Hi friends,
I was really happy to see the recent WOO Roadmap 2025 post. It outlined a clear path, giving us a better idea of where things are heading.
I have some thoughts on the NFT Card Rental Market mentioned in the roadmap. First, an NFT Card Rental Market would inevitably impact the NFT Card Buy and Sell Market. If players can rent affordable cards, they might not consider buying more expensive ones. I’ve seen this happen in Splinterlands. There, many players use the Card Rental Market to rent cheap NFT cards and profit from them, especially since Splinterlands allows multi-account strategies. This makes the arbitrage situation even worse. A lot of players just sell off their in-game assets for quick profit. While this is just my personal observation, the continuous decline in $SPS and $DEC prices could also hint at something being off.
So, if WOO plans to implement an NFT Card Rental Market, it’s better to address these issues in advance. For instance, renting cards could require $HBD, and players could use rented cards to earn $WOO in-game. Additionally, there could be a rule forcing card owners to update their rental prices weekly—if not updated, the cards would be automatically removed from the Rental Market. This could prevent too many cards with unreasonable prices from flooding the market.
That said, I understand WOO is still in its promotional phase, and the number of new players isn’t that high yet. We need new players, and having an NFT Card Rental Market could lower the barrier to entry for them. But personally, I think it’s better not to have a Rental Market at all. The NFT Card Buy and Sell Market alone should be enough.