Creating a New Paradigm for Fair Asset Distribution: Analyzing Cellula's vPOW Mechanism

Since 2017, the threshold for asset issuance in the Web3 field has been continuously lowered, but it has also exposed many problems. Many projects issue tokens or NFTs through methods such as IDO and ICO, often facing issues like strong control and lack of transparency, leading to frequent RugPulls. People have been looking for more fair and reliable asset issuance protocols to address various issues during the token generation event (TGE) of new projects.

Cellula provides a new perspective to address the above issues. The project has implemented an asset distribution layer that simulates proof of work ( POW ), utilizing virtual proof of work ( vPOW ) to "mine" the asset distribution process, in order to simulate a fairer asset distribution model compared to Bitcoin.

Although Cellula is regarded by many as a GameFi project, due to its distributable in-game rewards that can be set to any type of token, it can theoretically serve as a universal asset distribution platform with POW effects, bringing broader prospects and imaginative space for Web3 asset issuance.

POW and vPOW: Unpredictable Lottery Draws

Whether it is traditional POW, POS, or vPOW, it essentially sets up a set of algorithms whose output results are unpredictable or difficult to predict, and uses the output results to conduct a "lottery." Bitcoin miners need to locally construct blocks that meet specific conditions and submit them to full nodes in the network for consensus in order to receive block rewards.

POW is a relatively fair asset distribution method, and the difficulty of project parties controlling the mainstream POW public chains is much greater than that of POS public chains. However, the POW model is often applied to the underlying public chains rather than to asset issuance at the application layer. Cellula has proposed an on-chain solution that allocates computing power to the virtual digital entity (, referred to as "BitLife", by introducing the famous "Conway's Game of Life" algorithm.

In short, Cellula replaces the hash calculation of traditional POW with another computation method that is difficult to predict, which is a specific algorithm for simulating Conway's Game of Life, known as vPOW)Virtual POW(.

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The Core of vPOW: Conway's Game of Life and BitLife

Conway's Game of Life is a cellular automaton that simulates the evolutionary rules of life in nature using algorithms. In Cellula, the "petri dish" is divided into 9x9=81 squares, and each cell in the squares has two states: alive or dead. Players need to select the initial pattern of the petri dish, which is like randomly choosing an initial pattern for their own petri dish.

BitLife acts as a Petri dish; ) is actually an NFT (, consisting of 81 squares. Every 3x3=9 adjacent squares form a BitCell, and each BitLife is made up of 2-9 BitCells stitched together. The player's goal is to acquire or construct the BitLife that is most likely to yield mining rewards.

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The cell state of BitLife changes with the increase in block height. Cellula allocates computing power based on the state of BitLife at different block heights. Given a block height, the more surviving cells included, the higher the computing power of BitLife, which is equivalent to creating a virtual mining machine.

In Cellula, the process for players to synthesize BitLife is essentially a "manufacturing" process for new mining machines. After BitLife is minted on the chain, it needs to undergo a "charging" operation to start mining, with a single charge having a validity period of 1 day, 3 days, or 7 days, requiring a small fee to be paid, and it needs to be recharged once it expires.

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Analysoor Lottery Algorithm and VRGDAs Index Pricing Curve

Cellula has introduced a random number output algorithm called Analysoor for the charging lottery segment. This algorithm uses the block hash as the input parameter for the random number generator, drawing winners from the participants in each block's charging process, thereby introducing a lottery system.

To prevent a certain pattern of BitLife from being widely replicated and affecting the randomness of game outcomes, Cellula introduced variable rate progressive Dutch auctions ) VRGDAs (. This is an algorithm that dynamically adjusts prices; it raises prices when the minting volume exceeds expectations and lowers prices when the minting volume is below expectations, effectively preventing excessive minting behavior by scientists.

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Summary: A Social Experiment of Multiple Parties' Games

From the perspective of player interaction, Cellula's mechanism design involves multiple participants, including "scientists", MEV players, and regular players. Each participant has different strategies, forming a dynamically balanced ecosystem.

Compared to the traditional Bitcoin mining machine industry chain, Cellula's solution resembles an interesting social experiment. It lowers the threshold for "mining machine research and development," allowing "everyone to have the opportunity to become a scientist." At the same time, the adoption of a POW-style asset distribution plan also weakens the power of the project party, creating a game of chess among scientists, the project party, and ordinary players, where no party can completely monopolize the market.

Cellula provides a fairer and more interesting new paradigm for Web3 asset issuance through this innovative mechanism design, which deserves further attention and discussion in the industry.

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