The F Ecosystem 101

There have been a lot of questions on how products within the F Ecosystem work together. Here are (hopefully) a lot of answers.

The F ecosystem looks complex, but in reality, it’s actually quite simple. At the end of the day each product in the ecosystem serves one of two functions:

1. Value Accrual for F Nodes: product directly accrues value to F Nodes by contributing a % of its token allocation to F Node programmatic emissions, in exchange for getting sponsored FCHAIN transactions, platform tooling, and access to the broader F Ecosystem.

2. Flywheel Acceleration: product that accelerates other products in the ecosystem that accrue value to F Nodes.

An example of a Direct Value Accrual product is RIFT AI ($RIFT), where 20% of the $RIFT token supply is allocated to F Node operators.

Examples of Flywheel Acceleration products are the Faraway Platform and FCHAIN, where each serves to improve development speed or cost for partner projects, thereby improving the probability of success for these projects.

Product Overviews

The following is a breakdown of each product currently live or coming soon that contributes to the F ecosystem economic flywheel:

Value Accrual Products

1. Faraway dApps (Live): Faraway’s current dApps include games ranging from Dookey Dash: Unclogged, Serum City, Shatterline, Villains: Robot Battle Royale, and more. Games in the portfolio which launch tokens will contribute a % of their token supply to F Nodes.

2. F Accelerator (Coming Soon): Faraway will be running an accelerator which will invest in projects bringing value to the F ecosystem. Faraway will be contributing a % of the token allocation it receives as part of this investment to F Nodes. More information coming soon.

3. RIFT AI (Live): The Rift Platform is the “Shopify App Store for AI Agents” - anybody can create an agent and give it new functionality without any development effort by assigning a module to it. Think of modules like you would a Shopify plugin, except each module has its own token. A % of the $RIFT token supply and a % of each Module token supply is allocated to F Node operators.

4. Internet Capital (Coming Soon): Internet Capital is a decentralized funding platform that syndicates deal opportunities to AI Agents on the Rift Platform. In exchange for syndicating these deals, Internet Capital takes a % of the deal value, a portion of which is allocated to F Node Operators.

Flywheel Acceleration Products

1. Faraway Developer Platform (Partner Only Access; Live): Faraway has built a robust set of developer tools that have been battle-tested by millions of users. These tools are used both internally at Faraway, as well as externally by leading game studios that have partnered with Faraway. The Faraway Developer Platform contains the following key components:

   1. Faraway Connect, which handles authorization plus enables embedded cross-chain wallets for all players; it can also be used as a cross-platform device linking solution.

   2. Faraway ID, which acts as a federated identity solution across all products in our ecosystem. Both humans and AI Agents have their own user profiles with automatically created self-custodial embedded wallets.

   3. Faraway Checkout, which makes it incredibly easy for players to transact on-chain without worrying about the typical web3 complexity. The Checkout UI handles everything from minting to burning to in-app payments made in crypto or by credit card. The Developer Platform also supports gas-less transactions if the project wishes to sponsor gas on behalf of its users.

   4. Faraway Gamekit, which allows any project to build its own web3-powered virtual economy using battle-tested cross-chain smart contracts and developer tooling; all smart contract complexity is abstracted behind a suite of HTTP or GRPC APIs.

2. Faraway Creator Suite (Public Access; Live): Given the rise of the creator economy and its intersection with crypto for programmatic rev-share and multi-party payouts, Faraway built a set of tools enabling creators to monetize their creations. The Faraway Creator Suite contains the following key products:

   1. Creator Content Tools, which allows creators to upload, manage, and monetize their content across the Faraway ecosystem; currently supports the following content types: 3D humanoid avatars, 2D stickers, 3D vehicles, and 2D banners. This product powered Dookey Dash’s Creator Mode, and is leveraged by every game in the Faraway ecosystem.

   2. Creator Storefronts: which gives creators a customizable storefront to sell their content directly to their fans; creators are paid automatically via smart contract after each sale.

3. Faraway Shop (Public Access; Live): The Faraway Shop contains the following key components:

   1. UGC Shop, which aggregates all creator content from across the individual creator storefronts so that creators receive greater exposure for their content.

   2. Secondary Marketplace, which enables the trading of dynamic NFTs that frequently update their metadata.

   3. In-App Purchases & Web Shops, which enable projects to sell in-app purchases from their storefronts and receive payments immediately via smart contract.

4. FCHAIN (Permissionless; Perks for Partners; Coming Soon): FCHAIN is an EVM-compatible permissionless proof-of-stake Layer-1 blockchain built using Avalanche’s upgraded Etna architecture and consensus mechanism.

Any partner that contributes a portion of its token supply to F Nodes will receive free gas sponsorship on FCHAIN, VIP access to the Faraway Developer Platform, and premium features on both the Creator Suite and Faraway Shop. The Developer Platform VIP access comes with a sizable amount of development credits and hands-on technical support.

Ecosystem Flywheel

The F Nodes act as the starting point of the economic flywheel. The flywheel works as follows:

1. F Nodes Generate Multi-Token Yield: Each new project in the ecosystem (games, AI modules, accelerator deals, etc.) allocates a percentage of its token supply to F Nodes, creating a continuous stream of fresh token emissions in addition to the F token emission.

2. Node Rewards Drive Investor and User Interest: As F Nodes collect more diverse tokens - and thereby offer higher yields - investment capital (and users) are drawn to the network to stake in or operate nodes. Investors earning this yield are also incentivized to promote and fund new projects in the ecosystem.

3. More Funding Attracts More Projects: Investors earning yield from F Nodes are incentivized to bring new projects into the ecosystem given any inflow of projects only further boosts their own yields. Additionally, building within the ecosystem from a developer perspective is de-risked given the community/technical support and infrastructure readily available to them.

4. Flywheel Accelerates: Every additional project increases node rewards, which in turn attracts even more capital, supporting even more projects. This self-reinforcing cycle is the core economic flywheel fueling the F Ecosystem’s growth.

It is important to note that projects within the ecosystem may build on multiple chains. Given the F Nodes share in the token upside regardless of the chosen chain, whether or not the project chooses to exclusively build on FCHAIN is much less relevant.