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<div class="text-base text-gray-50">Hope everyone isn&#x27;t sick of weekly updates yet! We are rolling out v2 of the testnet, we&#x27;ve announced the final $DREM rewards, and we are gearing up for mainnet.</div>
<h2 class="text-gray-50 text-2xl font-bold text-gray-50">Testnet v2</h2>
<div class="text-base text-gray-50">We are rolling v2 of the Testnet.</div>
<div class="text-base text-gray-50"><img alt="Another one" src="media/2021-12-05-state-of-play-update/dj-khaled-another-one.gif" style="max-height:500px;margin:auto;text-align:center"/></div>
<div class="text-base text-gray-50">The old contracts still exist on the blockchain, but we have deployed a new set of contracts and the <a href="https://darkemblem.com">dapp</a> now points to the new contracts. All of the old card assets that were cached have been deleted as well.</div>
<div class="text-base text-gray-50">As part of this deployment, we also fixed how the contract code was verified. You can now see the verified contract code when inspecting our contracts, NFT, and ERC20 token on Etherscan.</div>
<h2 class="text-gray-50 text-2xl font-bold text-gray-50">Early Supporter Role</h2>
<div class="text-base text-gray-50">We have announced the final $DREM rewards for being an Early Supporter and Testnet user.</div>
<div class="text-base text-gray-50"><img alt="Rewards" src="media/2021-12-05-state-of-play-update/rewards.png" style="max-height:500px;margin:auto;text-align:center"/></div>
<ol class="ml-4 list-decimal p-0">
<li>Early Supporters will get 10 $DREM on release</li>
<li>Testnet users will get 5 $DREM on release</li>
</ol>
<div class="text-base text-gray-50">Our <a href="https://www.darkemblem.com">main site</a> also has a countdown timer for the Early Supporter role. We will be closing that role at the end of the month (December 31, 2021).</div>
<h2 class="text-gray-50 text-2xl font-bold text-gray-50">Documentation</h2>
<div class="text-base text-gray-50">We rolled out additional documentation on how Pack IDs, traits, and rarities work. You can read more on our <a href="https://blog.darkemblem.com/docs">docs</a>.</div>
<h2 class="text-gray-50 text-2xl font-bold text-gray-50">Card Improvements</h2>
<div class="text-base text-gray-50">Generally, this last week, the team has been focusing on card art, getting new cards implemented, and improving the way cards are generated.</div>
<div class="text-base text-gray-50">There are now improved color palettes for cards, a few more variants of our existing cards, and we&#x27;ve scaled backgrounds so rarer cards have nicer backgrounds.</div>
<h2 class="text-gray-50 text-2xl font-bold text-gray-50">Going Live</h2>
<div class="text-base text-gray-50">On top of the improvements above, we are also prepping for production. And the best way to prep is to run through different scenarios to see how we can respond.</div>
<h3 class="text-gray-50 text-xl font-bold text-gray-50">How it Works</h3>
<ol class="ml-4 list-decimal p-0">
<li>We come up with a catastrophic scenario that can happen in production.</li>
<li>We determine what steps we need to mitigate the issue.</li>
<li>We walk through the steps on local or testnet environments.</li>
<li>We formalize these steps into what we call a &quot;Runbook&quot; – these are specific instructions that any of the devs can take in the event of a security issue, server crash, and more.</li>
<li>Finally, we determine if there was anything missing from our contracts or infrastructure that could have helped us mitigate the issue.</li>
</ol>
<div class="text-base text-gray-50">Some positive outcomes from these runbooks:</div>
<ol class="ml-4 list-decimal p-0">
<li>We found some issues in the contracts that we have patched for the testnet.</li>
<li>We formalized some of the mitigation patterns as tests against the contracts.</li>
<li>We have a few more plans to help mitigate issues once the contracts are on mainnet.</li>
</ol>
<h2 class="text-gray-50 text-2xl font-bold text-gray-50">Looking Forward</h2>
<div class="text-base text-gray-50">We are excited for the coming months as we finalize our GEN0 artwork and start building our community in anticipation for mainnet!</div>

Hope everyone isn't sick of weekly updates yet! We are rolling out v2 of the testnet, we've announced the final $DREM rewards, and we are gearing up for mainnet.



