H3RO3S CEO: Play-to-earn should pay for real-life tasks, not screen time

Ashton Addison: What is H3RO3S, what was your vision for it, and what problems are you trying to solve?▶ 00:21

Gregory Crous: H3RO3S is the first real-life play to earn we've seen. With the metaverse boom, everyone is excited about living their life in a new reality. I think it's a great movement and we fully support it. But we are all people, and our lives depend on the real world. We have to eat, we have to sleep, and we want to meet people. Humans are social, so we want to encourage people to become the best version of themselves by fostering their talent and receiving rewards for helping others.

Ashton: How is real-life play to earn different from traditional blockchain gaming?▶ 01:24

Gregory: Normally with play to earn you're on a computer or your phone playing games, and you receive money for certain things. H3RO3S is more focused on the social side. You use your phone to connect with people and do tasks for one another, and while doing that you develop your talent. Say you're a student who needs someone to review an assignment before it goes to your professor. You'd hire a tutor or ask a friend, but if I offered a friend payment he'd say no, because he's a friend. With H3RO3S you can reward people with crypto for things they'd do in their day-to-day life. That could be taking someone as a plus one to a party, playing soccer, or having a chat with someone about what they're going through.

Ashton: Where is the platform today?▶ 03:33

Gregory: I have a huge smile on my face, because this idea started in my head, then went onto a piece of paper, and now it's real. The coin launches imminently, and we're releasing the app in stages. The app launch starts in the first quarter of 2022. There are 45 different talents and over 100 tasks. People find out what they're best at. We don't limit anyone to one talent or superpower. You can add talents as you level up, or start over if the one you chose doesn't fit you. It's really focused on the individual's journey and how they explore themselves in their social surroundings.

Ashton: Will the H3RO3S coin be the primary way people get paid, and what else does it do in the ecosystem?▶ 05:22

Gregory: At an event in Monaco, it was mentioned that around 150 million people are aware of crypto or are crypto users. So where are the rest of the eight billion? We want to introduce crypto to everyday people while keeping the platform safe. Users are required to complete KYC. That lets us know who is on the platform and take the necessary steps if something happens, and it also lets us introduce the H3RO3S wallet. We're planning to launch the app in the UK, which has 4.5 million students, and there are 600 million students worldwide. The token is the main incentive for people doing things for each other. Users can upgrade the character they create by purchasing NFT items, and in-app purchases are based on the token, which increases its value. We also have an NFT marketplace where creatives can upload their art, paintings, music, videos and movies, mint them, and decide the price and how many to mint. For students leaving school for university, finding yourself can be scary. Being able to try new things and be rewarded for them gives a certain security.

Ashton: Are you only building the NFT marketplace, or creating your own NFTs too?▶ 09:56

Gregory: My view is that if we take care of the community, the community will take care of us. In H3RO3S you create a character that you play in the metaverse, but you are the person playing it in real life. That's the beauty of it. I wrote a 30-year plan, a 52,000-word book with a whole list of apps, inventions and upgrades. Our job is to read market demand and bring these updates to the community. What I can disclose now is that there are quite a few opportunities for people to upgrade their experience on the platform, and we also have merchandise NFTs. There will be opportunities to play your character in the metaverse, but that's a little further down the line.

Ashton: How can viewers follow along and get involved as the platform launches?▶ 12:21

Gregory: The best way is through our Telegram and other channels. We also have two Instagram accounts, one for the app and one for the coin. The token launch is happening in the next couple of days, so that's the main thing people can take part in. We're partnering with very strong names, which I can't announce yet. I'm very proud of what we've achieved so far. Something that was in my head is now real, and people are hyped about it.