Thanks to the inception of smart contracts, we can now enjoy decentralized gambling in a provably fair way. I've used a few gambling dApps in the past, and the experience was great. Except now that dApps charge high gas fees (on ETH) due to increased network congestion. But with L2 scaling solutions and alternative chains, this should no longer be a problem.
Do you think decentralized gambling dApps will eventually replace their centralized counterparts? If not, why? Which do you prefer? Centralized or decentralized gambling? Your input would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
The downside of decentralized gambling is the fees, and the wait time for a blockchain confirmation for every bet one places, imagine playing a slot game and you have to wait for your spin transaction to be confirmed on the blockchain before you make another spin, and each you spin, you pay a fee for transaction confirmation on the blockchain network, this is not only time consuming, but also, you may likely end up spending a lot of money on blockchain fees alone over time, most especially, if there is no win for a long time, so as to recoup the money spent on blockchain fees and bets as well.
This is the only downside I could think of when it comes to decentralized casinos and gambling.
Now, moving over to centralized casino, there are actually alot of downsides, but amongst all, I think the most that stand out is kyc, alot of gamblers hate being made to pass kyc verification, but still many do not have a choice but to comply, most especially when their funds is already at stake, this i believe is one for the reasons why some gamblers will prefer to gamble on decentralized casinos where kyc is non existence, and funds immediately are are deposited to their wallet any time there is a win.
Overall, I will prefer decentralized casino over their centralized counterpart, but unfortunately for now, decentralized casinos are still developing, and currently lack a lot of features that usually ensures gamblers have a good gaming experience, in the future when decentralized casinos must have developed well enough, I think many will like and prefer them over centralized casinos, but this is not to say that centralized casinos will stop existing; No no, centralized casino will still be big, but decentralized casinos will be big as well, they both will co-exist, the same way decentralized and centralized exchanges are currently co-exising.