👨‍💻Functionality Overview

These functions collectively contribute to the operational integrity, functionality, and flexibility of the Pachinko protocol, enabling participants to engage with the protocol effectively while ensuring transparency, fairness, and efficiency in-game mechanics and contract operations.

Game Mechanics:

Functions that directly impact the gameplay experience within the Pachinko Protocol. These functions calculate key prices, provide real-time information on round status, manage player earnings, and handle transaction events, contributing to the fairness, transparency, and efficiency of the game mechanics.

Protocol Initialization and Management:

Functions responsible for the overall operation of the Pachinko Protocol. They activate the protocol contract, set up additional functionalities like pot swapping with other contracts, and configure round durations to ensure smooth protocol operation and adaptability to different gameplay preferences.

Contract Interaction and Fund Management:

These functions facilitate interactions with external contracts and manage fund-related operations within the Pachinko protocol. They handle tasks such as depositing funds into dividend distribution contracts, retrieving contract statuses, initiating or canceling migration processes, and setting up essential parameters for contract operation, ensuring effective contract management and fund distribution.

Function Examples:

• Price Function: This calculates the price a buyer needs to pay for the next individual key within the Pachinko Protocol. It considers various factors such as the current round status, estimated remaining time, and possibly other parameters like the total number of keys purchased so far. This calculation is crucial for ensuring fairness and transparency in the pricing mechanism, as it determines the cost for participants to acquire keys and participate in the game.

• Time Function: This provides real-time information on the time remaining in the current round of the Pachinko Protocol. It utilizes an on-chain count system to calculate the estimated remaining time until the end of the round. By offering this information, the function enables participants to make informed decisions about key purchases and other actions based on the time remaining in the game.

• Vault Function: This retrieves and manages the earnings of a player within the Pachinko Protocol. It considers various scenarios such as the round status and the player's winning status to accurately calculate and manage the rewards or earnings accumulated by the player. This function plays a critical role in ensuring that players receive their rightful earnings according to the protocol's rules and dynamics.

• Activate Function: This activates the Pachinko Protocol contract, allowing for the initialization of the protocol and commencement of rounds. It is responsible for triggering the start of the game rounds, ensuring that the protocol is operational and ready to accept participants' interactions. It serves as a fundamental step in launching and managing the Pachinko Protocol.