## Testnet v2

We are rolling v2 of the Testnet.

![Another one](media/2021-12-05-state-of-play-update/dj-khaled-another-one.gif)

The old contracts still exist on the blockchain, but we have deployed a new set of contracts and the [dapp](https://darkemblem.com) now points to the new contracts. All of the old card assets that were cached have been deleted as well.

As part of this deployment, we also fixed how the contract code was verified. You can now see the verified contract code when inspecting our contracts, NFT, and ERC20 token on Etherscan.

## Early Supporter Role

We have announced the final $DREM rewards for being an Early Supporter and Testnet user.

![Rewards](media/2021-12-05-state-of-play-update/rewards.png)

1. Early Supporters will get 10 $DREM on release
2. Testnet users will get 5 $DREM on release

Our [main site](https://www.darkemblem.com) also has a countdown timer for the Early Supporter role. We will be closing that role at the end of the month (December 31, 2021).

## Documentation

We rolled out additional documentation on how Pack IDs, traits, and rarities work. You can read more on our [docs](https://blog.darkemblem.com/docs).

## Card Improvements

Generally, this last week, the team has been focusing on card art, getting new cards implemented, and improving the way cards are generated.

There are now improved color palettes for cards, a few more variants of our existing cards, and we've scaled backgrounds so rarer cards have nicer backgrounds.

## Going Live

On top of the improvements above, we are also prepping for production. And the best way to prep is to run through different scenarios to see how we can respond.

### How it Works

1. We come up with a catastrophic scenario that can happen in production.
2. We determine what steps we need to mitigate the issue.
3. We walk through the steps on local or testnet environments.
4. We formalize these steps into what we call a "Runbook" – these are specific instructions that any of the devs can take in the event of a security issue, server crash, and more.
5. Finally, we determine if there was anything missing from our contracts or infrastructure that could have helped us mitigate the issue.

Some positive outcomes from these runbooks:

1. We found some issues in the contracts that we have patched for the testnet.
2. We formalized some of the mitigation patterns as tests against the contracts.
3. We have a few more plans to help mitigate issues once the contracts are on mainnet.

## Looking Forward

We are excited for the coming months as we finalize our GEN0 artwork and start building our community in anticipation for mainnet!

State of Play Update December 5

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<div class="text-base text-gray-50">TL;DR: We released our testnet, found bugs, and made a lot of improvements.</div>
<h2 class="text-gray-50 text-2xl font-bold text-gray-50">UI Improvements</h2>
<ul class="ml-4 list-disc p-0">
<li>You can now view who owns a card by clicking the owner&#x27;s address</li>
<li>Unconfirmed card images will no longer be cached. Your unconfirmed card image and traits can change once the block is actually confirmed. When this happened, the UI would show a stale image, but with updated traits. Thanks to our testnet participants for finding this bug!</li>
<li>We made the entire UI better for mobile browsers and smaller screens.</li>
<li>You can now redeem more than 1 DREM at a time in order to unlock stat boosts. This was always part of the contract, but we didn&#x27;t have time to add it to the UI.</li>
<li>Added a few animations to make the UI feel less like a boring enterprise app. Some page transitions were added.</li>
<li>We also added shine and sparkle effects to rarer cards.</li>
<li>New notifications were added to let you know when auction creation, cancelling, and bidding transactions are complete.</li>
</ul>
<h2 class="text-gray-50 text-2xl font-bold text-gray-50">Contract Changes</h2>
<ul class="ml-4 list-disc p-0">
<li>We added a max DREM claim to the contract. This value will start at 10 DREM a season.</li>
<li>We re-wrote the contracts from stratch to better organize the code, and to address a bunch of minor issues that the Slither security scanner found.</li>
<li>Verified our contracts meet ERC20 and ERC721 specs.</li>
<li>We fixed auctions. Cancelling an auction would sometimes cause the auction house to throw errors. Thanks to our testnet participants for finding this bug!</li>
<li>We&#x27;ve added nicer errors to some of the functionality in the contract. When a transaction fails, you can view the transaction in etherscan to get more information about the error. We will be working on adding more UI guards for common
mistakes later.</li>
</ul>
<h2 class="text-gray-50 text-2xl font-bold text-gray-50">Rolling Out These Changes</h2>
<div class="text-base text-gray-50">We will be re-deploying our contracts to the testnet. Any cards you have minted will still be on the testnet blockchain, but they won&#x27;t show up in the UI after we deploy and re-route the UI to use the new contract addresses.</div>

TL;DR: We released our testnet, found bugs, and made a lot of improvements.



