In Cellula, you only see an NFT minted and then mined. You may only see the superficial surface, and this superficial understanding may make you miss a good opportunity. The project invested by Binance and OK is definitely not as simple as you think.

Cellula is very different. It is mainly reflected in three aspects

1. What makes Cellula different

1) The computing power of NFT will continue to change.

The Cellula mining robot NFT is called BitLife. Its computing power may continue to increase, or it may return to zero, or it may increase first, then decrease, and then increase again, and oscillate repeatedly. The reason for this phenomenon is that the computing power of NFT is determined by the number of cells in BitLife. The increase and decrease of cells follows Conway's Game of Life: species may reproduce exaggeratedly or die.

If you want to understand this in depth, you need to have a deep understanding of Conway's Game of Life. I suggest you read

This science blogger's video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2lfVFOXzonY

Also read my other article https://twitter.com/riyuexiaochu/status/1780454891649126515

Of course, you don’t have to understand it, so just remember my conclusion.

2) The growth rate of NFT’s computing power is different

Even if the computing power of NFT is increasing, the growth rates may be very different. Mathematically, exponential growth, logarithmic growth, and linear growth are completely different. Although they can achieve the same computing power within 7 days, over time, they may differ by several times.

3) There may be some awesome NFTs out there

Cellula's NFT combination possibilities are as high as 240 trillion. It is impossible for someone to try all possibilities and get the best solution. The NFTs that users can test are only a very small part. So there may always be more powerful NFTs that you will discover. In fact, when I first started playing, the highest 7-day cumulative computing power of BitLife was 1.6 million, but in the past two days, BitLifes with 2.13 million, 2.09 million, and 1.97 million have appeared.

The initial mint NFT is composed of 81 grids, for the convenience of game users. The project party will split it into 9*9, each consisting of 9 grids, and then a BitLife will be composed of up to 9 bitcells. Those who have a certain data foundation know that there are only 2 states for each of the 81 grids, that is, life and no life. So the overall possibility is 2 to the 81th power, and the possibility is an astonishing 241.7 trillion trillion, which is 2.417 times 10 to 24 times. Such an amazing possibility reminds me of a story about a man who asked the emperor for a reward, and he only needed to put a grain of rice on each chessboard, and then each one doubled. Of course, the project party initially removed several possibilities, removing the combination with only 1 bitcell at the beginning, because most of these are dead ends.

We have only one goal.

Because the number of cells represents computing power, we need to find the BitLife with the largest number of cells in the end.

2 Some issues with BitLife store NFT

The NFT that Cellula can mine is called BitLife. Since BitLife has a huge number of possibilities, it would be very time-consuming and laborious for users to try to combine them by themselves, and the computing power of many NFTs may eventually return to zero. Therefore, Cellula officially set up a store to provide NFTs that are better combined by others (some may be researched by the project party itself), which has been configured with the permutations and combinations of bitcells, and users can MINT with one click, saving time and effort.

1) Let’s talk about some store data

First is the Recent Price, which changes in real time. This is different from other mining projects. Each BitLife is composed of bitcells. For example, the sum of the prices of 5 bitcells is the price of BitLife. However, the price of bitcells changes according to supply and demand. That is, if a bitcell is used by many people in a short period of time, the price will rise, leading to an increase in bitcells.

2) Why is the 1-day hashrate high for some blockchains, but the 7-day hashrate low?

In the 1D hashrate and 7D hashrate, you will find that the 1D hashrate is very high, but the 7D hashrate is low. That is based on Conway's Game of Life, the cells reproduce at different speeds, and some combinations reproduce quickly at the beginning, but then the speed slows down.

3) Why do some 7-day hashrates have high performance but low energy?

In the same way, DailyEnergy calculates the energy gain averaged over 7 days. If the computing power is low in the first few days, and the computing power increases very quickly in the following days, the 7-day average may be low.

4) Why is there a bitlife with the same 1D hashrate, 7D hashrate, and Daily Energy, but different prices?

Don't doubt it, just pick the cheapest one. These bitcells are exactly the same because these graphics can overlap after rotating through the center. In the infinite space of two-dimensional space, their development is exactly the same. However, since the cellbits that make up them also overlap after rotating through the center, their prices are different. So just use the cheapest one without any worries.

3 How to choose BitLife

For most people, it is a better choice to choose a robot from the BitLife store that has been verified. Then you can consider the following situations when choosing.

1) If you want to make a short-term profit (within 3 days), you can choose a hashrate with higher 1D hashrate and consider the price.

2) If you want to mine for a long time, then you should use 7D hashrate as the main reference data. This shows that the growth potential is relatively large. Among them, others have a relatively low 1D hashrate and a relatively high 7D, which means that there will be explosive growth in the future. For example, the research I did below.

3) Of course, 7D is not completely accurate, because they will continue to grow. If conditions permit, you need to use code to verify the final shape.

For example, below I use the tool to verify BitLife, and you can see that the final difference is also very large.

First, I checked the BitLife in about thirty stores and found that they would eventually reach a stable state. However, in fact, Conway's Game of Life has a form that increases forever. But the table in the Cellula game is limited to 9*9, which cannot meet the requirement. Whether a structure that allows cells to reproduce forever can be found within 9*9 is still unknown.

Secondly, as can be seen from the figure below, the final form of BitLife is also very different. Because only 7 days of data are given in the game, many BitLifes need 2 to 4 weeks to reach the final stability. The tool I used cannot reach the final number of cells. Perhaps the best way is to use tokens to achieve it. When I have time to try it, I will report the data results to you.