Topic: Blockchain und Gaming (Read 750 times)

Ich muss jetzt aber ehrlich gestehen, dass sich der Sinn für mich nicht wirklich erschließt? Virtuelle Güter kaufen, handeln oder als Trophäen aufstellen konnte man ja auch schon in Second-Life, so ganz ohne Blockchain.

Hat nicht direkt mit Blockchain und Gaming zu tun, aber da sieht man mal, was da so möglich ist...

https://www.heise.de/news/Spieleindustrie-Microsoft-kauft-Bethesda-und-id-Software-4907190.html

Spieleindustrie: Microsoft kauft Bethesda und id Software

Microsoft will ZeniMax Media kaufen. Beide Unternehmen seien sich über die Übernahme einig, teilte Microsoft mit. Zu ZeniMax Media gehören zahlreiche namhafte Entwicklerstudios, allen voran Bethesda Game Studios und id Software. Die Übernahme wird Microsoft 7,5 Milliarden US-Dollar kosten und soll in der zweiten Hälfte des Fiskaljahrs 2021 abgeschlossen sein.

ZeniMax Media ist die Mutterfirma des Publishers Bethesda Softworks, zu dem zahlreiche Spielestudios gehören – darunter Bethesda Game Studios, id Software und Arkane Studios. Laut Bethesda-Manager Pete Hines wird die Übernahme durch Microsoft keinen Einfluss auf das Alltagsgeschäft dieser Studios haben.

Key Takeaways
Coincheck, a Japanese exchange, will offer support for Minecraft-compatible items based on Ethereum non-fungible tokens
These blockchain-based items will work inside the Minecraft game through Enjin's EnjinCraft plugin
The project is unofficial, but there is considerable overlap between the Minecraft and crypto communities

Minecraft players will be able to use in-game items imported from non-fungible Ethereum tokens. The feature will be rolled out with a third-party plugin from blockchain gaming company Enjin.

Minecraft and Cryptocurrency
This is not the first time that third parties have attempted to integrate Minecraft and cryptocurrency. Players have created unofficial servers that support Bitcoin payments such as BitQuest, MinecraftCC, PlayMC, and SatoshiQuest. Those servers reward players based on their activity, or reward players for finding items. Third-party developers have also created Minecraft clones such as Cryptovoxels and Craft.cash, which record land ownership on the Ethereum and Bitcoin Cash blockchains, respectively.

Minecraft itself does not have any official support for cryptocurrency, but that lack of support has clearly left room for fans to integrate cryptocurrency in creative ways.

das könnte interessant werden... Die Mojang Studios welche hinter Minecraft stecken, wollen noch in diesem Jahr in Kooperation mit der japanische Börse Coincheck und Enjin eigene NFT rausbringen.

Minecraft is set to launch its own NFTs before the year is out
This will be made possible thanks to an alliance between a number of top industry players.

Minecraft is set to launch its own NFTs before the year is out

Minecraft, a best-selling game and worldwide phenomenon, is about to make its debut in the non-fungible token, or NFT, business thanks to a partnership between two players in the blockchain industry.

According to the announcement, Japanese crypto exchange Coincheck and blockchain asset issuer Enjin have entered into a deal with Minecraft’s parent company, Mojang Studios, which will allow them to create NFTs for the popular game. These are expected to launch before the end of the year.

TheSandboxGame startet seinen SAND Token Sale via Binance Launchpad IEO:
https://twitter.com/binance/status/1290860302213369856

Ich muss jetzt aber ehrlich gestehen, dass sich der Sinn für mich nicht wirklich erschließt? Virtuelle Güter kaufen, handeln oder als Trophäen aufstellen konnte man ja auch schon in Second-Life, so ganz ohne Blockchain.

here is the story, note that this was actually about another point - trust and decentralisation.

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Since Everquest - I played MMORPGs mostly to "play to earn" (or whatever you want to call it) (they were actually funding my living expenses, holidays and funded an IT company I was setting up.


In the early days of Eve Online when i was hoping to get Rich in the next big MMO... I was transporting all my in game assets from one space station to another.. in a small/medium ship.

But I was attacked by the pirate group Moo. They blew me up and took all the stuff I had spent a long time building up.

I sent a petition in, telling them it's ruined my life and i dont' know what to do - kind of evil, and I was just trying my luck... they wouldn't budge on giving my stuff back (as I expected).

So I had pretty much nothing in the game.... the next day I decided to turn Eve on, and I logged into the Hangar bay of a space station..

And there it was.. some mining laser like no other. It was called a:

Nebilung Particle Bore Stream V.

A Tech 5 Mining laser of which no other existed in the game. Even now 15 years on (or whatever it is) there isn't anything like it. It was equivalent to having something like 11 of the best mining lasers of the time in 1. You could fit it to a heavy industrial transport ship and mine all day.