## UI Improvements

* You can now view who owns a card by clicking the owner's address
* Unconfirmed card images will no longer be cached. Your unconfirmed card image and traits can change once the block is actually confirmed. When this happened, the UI would show a stale image, but with updated traits. Thanks to our testnet participants for finding this bug!
* We made the entire UI better for mobile browsers and smaller screens.
* You can now redeem more than 1 DREM at a time in order to unlock stat boosts. This was always part of the contract, but we didn't have time to add it to the UI.
* Added a few animations to make the UI feel less like a boring enterprise app. Some page transitions were added.
* We also added shine and sparkle effects to rarer cards.
* New notifications were added to let you know when auction creation, cancelling, and bidding transactions are complete.

## Contract Changes

* We added a max DREM claim to the contract. This value will start at 10 DREM a season.
* We re-wrote the contracts from stratch to better organize the code, and to address a bunch of minor issues that the Slither security scanner found.
* Verified our contracts meet ERC20 and ERC721 specs.
* We fixed auctions. Cancelling an auction would sometimes cause the auction house to throw errors. Thanks to our testnet participants for finding this bug!
* We've added nicer errors to some of the functionality in the contract. When a transaction fails, you can view the transaction in etherscan to get more information about the error. We will be working on adding more UI guards for common
mistakes later.

## Rolling Out These Changes

We will be re-deploying our contracts to the testnet. Any cards you have minted will still be on the testnet blockchain, but they won't show up in the UI after we deploy and re-route the UI to use the new contract addresses.

State of Play Update November 29

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<div class="text-base text-gray-50">Another week, another set of updates! Our docs are updated, we&#x27;ve implemented tons of UI updates, and we&#x27;ve opened up the Auction house!</div>
<h2 class="text-gray-50 text-2xl font-bold text-gray-50">📓 Docs</h2>
<div class="text-base text-gray-50">Our doc site has been updated with tons of new information to help onboard people onto the testnet. We also documented more about $DREM, confirmed vs unconfirmed transactions, and auctions.</div>
<ul class="ml-4 list-disc p-0">
<li><a href="https://blog.darkemblem.com/docs/testnet/participating">Testnet docs</a></li>
<li><a href="https://blog.darkemblem.com/docs/drem/drem">$DREM</a></li>
<li><a href="https://blog.darkemblem.com/docs/nfts/sharing">Sharing</a></li>
</ul>
<h2 class="text-gray-50 text-2xl font-bold text-gray-50">UI Updates</h2>
<div class="text-base text-gray-50">We&#x27;ve added documentation links throughout the app to provide you with additional information about buying packs, collecting $DREM, and participating in auctions. We&#x27;d love feedback on this to see how we can make Dark Emblem easier to understand – there are a ton of features built into our contracts!</div>
<h2 class="text-gray-50 text-2xl font-bold text-gray-50">Auctions</h2>
<div class="text-base text-gray-50">We&#x27;ve deployed the core of the UI for Auctions to our testnet set up. You can now create an auction, view current auctions, bid on auctions and cancel auctions.</div>
<div class="text-base text-gray-50">All Auctions on the Dark Emblem Dapp are Clock auctions, you can read more on our docs.</div>
<h2 class="text-gray-50 text-2xl font-bold text-gray-50">$DREM Updates</h2>
<div class="text-base text-gray-50">We added a $DREM collection preview to the app. This will show you an estimate of how much $DREM you will collect when you collect $DREM for the season. The contract code for that has not been deployed to the testnet yet.</div>
<h2 class="text-gray-50 text-2xl font-bold text-gray-50">Contract Updates</h2>
<div class="text-base text-gray-50">We&#x27;ve made a bunch of minor updates to the contract that don&#x27;t affect the core functionality. We are saving all the minor contract updates for a single deployment after the initial testnet trial.</div>
<div class="text-base text-gray-50">Updates include improved gas, plans for IPFS, and cheaper costs to deploy.</div>
<h2 class="text-gray-50 text-2xl font-bold text-gray-50">Security and Stability</h2>
<div class="text-base text-gray-50">Security around Smart Contracts is important and we take it very seriously. Almost every State of Play update has some reference to security, and that&#x27;s because every week we check to make sure we are following best practices, our code is tested, and we are not using any vulnerable packages.</div>
<div class="text-base text-gray-50">Stability is also important. Our current system generates card art after the card has been minted. We know how important it is to see the cards you just paid money for, so we are working to make sure our servers are stable, and if something does go wrong, we have remediations already in place.</div>

