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## An introduction to the dCity SIM token, the in-game currency of the Hive blockchain based, NFT city builder game.

The SIM token is the in-game currency of the blockchain game called [dCity](https://dcity.io/).

dCity SIM is a Hive layer-2 token, meaning you can not only earn it by playing the game, but also buy and sell it on any of the Hive-Engine front-ends such as Leo DEX and Tribaldex.

<center>![An Introduction to dCity SIM banner.](https://images.hive.blog/DQmXPwm4kZDCuTU8j77JHdstDprDdrm9UuxbyXmjxa9v2Mh/dcity-banner.png)</center>

Our [dCity SIM guide](https://leofinance.io/@crypto-guides/what-is-dcity-sim) is here to show you that this humble in-game token can also act as your gateway into the world of *gamified DeFi*.

Nothing shows that the lines between gaming and making money in cryptocurrency has blurred like the dCity SIM token.


### Introduction to dCity SIM
#### We introduce the dCity game itself and the economic driver making everything tick, the SIM token.

Before launching into this comprehensive guide to dCity SIM, let’s kick things off with a couple of introductions.

We start by introducing the game of dCity itself and then a tokenomics overview of the dCity SIM token around which this guide focuses.

Let’s go.

##### The dCity game
dCity is a *Sim City* style game that uses NFTs to represent the various pieces of infrastructure within your city.

Each dCity NFT card acts as a certain building, citizen or piece of technology that affects the makeup of your city.

All up, your dCity NFT collection is what makes up your city.

<center>![dCity NFT collection making up your city.](https://images.hive.blog/DQmZj1ZmrUGbV9n55EthwA744LJDC3vMDaR7g8GsxWg9ySp/dcity-game-bubbles.png)</center>

To effectively earn both a SIM and [HIVE crypto](https://leofinance.io/@crypto-guides/what-is-hive-crypto-hive) income playing dCity, your task is to optimise your city.

This is achieved by buying, selling, adding and removing cards to achieve the right balance for your city, across all of the various in-game metrics.

Depending on how it has been built, there are also events that will have either a positive or negative impact on your city.

Every change you make will have an effect elsewhere within your city, ultimately positively or negatively on your SIM income.

The dCity game is best described as being *a numbers game, but with the added randomness of society.* 

Or we like to simply go with *gamified DeFi* featuring the dCity SIM token as the economic driver that makes everything tick.

##### The dCity SIM token
As we touched on above, the dCity SIM token is the in-game currency of the game itself.

dCity SIM is a Hive layer-2 token, meaning you can not only earn it by playing the game, but also buy and sell it on any of the Hive-Engine front-ends such as the [Leo DEX](https://leodex.io/market/SIM).

When you play the dCity game, you’re able to buy 1 randomly generated NFT card for either 4 HIVE or 800 SIM tokens.

Doing some quick math, what this means is that 800 SIM x 0.005 = 1 HIVE.

This is the basis for what we’re going to refer to as a *soft peg* for the dCity SIM price.

It’s not a true peg because there’s nothing defending it other than that simple equilibrium point that when the price of SIM dips below 0.005 HIVE, encourages SIM to be boat off the market to buy cheap cards.

The other aspect to this soft-peg comes in the form of in-game income taxes.

The income tax level varies, based on the average SIM token price over the previous 3 days.

This means that when the SIM price goes down, this tax should go up and decrease inflation.

The opposite being the case when the SIM price goes up.

Now take a look at the SIM chart below and you’ll see something quite interesting.

<center>![The dCity SIM token price from Leo DEX.](https://images.hive.blog/DQmYynFZjoE3FnWktG6zMRC5dsqMYFtCStH1CaHHN1qY3LZ/dcity-sim-token-price-from-leodex.png)</center>

That’s right, SIM is on sale, trading *WAY* below the 0.005 HIVE peg.

With the equilibrium point this far from the peg right now, an assumption can be made that new purchases have slowed right down and established players continue to dump their SIM at whatever market price they can get.

Even with income taxes in the 90-100% range, SIM continues to be dumped on the market and there’s just nobody there to soak up that supply.

But this is a trend that can’t last forever.

In the midst of a popularity explosion for play-to-earn games, will we see soon see demand for new NFT cards increase?

If we do, we will quickly see the dCity SIM price rip higher as the equilibrium point is pushed back up toward the soft peg.

Only time will tell.

In the meantime, let’s get into the meat of this [guide to dCity SIM](https://leofinance.io/@crypto-guides/what-is-dcity-sim).

Best of probabilities to you. 


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**Direct from the desk of Dane Williams.**

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