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Video games
The world's first blockchain game is Huntercoin,[1][2][3][4] a completely decentralised[5] MMOG[6][7] that runs on its own blockchain and allows players to collect coins on a map that can be sold for bitcoins.
A blockchain game CryptoKitties, launched in November 2017.[8] The game made headlines in December 2017 when a cryptokitty character - an in-game virtual pet - was sold for more than US$100,000.[9] CryptoKitties illustrated scalability problems for games on Ethereum when it created significant congestion on the Ethereum network with about 30% of all Ethereum transactions being for the game.[10]
Cryptokitties also demonstrated how blockchains can be used to catalog game assets (digital assets).[11]
- ^ Kraft, Daniel (2016). "Game Channels for Trustless Off-Chain Interactions in Decentralized Virtual Worlds". Ledger Journal. Vol 1 (2016). University Library System, University of Pittsburgh, University of Pittsburgh Press: 84–98. doi:10.5195. ISSN 2379-5980. Retrieved 2019-06-21.
Another very interesting situation where blockchains can help remove trusted parties is online gaming. This is pioneered by Huntercoin, which uses a blockchain to implement a multi-player online game world without any central servers.
{{cite journal}}:|volume=has extra text (help); Check|author-link1=value (help); Check|doi=value (help); External link in|author-link1= - ^ Darryn Pollock (2019-05-06). "Blockchain Technology Can Give Billion Dollar Gaming Industry A Decentralized Leg Up". Forbes. Retrieved 2019-06-21.
A lot was made of Huntercoin as far back as 2014 when it became the first real blockchain and decentralized strategy MMO game.
- ^ Sadie Williamson (2018-09-11). "Blockchain — A Game Changer for Game Developers?". Hackernoon. Retrieved 2019-06-21.
This is a challenge encountered by the makers of Huntercoin, the worlds first decentralized (MMO) game.
{{cite news}}: hair space character in|title=at position 11 (help) - ^ Armand Tanzarian (2014-02-21). "Huntercoin: Earn BTC by playing online multiplayer game". Coin Telegraph. Retrieved 2019-06-21.
- ^ Andrew Wagner (2014-11-21). "Cryptocurrencies in Video Games: Preview Roundup". Bitcoin Magazine. Retrieved 2019-06-21.
Huntercoin is possibly the most decentralized video game on the market, and has been mention before on our site.
- ^ Sadie Williamson (2018-09-11). "Blockchain — A Game Changer for Game Developers?". Hackernoon. Retrieved 2019-06-21.
This is a challenge encountered by the makers of Huntercoin, the worlds first decentralized (MMO) game.
{{cite news}}: hair space character in|title=at position 11 (help) - ^ Reuben Alexander (2014-08-24). "HunterCoin: The Massive Multiplayer Online Cryptocoin Game (MMOCG)". Bitcoin Magazine. Retrieved 2019-06-21.
HunterCoin (HUC) is a fork from Namecoin and was the brainchild of user SnailBrain and the late user thecoder who helped make Namecoin.
- ^ "Internet firms try their luck at blockchain games". Asia Times. 22 February 2018. Retrieved 2018-02-28.
- ^ Evelyn Cheng (6 December 2017). "Meet CryptoKitties, the $100,000 digital beanie babies epitomizing the cryptocurrency mania". CNBC. Retrieved 2018-02-28.
- ^ Laignee Barron (13 February 2018). "CryptoKitties is Going Mobile. Can Ethereum Handle the Traffic?". Fortune. Retrieved 2018-09-30.
- ^ "CryptoKitties craze slows down transactions on Ethereum". 12 May 2017. Archived from the original on 12 January 2018.
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