Another week, another set of updates! Our docs are updated, we've implemented tons of UI updates, and we've opened up the Auction house!



## 📓 Docs

Our doc site has been updated with tons of new information to help onboard people onto the testnet. We also documented more about $DREM, confirmed vs unconfirmed transactions, and auctions.

- [Testnet docs](https://blog.darkemblem.com/docs/testnet/participating)
- [$DREM](https://blog.darkemblem.com/docs/drem/drem)
- [Sharing](https://blog.darkemblem.com/docs/nfts/sharing)

## UI Updates

We've added documentation links throughout the app to provide you with additional information about buying packs, collecting $DREM, and participating in auctions. We'd love feedback on this to see how we can make Dark Emblem easier to understand – there are a ton of features built into our contracts!

## Auctions

We've deployed the core of the UI for Auctions to our testnet set up. You can now create an auction, view current auctions, bid on auctions and cancel auctions.

All Auctions on the Dark Emblem Dapp are Clock auctions, you can read more on our docs.

## $DREM Updates

We added a $DREM collection preview to the app. This will show you an estimate of how much $DREM you will collect when you collect $DREM for the season. The contract code for that has not been deployed to the testnet yet.

## Contract Updates

We've made a bunch of minor updates to the contract that don't affect the core functionality. We are saving all the minor contract updates for a single deployment after the initial testnet trial.

Updates include improved gas, plans for IPFS, and cheaper costs to deploy.

## Security and Stability

Security around Smart Contracts is important and we take it very seriously. Almost every State of Play update has some reference to security, and that's because every week we check to make sure we are following best practices, our code is tested, and we are not using any vulnerable packages.

Stability is also important. Our current system generates card art after the card has been minted. We know how important it is to see the cards you just paid money for, so we are working to make sure our servers are stable, and if something does go wrong, we have remediations already in place.

State of Play November 19th Update

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<div class="text-base text-gray-50">It&#x27;s finally here! It&#x27;s testnet time! 🚀🚀🚀</div>
<div class="text-base text-gray-50"><strong>FINAL ART STILL PENDING</strong></div>
<div class="text-base text-gray-50"><img alt="giphy.webp" src="media/2021-11-19-testnet/giphy.webp" style="max-height:500px;margin:auto;text-align:center"/></div>
<h2 class="text-gray-50 text-2xl font-bold text-gray-50">How To Participate</h2>
<div class="text-base text-gray-50">The full instructions are here: <a href="https://blog.darkemblem.com/docs/testnet/participating">https://blog.darkemblem.com/docs/testnet/participating</a>.</div>
<div class="text-base text-gray-50">TL;DR: Get MetaMask, create a Ropsten wallet, go to https://darkemblem.com.</div>
<h2 class="text-gray-50 text-2xl font-bold text-gray-50">Testing</h2>
<div class="text-base text-gray-50">Feel free to buy packs, ascend, transmogrify, create auctions, bid on auctions, collect $DREM, share cards and addresses, and view card stats.</div>
<div class="text-base text-gray-50">If you want some rETH and $DREM to test with, please post your Ropsten address in the testnet channel.</div>
<h2 class="text-gray-50 text-2xl font-bold text-gray-50">Feedback</h2>
<div class="text-base text-gray-50">There&#x27;s still a lot of work do, and a lot of art to finalize. Feel free to provide feedback in the testnet channel. If you find a bug, let us know!</div>
<h2 class="text-gray-50 text-2xl font-bold text-gray-50">Rewards</h2>
<div class="text-base text-gray-50">All testnet participants will receive 10 $DREM (redeemable for 10 packs) when the contracts are deployed to mainnet. You&#x27;ll also get a fun Testnet role on our Discord.</div>

