Yield Guild Games — a human-sized revolution in play.
A guild that bought game NFTs and lent them to time-rich, capital-poor players (scholars), sharing earnings so people could earn without upfront cost — that scholarship engine is the origin story and the operating heart of YGG.
It evolved into a DAO with vaults, subDAOs and staking strategies so communities can steer which games, regions, and yield-strategies get funded — code and wallets supporting local mentorship, not replacing it.
Tokenomics and long vesting cliffs matter: unlock schedules and treasury management change real-world risk for scholars and holders, so runway planning and transparency are everything.
There are real wins — school fees paid, small businesses started — but the model also carries fragility when token prices or game rules shift; those human stories sit next to the charts.
If you care, move slowly: learn the games, read the vault and governance docs, treat scholarships as mentorships, and push for diversification and safety nets that make earnings resilient.
Short. Thrilling. Human — and true to the people who made it matter.
