0xMonaco Battle of the Titans with MatchboxDAO and Zellic

In 2022, Paradigm launched a CTF game called 0xMonaco. 3 players are in a race to the 1000 block finish line. Each car is armed with 15,000 coins which they can spend on acceleration or throwing shells to slow down their opponents. Prices adjust dynamically according to a variable rate gradual Dutch auction. Competitors submit Solidity contracts that manage these resources on their behalf.

MatchboxDAOis a blockchain gaming platform that has forked the original 0xMonaco competition, augmented it with more features, a rich 3D visualization, and live commentated Twitch Streams to reveal the results of the races.

On this episode I’m joined by MatchboxDAO Head of Product Natan Benish, Growth Lead Louthing, and Jazzy and Aaron from security firm Zellic, who found and exploited vulnerabilities in the most recent Matchbox Arena competition.

The platform that Matchbox is building is successfully drawing the attention and competitive spirit of the crypto dev community. This episode is also the first time that the Matchbox dev team and the Zellic hackers speak verbally, and it was a fun and ultimately heartwarming discussion. I hope you enjoy the show.

Links

sudolabel.eth’s explanation of 0xMonaco
Introducing MatchboxDAO: The Battle of the Titans
Introducing Matchbox Arena
Zellic’s postmortem