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Games and blockchain.

dalofs · 2018-10-26T23:37:54

I was wondering if people here are already using blockchain for storing in game items and points, etc. I was playing around with the syscoin blockchain. It let's me make my own tokens very easily, I can also make my own blockchain marketplace, the speed of transfering these tokens is awesome. I was wondering if there are people with experience in using a blockchain as central storage? More info about blockchain API's : https://syscoin.network/syslinks/ (check the API & Development resources) . It seems to me this could also be used for registering software (for people that buy a paid license). Is there already a place in the forums for this (I could not find it). What are you guys doing with blockchain? Happy programming.

Networking and Multiplayer Programming

Started by dalofs September 24, 2018 06:58 PM

13 comments, last by hplus0603 5 years, 8 months ago

Noel_Clarke

October 25, 2018 09:46 PM

I see the connection between the blockchain and the gaming industry only through using the first one to raise money for the development of a project in the form of buying a specific token.

hplus0603

11,919

October 26, 2018 03:29 AM

Why would you use a block chain to raise money when there is Kickstarter?

Block chains solve exactly one problem: How to reach consensus between multiple, disparate, actors, who do not inherently trust each other.

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Hodgman

52,718

October 26, 2018 08:59 AM

5 hours ago, hplus0603 said:

Why would you use a block chain to raise money when there is Kickstarter?

Block chains solve exactly one problem: How to reach consensus between multiple, disparate, actors, who do not inherently trust each other.

Because my Kickstarter will struggle to make $10k while my revolutionary block chain ICO will raise $10M ?

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hplus0603

11,919

October 26, 2018 11:37 PM

Two years ago, maybe. These days, not so much ...

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