It's finally here! It's testnet time! 🚀🚀🚀



**FINAL ART STILL PENDING**

![giphy.webp](media/2021-11-19-testnet/giphy.webp)

## How To Participate

The full instructions are here: [https://blog.darkemblem.com/docs/testnet/participating](https://blog.darkemblem.com/docs/testnet/participating).

TL;DR: Get MetaMask, create a Ropsten wallet, go to https://darkemblem.com.

## Testing

Feel free to buy packs, ascend, transmogrify, create auctions, bid on auctions, collect $DREM, share cards and addresses, and view card stats.

If you want some rETH and $DREM to test with, please post your Ropsten address in the testnet channel.

## Feedback

There's still a lot of work do, and a lot of art to finalize. Feel free to provide feedback in the testnet channel. If you find a bug, let us know!

## Rewards

All testnet participants will receive 10 $DREM (redeemable for 10 packs) when the contracts are deployed to mainnet. You'll also get a fun Testnet role on our Discord.

Testnet Release

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<h2 class="text-gray-50 text-2xl font-bold text-gray-50">Testnet Update</h2>
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<h2 class="text-gray-50 text-2xl font-bold text-gray-50">Participating in the Testnet</h2>
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<h2 class="text-gray-50 text-2xl font-bold text-gray-50">Card Designs</h2>
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<h2 class="text-gray-50 text-2xl font-bold text-gray-50">Roadmap</h2>
<div class="text-base text-gray-50">We&#x27;ve added a few items to our Roadmap: lore unlocks and card effect unlocks that will be released when the Card Game is completed.</div>

Woah, it's been a busy week! Time for our weekly update!



## Testnet Update

We deployed the entire server, client, and CDN infrastructure to production  – connected to the Ropsten testnet. We also deployed our set of contracts to the Ropsten testnet as well, including our:

- ERC721 contract
- ERC20 contract
- Clock Auction contract

I've been testing the UI on the testnet and have been deploying a few fixes before we start inviting everyone to test the app.

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- Report bugs
- Provide feedback

## Card Designs

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## Roadmap

We've added a few items to our Roadmap: lore unlocks and card effect unlocks that will be released when the Card Game is completed.

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<div class="text-base text-gray-50">The Dark Emblem team has been busy this last week working on card art,
figuring out the best price points for cards, and getting ready for the Testnet.</div>
<h2 class="text-gray-50 text-2xl font-bold text-gray-50">Testnet Preperations</h2>
<div class="text-base text-gray-50">We are making sure the webapp for the testnet clearly shows a label the Dapp with a testnet warning.
We don&#x27;t want people accidentally using mainnet wallets on the testnet. We also have a badge that will tell you exactly which wallet address you are using in the testnet as well.</div>
<h2 class="text-gray-50 text-2xl font-bold text-gray-50">Fixing Prices and Cards</h2>
<div class="text-base text-gray-50">A lot of internal discussions were held to find the balance between how many cards are in the ecosystem and how much cards and packs cost.</div>
<div class="text-base text-gray-50">The first stage of this was to dramatically improve how much gas our Buy Pack, Ascend, and Transmogrify contract functions cost to run. We brainstormed and came up with a way to cut gas to a third of what it was.</div>
<div class="text-base text-gray-50">We also refactored a ton of contract code to bring down the gas costs of buying a pack even more. We are very comfortable with the gas costs of the contract functions now.</div>
<div class="text-base text-gray-50">The second half of this was how much packs cost. We settled on the following:</div>
<ul class="ml-4 list-disc p-0">
<li>[OUTDATED] All packs will cost 0.02 ETH a pack and will mint 3 NFTs a pack.</li>
<li>Buying 2+ packs will add a minor stat boost to all cards minted.</li>
<li>Buying 5 packs will add a major stat boost to all cards minted.</li>
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<div class="text-base text-gray-50">You can only buy a max of 5 packs at a time. You can read more about buying packs on <a href="/docs/buying-packs">our docs</a>. You can also read more about <a href="/docs/nfts/stat-boosts">stat boosts</a>, too.</div>
<h2 class="text-gray-50 text-2xl font-bold text-gray-50">Claiming Rewards</h2>
<div class="text-base text-gray-50">We&#x27;ve changed how we plan to distribute <a href="/docs/drem/drem">$DREM</a>. Our original plan was to distribute $DREM at the start of a season, however we found that as the number of cards and card holders grew, this would not be feasible. We&#x27;ve changed this to a &quot;pull&quot; mechanism. Every card owner can <strong>claim</strong> $DREM once per season.</div>
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<h2 class="text-gray-50 text-2xl font-bold text-gray-50">Documentation</h2>
<div class="text-base text-gray-50">We&#x27;ve added new pages to our documentation site to cover <a href="/docs/drem/drem">$DREM</a>, <a href="/docs/buying-packs">buying packs</a>, and how <a href="/docs/nfts/stat-boosts">stat boosts</a> work.</div>
<h2 class="text-gray-50 text-2xl font-bold text-gray-50">Roadmap</h2>
<div class="text-base text-gray-50">We&#x27;ve added a few items to our Roadmap, including Multisig, IPFS, and our online card game.</div>

