockchain. A total of 166,464 LANDs will be available. Multiple LANDs can be combined to form ESTATEs. A special type of ESTATE owned by more than one person is called a DISTRICT."

• From Binance Research (5-8-2020):

1. "VoxEdit: software to create voxel ASSETS, which can then become Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) and be imported to the Marketplace.
2. Marketplace: a decentralized marketplace for trading in-game ASSETS created in VoxEdit.
3. Game Maker: a visual scripting toolbox that allows anyone to build 3D games for free.

The Sandbox platform currently runs exclusively on Ethereum, which is used to record the ownership of tokens and allow owners to transfer, sell, or use them without restrictions. IPFS is used to store all related information of ASSETS, and ensures that this information cannot be changed without the permission from respective owners. The Sandbox's game engine is built on top of Unity. By using Unity's Universal Render Pipeline (URP), The Sandbox will be able to support mobile platforms in the future, without sacrificing the quality of the game. The game engine also supports custom Voxel models, rigging, and animation formats (VXM, VXR, VXA) from VoxEdit.

The ERC-20 standard is used for the SAND, GEM, and CATALYST tokens, while ERC-1155 and ERC-721 standards are used for the storage and trading of LAND and ASSETS."

Fees

• From their Gitbook (5-10-o2021):

"From all $SAND transactions, a 5% transaction fee is applied. 50% of this fee is allocated to the Foundation Fund and the other 50% is allocated to the Staking Pool."

• From Binance Research (5-8-2020):

"The Sandbox platform utilizes a fee capture model, where 5% of all transacted value is being collected from marketplace transaction fees. The other 95% of all transacted value is collected from LAND sales, premium NFT sales, and subscription services. A total of 26.50% of all SAND transaction volume goes back into the Foundation. It is calculated as: 5% x 50% + 95% x 25% = 26.50%"

Staking

• From their Gitbook (5-10-2021):

"$SAND is used for staking onto LAND. In return, stakers will earn rewards, such as highly coveted GEMs."

Roadmap

• Can be found [Insert link here].
• According to Binance (5-8-2020) it had been on schedule for its roadmap until then.

Usage

• From Cointelegraph (2-2023):

"One collaboration was with the HSBC banking group to offer educational finance games in the metaverse, and another was with Ledger, intending to promote crypto education in virtual reality. The platform hit 2 million users during the summer, and nearly 10,000 digital parcels of LAND were resold in 2022. According to recent reports, The Sandbox entered 2023 with at least 23,000 unique LAND owners."

Team, Funding and Partners

Team

• Full team can be found here and more info here (7-2021).
• Pixowl (as of 2-2023 owned by Animoca Brands) is the developer of The Sandbox game.
• Sebastien Borget; co-founder and COO

Funding

• From CryptoDiffer (7-6-2024):

"The Sandbox raised $20M in convertible debt at a $1B valuation. The strategic funding in the form of convertible promissory notes was led by Kingsway Capital and Animoca Brands, with participation by LG Tech Ventures and True Global Ventures. "

• The Sandbox announced its $50 million fund for its startup accelerator program in January 2023, which focused on developing the open metaverse.
• Had funding from Animoca (according to Coindesk, 5-12-2022)
• From Binance Research (5-8-2020):

"As of the time of writing, the Foundation has funded over 15 game projects and granted 100 artists to produce NFTs.

As of writing, The Sandbox team has used approximately 65.00% of funds raised according to the allocations below:

1. 52.31% Team
2. 27.69% Development
3. 15.38% Marketing
4. 4.62% Administrative

The Sandbox team holds its funds in crypto, stablecoins, and fiat currencies. Funds are stored in crypto exchanges with 2FA authentication, and EUR bank accounts. Movement of funds requires the approval of at least 2 out of the 3 executives of The Sandbox."

Partners

• The Sandbox partnered with brands like Paris Hilton, Cipriani, Warner Music, Marathon City, Metafight, and Playground (28-7-2023).
• Announced a partnership with Snoop Dogg to create his avatar NFT collection (1-2023). Snoop was one of many major collaborations with which The Sandbox was involved during 2022. Others included Warner Music Group, K-pop artists, the World of Women, Gucci, Playboy and Tony Hawk.
• Announced (3-2020) partnership with Atari.

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