What is play-to-burn?

Play-to-burn is a model where the act of playing a game permanently destroys (burns) tokens instead of minting new ones. In BaseGold, in-game purchases, mine plots, ETH-funded treasury buybacks, and competitive seasons all route BG into permanent burns, so gameplay reduces the circulating supply.

Can the games create new BG?

No. The BG contract has no mint function, so no game mechanic can create new BG. BG spent in the shop is burned in full.

Which BaseGold games burn tokens?

BaseGold's ecosystem includes The Mine (idle/active mining with a shop that burns 100% of BG spent), InstantBurn (an ETH-funded treasury that market-buys BG and burns it), and Season 3: WAR (a competitive season where treasury proceeds buy and burn BG).

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Play to Burn: How BaseGold's Games Burn BG

By the BaseGold Foundation · June 6, 2026 · 6 min read

BaseGold's games are built around spending BG, not minting it. The BG contract has no mint function, and BG spent in the games is burned. This article explains how.

What Play-to-Burn Means

In play-to-burn, the BG a player spends in the game is burned rather than recycled. BaseGold ties its 10,000-token supply directly to gameplay, so game activity and burns move together.

The Mine

The Mine is an idle-and-active mining game played with NFT mine plots, where you build up operations, chase upgrades, and climb the leaderboard. The key detail: BG spent in the in-game shop is 100% burned. Every upgrade you buy permanently removes tokens from the supply. The amount burned depends on how much players spend.

InstantBurn

Some in-game structures are bought with ETH rather than BG. That ETH lands in the InstantBurn treasury contract, which market-buys BG and burns it.

Season 3: WAR

Season 3, "WAR," is a head-to-head competitive season where players build defenses (walls) and launch attacks (catapults). Proceeds flow to a treasury that is used to buy BG and burn it.

In BaseGold's games, BG that is spent is burned. Upgrades and purchases reduce the 10,000-token supply; the amount depends on how much players spend.

How Much Gets Burned

Linking burns to games means burning does not depend on trading volume alone: the games, the shop, and the seasons burn BG on their own. The flip side, stated plainly: burn volume tracks how much the ecosystem is actually used, so a quiet month is a slow-burn month. To understand the full picture, see the six burn mechanisms that power the protocol.

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