The Dark Emblem team has been busy this last week working on card art,
figuring out the best price points for cards, and getting ready for the Testnet.



## Testnet Preperations

We are making sure the webapp for the testnet clearly shows a label the Dapp with a testnet warning.
We don't want people accidentally using mainnet wallets on the testnet. We also have a badge that will tell you exactly which wallet address you are using in the testnet as well.

## Fixing Prices and Cards

A lot of internal discussions were held to find the balance between how many cards are in the ecosystem and how much cards and packs cost.

The first stage of this was to dramatically improve how much gas our Buy Pack, Ascend, and Transmogrify contract functions cost to run. We brainstormed and came up with a way to cut gas to a third of what it was.

We also refactored a ton of contract code to bring down the gas costs of buying a pack even more. We are very comfortable with the gas costs of the contract functions now.

The second half of this was how much packs cost. We settled on the following:

* \[OUTDATED\] All packs will cost 0.02 ETH a pack and will mint 3 NFTs a pack.
* Buying 2+ packs will add a minor stat boost to all cards minted.
* Buying 5 packs will add a major stat boost to all cards minted.

You can only buy a max of 5 packs at a time. You can read more about buying packs on [our docs](/docs/buying-packs). You can also read more about [stat boosts](/docs/nfts/stat-boosts), too.

## Claiming Rewards

We've changed how we plan to distribute [$DREM](/docs/drem/drem). Our original plan was to distribute $DREM at the start of a season, however we found that as the number of cards and card holders grew, this would not be feasible. We've changed this to a "pull" mechanism. Every card owner can **claim** $DREM once per season.

Every 20 cards you own will distribute 1 $DREM to you. Cards are marked once they are used to claim $DREM.

## Documentation

We've added new pages to our documentation site to cover [$DREM](/docs/drem/drem), [buying packs](/docs/buying-packs), and how [stat boosts](/docs/nfts/stat-boosts) work.

## Roadmap

We've added a few items to our Roadmap, including Multisig, IPFS, and our online card game.

State of Play November 5th Update

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<div class="text-base text-gray-50">Introducing $DREM – an ERC20 token that we will release as part of the Dark Emblemverse. These tokens will have utility as part of our core Dark Emblem NFT cards and can be exchanged for packs!</div>
<h2 class="text-gray-50 text-2xl font-bold text-gray-50">Earning $DREM</h2>
<div class="text-base text-gray-50">$DREM rewards will be distributed to all of our Early Supporters on our Discord when the contracts are deployed to the WAX Mainnet.</div>
<div class="text-base text-gray-50">After that, $DREM can be claimed as part of seasonal rewards for owning Dark Emblem NFT cards. The more cards you own, the more $DREM you will be rewarded with!</div>
<h2 class="text-gray-50 text-2xl font-bold text-gray-50">Using $DREM</h2>
<div class="text-base text-gray-50">You can exchange $DREM for Dark Emblem card packs using our Dapp once deployed to the WAX Mainnet.</div>
<div class="text-base text-gray-50">You can read more about $DREM on <a href="/docs/drem/drem">our docs</a>.</div>

Introducing $DREM – an ERC20 token that we will release as part of the Dark Emblemverse. These tokens will have utility as part of our core Dark Emblem NFT cards and can be exchanged for packs!



