# What is EthXY? Players can bet 0.01 ETH, 0.1 ETH or 1 ETH. Players are randomly matched with another player of the same denomination. Each player receives 2 cards. A community board of 5 cards is drawn. The player with the best 5 card hand out of the 7 cards available (the player's 2 cards and the shared 5 community cards) wins the round and collects the pot. The game is played on-chain on the Base network with randomness guaranteed by the blockchain. ## What makes EthXY unique? EthXY takes place entirely within a Telegram chat (available at ). It doesn't require a separate app or website, minimizing the friction to jump in the game. Players can play within their spare time, each game taking only 20 seconds to play. The EthXY economy is unique in that its facilitated by the trading of characters with rare loot. Characters, not items individually, are bought and sold allowing collectors to complete their loot collection, which is made up of all loot from all characters owned. While a player holds SEXY within EthXY it is considered "staked" with a unique EthXY twist.

The very first EthXY 1 ETH game played

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