What is Echelon Prime?

The Echelon Prime Foundation is an ecosystem dedicated to advancing the next generation of Web3 gaming. It is community-led and open-source driven, aiming to provide a fair and sustainable economic system for both game developers and players. At the core of the ecosystem lies its native token, PRIME, which serves not only as a medium of exchange but also as the key to community governance.

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The role of the core token PRIME

PRIME is a multifunctional token within the Echelon Prime ecosystem. Users can earn PRIME through in-game actions (Play-to-Earn), and it can be used to pay for game-related expenses, participate in governance voting, or acquire specific assets.

The use cases of PRIME include:

• Gameplay rewards

• Ecosystem governance (voting, proposals)

• Ecological expenditure (“PRIME Sinks”) such as purchasing NFTs, participating in events, etc.

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Echelon Prime’s Main Gaming Projects

Parallel TCG: Science Fiction Card Game

Parallel TCG is the core game project under Echelon, which has now entered the public testing phase. It is a card game that integrates strategy, deck building, and Web3 assets. Players can earn PRIME by winning ranked matches.

THE FOLLOWING FACTORS WILL AFFECT THE AMOUNT OF PRIME EARNED PER ROUND:

• Ladder Rank

• Keyframing for specific keys

• Do you have Avatar

• The number of NFTs in the deck

• Winning streak count

Up to 5 PRIME rewards can be obtained daily.

Parallel Colony: AI cooperation simulation game

Parallel Colony is a sci-fi themed simulation management game, where players will cooperate with AI Avatar to jointly manage an alien mining colony.

Each Avatar has an ERC 6551 wallet that can automatically trade, manage assets, and interact with other semi-autonomous agents. The game is still in development but embodies Echelon’s forward-looking exploration of ‘AI + Web3 games’.

PRIME Acquisition and Utility Mechanisms

Echelon has designed the ‘PRIME Sinks’ mechanism to make tokens not just an inflationary tool, but a means of recycling. Whenever players use PRIME for game-related expenses, the tokens will be reallocated to multiple funding pools:

• Gameplay Pool

• Sink Creator (Content Creator)

• Echelon Foundation reserves

• Prime Drives (Boost Props Pool)

• ParaSets (Deck Support Pool)

This mechanism can effectively control inflation and incentivize ecosystem participants.

Community governance and decentralized proposals

Echelon is a highly decentralized ecosystem, where anyone can submit a proposal by paying 2 PRIME. Proposals must have the following characteristics:

• Executable, verifiable

• Beneficial to the community, non-profit

• No discriminatory or offensive content

The pass rate for voting needs to reach the circulation threshold of 11%, all voting is completed on the Snapshot platform, 1 PRIME = 1 vote. In addition, there are community representatives Emissaries Prime (EPs) in the ecosystem, elected by PRIME holders, responsible for promoting ecological reforms and maintaining governance order.

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PRIME Distribution and Unlocking Mechanism

The token distribution mechanism of Echelon Prime is transparent and diverse. Here are a few key data:

Caching mechanism (2022-2023 years)

A total of about 15.7M PRIME tokens will be distributed, allocated according to different pools:

• Prime Key: 11%

• ParaSet: 2%

• Masterpiece: 0.77%

• Catalyst Drive & The Core: each 0.17%

Prime Events Distribution

Distribute 10 million PRIME to card collectors through 5 snapshots, with about 7.9 million successfully claimed.

Unlock Plan (Unlocks)

Two types of locked tokens are being unlocked according to a linear plan:

• Parallel Studios Reserve: Starting from June 2025, approximately 438,000 PRIME will be unlocked monthly

• Studios Investors: Starting from July 2023, approximately 750,000 PRIME will be released monthly.

Unlock details can be found on the official website echelon.ioView up.

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PRIME Market Performance

In the past month, the PRIME token has been affected by the overall market and is generally in a downtrend. On April 9, 2025, the price is around $2.95. Please trade carefully and be aware of the risks. Click the link to trade PRIME tokens spot on Gate.io:https://www.gate.io/trade/PRIME_USDT

Conclusion and Outlook

Echelon Prime is not just a Web3 game project, but also a sustainable, multi-party participation on-chain gaming ecosystem. It revolves around PRIME, connecting players, developers, and communities through transparent distribution, flexible governance, and innovative gaming experiences, jointly building the next generation GameFi world. For beginners interested in Web3 games, Echelon Prime is a project worth paying attention to. In the future, with the continued development of Parallel TCG and Colony, the Echelon ecosystem will unleash more potential and may also become a key driver of the Web3 gaming revolution.