## Earning $DREM

$DREM rewards will be distributed to all of our Early Supporters on our Discord when the contracts are deployed to the WAX Mainnet.

After that, $DREM can be claimed as part of seasonal rewards for owning Dark Emblem NFT cards. The more cards you own, the more $DREM you will be rewarded with!

## Using $DREM

You can exchange $DREM for Dark Emblem card packs using our Dapp once deployed to the WAX Mainnet.

You can read more about $DREM on [our docs](/docs/drem/drem).

Introducing $DREM

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<div class="text-base text-gray-50">Another busy week in the Dark Emblem universe! We are gearing up for our Testnet deployment and a lot has been going on
behind the scenes. We&#x27;ll be using these State of Play Update blog posts to share all of the
updates that have been happening, including the technical aspects.</div>
<h2 class="text-gray-50 text-2xl font-bold text-gray-50">🎉 State of Play Blog</h2>
<div class="text-base text-gray-50">This past week we published this blog website where we will post game updates, card spotlights, and this State of Play blog
series to keep everyone informed on how Dark Emblem is progressing. We will share all the blog posts on our <a href="https://twitter.com/darkemblemnft">Twitter</a> and our <a href="https://discord.gg/v6GDsjuFNa">Discord</a>,
so don&#x27;t forget to join us there!</div>
<h2 class="text-gray-50 text-2xl font-bold text-gray-50">📒 Documentation</h2>
<div class="text-base text-gray-50">Dark Emblem NFTs will allow you to more than just collect cards – you will be able to buy different packs, buy promo cards from
auctions, create your own auctions, and interact with your cards all via the WAX Blockchain.</div>
<div class="text-base text-gray-50">With so much to do with your Dark Emblem NFTs, we will no doubt need to document how a lot of this functionality works. This blog
has a <a href="/docs/intro">Docs</a> section that we are filling out with content. Stay tuned for more!</div>
<h2 class="text-gray-50 text-2xl font-bold text-gray-50">$ Coin Symbols</h2>
<div class="text-base text-gray-50">Dark Emblem will consist of two coins: an ERC20 token and an ERC721 token. The NFT cards that you can collect and use on our
Dapp are ERC721 Non-fungible Tokens, but we are also introducing an ERC20 token that you can buy and <strong>earn</strong> that you
can use to exchange for Dark Emblem packs.</div>
<div class="text-base text-gray-50">To make it easier to tell the difference, we are tentitively naming the tokens:</div>
<ul class="ml-4 list-disc p-0">
<li>$DREM - The ERC20 token that you earn by owning cards.</li>
<li>$DECK - The ERC721 NFT cards that you collect by opening packs.</li>
</ul>
<div class="text-base text-gray-50">I&#x27;ll be posting a following blog post on $DREM and how it works soon. Feel free to discuss the names on our Discord.</div>
<h2 class="text-gray-50 text-2xl font-bold text-gray-50">🚧 Prepping for the Testnet</h2>
<div class="text-base text-gray-50">As part of the prep for our testnet deployment, we are getting our ducks in a row with respect to Etherscan, contract verification,
and contract security.</div>
<div class="text-base text-gray-50">We&#x27;ve been combing through our contract with different tools to make sure we are keeping up-to-date with all the best
practices.</div>
<div class="text-base text-gray-50">Remember to join our Discord to get Early Supporter perks, like being part of the testnet release!</div>
<h2 class="text-gray-50 text-2xl font-bold text-gray-50">NFT Card Changes</h2>
<div class="text-base text-gray-50">Some minor card changes from the technical side:</div>
<ul class="ml-4 list-disc p-0">
<li>Some Heros will have their stats scaled. So while the full range of values for Attack, Defense, Agility and Luck is 0 to 31,
some cards like the Slime Hero will have their stats scaled between 0 to 20 (as an example). This will make some Heros more
valuable than others.</li>
<li>Ascending 2 Heros will now guarentee slightly better traits for the newly created Hero. The new Hero will still have a mix
of the traits of its parents, but those traits will be slightly enhanced.</li>
</ul>
<div class="text-base text-gray-50">I have contacted a few artists who are working on some new artwork for our cards as well!</div>
<h2 class="text-gray-50 text-2xl font-bold text-gray-50">🚀 Looking Forward</h2>
<div class="text-base text-gray-50">It&#x27;s been an exciting week, and we are working towards having a lot done for out testnet trial. After our successful
testnet, you can look forward to additional rewards for being an Early Supporter.</div>