How did it get there? The only thing I could think of was the Customer Support or developers felt sorry for me... so they give it me.

I was too scared to use it in case of getting killed and it getting stolen (or destroyed).

I found someone to trade it with - I swapped it for 3x Armageddon Battleships. These battleships were worth about £300 each in Earth value.

I then sold the 3 battleships (for isk). And sold the isk.
I then found someone selling cargo expanders (20%+) for around £7 each - these were very very rare and he wasn't selling them in open channels - They were worth 20x that in isk (guessing but wont let it ruin the story :smile: ).. so i'd buy them and sell them for isk and sell the isk...
From this event of getting the Neblilung particle bore stream V, I probably "earned" about $20,000 in less than 3 months (not massive amount but at the time it was :slight_smile: )
Further down the line I found out that the guy who was selling me the cargo expanders was "dupe-ing" them using a trick in space were he jettisoned them and repeatidly dragged them back and forth between 2 cargo pods.

There were so many of these expanders in circulation their value had dropped signficantly...

Regarding the Mining Laser - This laser ended up with the biggest corp of the time, TTI... there was outrage on the forums about how they could of got this item that is insanely powerful (overpowered).
CCP eventually made a statement stating that - one of their polaris ships self destructed outside a spacestation and someone collected it.. and it also then became apparant that there were 2 in circulation. CCP took them off the players/corps and gave them a tech 2 blueprint for a mining laser.. this is what brought tech 2 mining lasers into the game.

I mentioned this story to Hilmar (CCP) at the blockchain gaming summit in Lyon.. and he knew all about it, except, he was told by his CS that what they wrote on the forum was the real event.. not that they just gave the item to someone for free.. He said he's been lied too.. but did see the amusing side of it as it was so long ago.

probably a lot of stuff online if you google "nebilung particle bore stream V"
Essentially I got an ultra rare item for free, and a load of other items values got screwed over in the space of a couple of months (due to so many entering circulation).
How does this relate to blockchain?

If you have a centralised game in which the assets are on the blockchain but acquired through gameplay (server/dev decides who gets the items) then this is open to corruption. Someone could give their friend or themselves ultra rare items for free and no one would know if it was acquired through time, skill, gameplay etc... essentially decreasing their value.  A Priceless one of a kind item is going to be worth less once more start entering circulation.. is it fair that some dev can just cause that?
And/or if your assets are sold in a dev store (or presale) then no one knows if you are buying them yourself (essentially dupe-ing them, even if there is a limited supply visibly in the chain - more are getting pumped into the market, unfairly.

In the end, I think "how crypto assets are acquired" is an important subject.

We call it Human Mining and this is what we focus on in our games. Acquiring cryptocurrency / crypto assets through gameplay in a provably fair decentralised way. Or, distribtion of crypto through gaming.. so essential play to earn (but agree earn is a big word depending on how successful you are at making money playing games).
Players are buying others peoples time (and provable) in the game for the assets they acquired. not from a dev store.

If you add trust in the links at any point then it hurts the value. Obviously there is a balance.. if the game is shit because blockchain is slow, then this can have a more negative affect than sticking some trust in there

Gaming Protocols Lure Mainstream Interest

TRON/WINk – Billed as the ultimate content and multimedia entertainment blockchain, Tron has made vast strides this year thanks to both entrepreneurs using it to build apps and the Tron Foundation’s own funded efforts. There are hundreds of decentralized applications using Tron as a host, and these include one of 2019’s hottest, WINk. WINk is a popular gaming blockchain built on a unique two-token system: Tron’s TRC20 and Binance’s BEP2 protocols. WIN holders on both chains can stake to support the P2P platform’s games and earn tokens that can be used in the ecosystem. According to DappRadar, WINk is currently among the top-10 most active dApps.

Tron is at a pivotal point in the history of its own blockchain after acquiring the infamous file sharing platform BitTorrent and amid rumors of a forthcoming acquisition of Steemit. Moreover, its CEO Justin Sun also recently inked a deal for Korean tech giant Samsung to integrate Tron into its Galaxy smartphone’s Software Development Kit. Regarding the deal, Sun said:

    “I believe it’s very significant considering Samsung’s large user base, in which billions of people around the globe use their products every day. This gives individuals the opportunity to store TRX as well as TRC10 and TRC20 tokens in their wallets. One can also use these currencies easily to interact with all the dApps built on the TRON and Samsung platforms.”

"The Sandbox  - Second LAND Presale Round" ist jetzt live:
https://medium.com/sandbox-game/the-sandbox-second-land-presale-round-now-live-1a3c20acc0be