The Good Tech Companies - Safe, Fair, and Fun — How OpenThatPack is Levelling Up Collecting

Episode Date: August 28, 2025

This story was originally published on HackerNoon at: https://hackernoon.com/safe-fair-and-fun-how-openthatpack-is-levelling-up-collecting. OpenThatPack brings fairness and fun to trading cards with provably fair tech, global community, and seamless digital pack-opening. Check more stories related to society at: https://hackernoon.com/c/society. You can also check exclusive content about #openthatpack, #trading-card-collecting, #provably-fair-algorithm, #digital-pack-opening, #robert-wein-entrepreneur, #card-collecting-community, #fair-card-marketplace, #good-company, and more. This story was written by: @kashvipandey. Learn more about this writer by checking @kashvipandey's about page, and for more stories, please visit hackernoon.com. Launched in March 2025, OpenThatPack reimagines trading card collecting by merging digital pack-opening with real cards, fair pricing, and provably fair cryptography. Founder Robert Wein built the platform after a personal incident, ensuring safety, transparency, and no scalpers. With 5,000+ users already, it’s becoming a global community hub for collectors.

This audio is presented by Hacker Noon, where anyone can learn anything about any technology. Safe, fair, and fun. How open that pack is leveling up collecting by Kushvi Pondi. A young entrepreneur turns the trading card market upside down with transparency, technology, and community. Trading card collectors know the frustrations all too well, sold out packs, scalpers charging double or triple retail prices, and the risks of meeting strangers for face-to-face transactions. For Robert Wien, the problem became personal when his cousin was robbed during a Facebook Marketplace Exchange. That incident became the catalyst for creating a platform where collectors could enjoy the thrill of opening packs without the risks and frustrations common in the market. The result was open that pack, launched in March 2025, which is already being held

as a game changer in the collectibles industry. A digital twist on pack opening. The platform replicates the joy of tearing open a sealed pack, but in a digital first environment. Each virtual pack corresponds to a real pack in inventory. Users open them on screen, view the cards inside, and then decide whether to keep them with free worldwide shipping, or instantly resell them through the platform. The aim was to make collecting seamless and fair, with no resellers, no inflated prices, just guaranteed access, ween says. Technology that guarantees fairness.

Open Thapack's innovation goes deeper. than e-commerce. It uses a, provably fair, cryptographic algorithm, the same kind of system that underpins secure gaming platforms, to ensure transparency in every pack opening. Users can verify results themselves, giving confidence that the outcomes are random, tamper-proof, and unmanipulated. It's about building trust, Wien emphasizes. Collectors know that what they see is real. Building a global community. The platform has quickly attracted more than 5,000 users in just five months, entirely by word of mouth. Collectors post their big pulls on social media, trade cards, and join live openings. Planned expansions include tournaments, missions, and a community marketplace.

Industry observers note that ween has effectively turned commerce into entertainment. This story was distributed as a release by Cush v. Pondy under Hackernoon's business blogging program. Thank you for listening to this Hackernoon story, read by artificial intelligence. Visit hackernoon.com to read, write, learn. and publish.