Another busy week in the Dark Emblem universe! We are gearing up for our Testnet deployment and a lot has been going on
behind the scenes. We'll be using these State of Play Update blog posts to share all of the
updates that have been happening, including the technical aspects.



## 🎉 State of Play Blog

This past week we published this blog website where we will post game updates, card spotlights, and this State of Play blog
series to keep everyone informed on how Dark Emblem is progressing. We will share all the blog posts on our [Twitter](https://twitter.com/darkemblemnft) and our [Discord](https://discord.gg/v6GDsjuFNa),
so don't forget to join us there!

## 📒 Documentation

Dark Emblem NFTs will allow you to more than just collect cards – you will be able to buy different packs, buy promo cards from
auctions, create your own auctions, and interact with your cards all via the WAX Blockchain.

With so much to do with your Dark Emblem NFTs, we will no doubt need to document how a lot of this functionality works. This blog
has a [Docs](/docs/intro) section that we are filling out with content. Stay tuned for more!

## $ Coin Symbols

Dark Emblem will consist of two coins: an ERC20 token and an ERC721 token. The NFT cards that you can collect and use on our
Dapp are ERC721 Non-fungible Tokens, but we are also introducing an ERC20 token that you can buy and **earn** that you
can use to exchange for Dark Emblem packs.

To make it easier to tell the difference, we are tentitively naming the tokens:

* $DREM - The ERC20 token that you earn by owning cards.
* $DECK - The ERC721 NFT cards that you collect by opening packs.

I'll be posting a following blog post on $DREM and how it works soon. Feel free to discuss the names on our Discord.

## 🚧 Prepping for the Testnet

As part of the prep for our testnet deployment, we are getting our ducks in a row with respect to Etherscan, contract verification,
and contract security.

We've been combing through our contract with different tools to make sure we are keeping up-to-date with all the best
practices.

Remember to join our Discord to get Early Supporter perks, like being part of the testnet release!

## NFT Card Changes

Some minor card changes from the technical side:

* Some Heros will have their stats scaled. So while the full range of values for Attack, Defense, Agility and Luck is 0 to 31,
some cards like the Slime Hero will have their stats scaled between 0 to 20 (as an example). This will make some Heros more
valuable than others.
* Ascending 2 Heros will now guarentee slightly better traits for the newly created Hero. The new Hero will still have a mix
of the traits of its parents, but those traits will be slightly enhanced.

I have contacted a few artists who are working on some new artwork for our cards as well!

## 🚀 Looking Forward

It's been an exciting week, and we are working towards having a lot done for out testnet trial. After our successful 
testnet, you can look forward to additional rewards for being an Early Supporter.

State of Play Update

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<div class="text-base text-gray-50">News, announcements, and other awesome updates will be posted here in long-form on our blog.</div>
<div class="text-base text-gray-50">We&#x27;ll still use Discord and Twitter to post more frequent updates, but the blog will
have a more steady cadance of updates to let everyone know the status of the NFT, the ERC-20 token, and more
in the Emblemverse!</div>


News, announcements, and other awesome updates will be posted here in long-form on our blog.

We'll still use Discord and Twitter to post more frequent updates, but the blog will
have a more steady cadance of updates to let everyone know the status of the NFT, the ERC-20 token, and more
in the Emblemverse!


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