By Sukanya Ganesh — Apr 17, 2023

🚶‍♂️Getting Paid for Walking

Walken - a play-to-earn and move-to-earn app that rewards you tokens for simply moving

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Walken is the first play-to-earn, move-to-earn mobile app that counts people’s steps and allows them to earn $WLKN tokens. It is built on the Solana chain. With a strong focus on gamification, Walken’s mission is to encourage a healthy lifestyle. It also contributes to onboarding the next billion users to Web3 by essentially offering an easy-to-use and understandable product that allows people to earn money while walking.

By walking in real life, players can earn the in-game soft currency known as “Gems”. These are not crypto tokens such as $WLKN or $SOL. Gems can also be stored in the app. Upon signing up, every player gets a free avatar called a CAThlete. This CAThlete can be converted into an NFT when the player has reached higher levels. The aim of the game is for the player to keep walking to earn more gems and upgrade their CAThlete to compete in various levels and win $WLKN tokens. Players can earn $WLKN within the game or purchase them on various cryptocurrency exchanges. $SOL can also be used within the game to buy in-game assets in the marketplace to upgrade one’s CAThlete. Various accessories can be purchased for CAThletes, and players can trade them to build a stronger running crew or earn money.

Through growing one’s NFT and reinvesting in the game for higher profit, Walken is about creating long-term yields rather than short-term gains. They have created multiple ways for players to invest their assets, for example, through the breeding program one can breed stronger CAThletes, while still keeping the two original ones as part of their crew.

Walken’s co-founders, Alexei Porodzinsky, Alexei Kulevets, and Konstantin Kozlovsky, have ample experience working together for their other two ventures, GetFit Apps and Appyfurious. They have raised a total of $4.7M in funding.