Our wordCent contest challenged , to complete a crossword puzzle about and incentives. The results were . nCent Nation, our 20,000 telegram users our project, our blog incredible One month ago, we launched nCent out of stealth mode. Our had less than 20 people. Today, there are over 20,000 members of , and telegram group nCent Nation Worldwide they just completed the world’s most cooperative, international crossword puzzle. We wanted to find a fun and interactive way for people to learn about . More than that, we wanted to find a way to start building a community of people who shared . So we made a crossword puzzle using words from , and we released the clues at random intervals on . our mission at nCent our philosophy our litepaper telegram We awarded points to people who solved the word first. The Prize? 1ETH to the top three scores and to the first to submit a picture of the completed puzzle. At first, there were only a handful of participants. But it didn’t take us long to put some community incentives in place! We decided to reward people for recruiting others into the search. If someone you referred earned points, you’d receive a reward too. A word solver got 16 points. However, the parent of the solver got 8. The grandparent got 4 and so on. This created a viral incentive for folks to invite their friends and encourage them to solve words too — a dynamic the three winners were able to prove out well. Each of our three winners had a chain that contributed meaningful points to their final totals. The rules of wordCent created individual and community incentives. What happened next blew us away. There were over 20,000 people trying to solve our crypto-puzzle. Within just a few weeks, our telegram group went viral. — @NaveenRaina “The power of referral incentive was clearly demonstrated through the game. If not for my referral chain, I might not have been a winner.” But it was more than just that . We joked around with each other — A community was forming. Some people even tried to curry sympathy with fake pets like @djchahal’s lovesick kitty “mewmew” — “Do it for mewmew” We started to stretch across multiple time zones — Our random timer released clues well, randomly, so as not to advantage any timezone in particular. People were waking up at odd hours just to solve a crossword puzzle. “It’s been like an 18/7 shift to work on this game. Have went through all the articles line by line to crack certain clues. Nice learning experience with this event, and it’s a healthy way to introduce the project.” — @DoYouSmell The value of a welcoming, cooperative community to solve problems cannot be overstated. Our puzzle solver was someone completely fresh to the contest and hadn’t solved a word previously. In fact the blocking clue was “Palo Alto” which stumped the crowd. This shows the value of “fresh eyes” in looking at the problem (ideally someone you refer!). In fact the winner’s uncle actually tipped him off! “I really liked the friendly atmosphere on here (unlike many other projects…), so the community is really what drew me in.” — @Wolves444 (puzzle solver) We learned that growing a community can be fun. We learned that people believe in our mission at nCent. We learned that our philosophy of incentives works in practice. Through the course of learning about nCent for this contest, @llovan I went off on many interesting tangents reading about consensus protocols, other cryptocurrencies, economics, and even philosophy. It was worth more than the monetary incentive. - We can’t help but think about the possibilities moving forward. A crossword puzzle with 3 ETH on the line engaged a community of over 20,000 people in just a few days. This is our vision. Imagine if that same dynamic could be scaled and directed to solve all kinds of hard problems. wordCent Puzzle: Clues Across Decentralized protocol for markets 4. Engine 6. Gödel 7. San Diego 9. CMU 11. y²*e² 14. Not debit 17. Energetic equilibrium 20. Future 22. Firm 23. Plato Luther Jr 25. Massive Miner 27. Game of Angels and Life 28. Fox 29. Wood Tall or High Wood 33. Stop it to “go to moon” 35. Campus 36. Labor 39. Haystack 40. (Lumen)Ary 42. OG BTC predictor 43. Chat 44. Deep learner 46. Giant 47. Outstanding 48. Herbivore Clues Down 2. Hypertext & Mice 3. TV 5. Floodgate 6. Radiant or stellar 8. Dishonest node 9. 37-D 10. German UFO Sightings 12. Combinator 13. Mr. Cornelius 15. Solitary Wood 16. The first 18. 48 LP 19. Alpha 21. 10 24. Ubermensche 26. Engine 28. HODLers 30. Lee 31. Angel Coin 32. Rowers 34. Satoshi Grandcite 37. Robot Wars 38. Mykines’ twin 41. Magnum opus 45. ID Offense wordCent Solution To stay in the nCent loop and participate in our community, follow me on twitter and join our international telegram channel . As always, you may email me at kk@ncnt.io to get involved or learn more!
