Topic: Gaming Is Key to the Mass Adoption of Crypto (Read 444 times)

I don't think that gaming can do anything with crypto. Most of the people playing serious games are young people which do not have money to invest.

I am not convinced that non Free Open Source games are all that suitable for use as components of larger systems such as crypto ecosystems.

I think there is great risk of non Free Open Source acting too much like Microsoft et al, deliberately breaking compatibility and so on.

Even before TCP/IP came along to supplant dialup BBSs (Bulletin Board Systems) I would look at things like Broderbund's "Art of War" and the lost potential of such a potential tool was horrible to see...

Unix-style operating systems seem to me to have the right idea, you make components that do one thing and do it well.

From that perspective, "Art of War" seemed it could be awesome if only you could "pipe" into it a battlefield set up by some other component (maybe a civilisation building game, for example?) and "pipe" the outcome of the battle back or pass it on to the next component in a pipeline.

I often have scoured the internet for free open source games and once found something that was just for drawing awesomely graphical space battles.

That was it, just displaying them! So it seemed intended some larger containing game would be used to do all the economics and logistics and politics and so on of why the battle came about and what ships each fleet consisted of. Like wow, something that looked truly intended to be used as a component, but unfortunately still in need of open standards maybe so the other components could pipe the scenarios to it and accept the results piped back in...

Still, I have managed to find ways to fit as many free open source online [hopefully-massively but often not all that massive] multiplayer games as I could find that actually worked together into a metagame. Better digital duct-tape to tape (pipe?) it all together would still be nice though.

All the various cryptocoin daemons are simply more components to plug in.

The original bitcoind and its clones and derivatives all are designed for easy use from shell scripts invoked from syscalls inside games - inside the server or inside a client (e.g. MUD clients), so for coins of that family integration can be very easy, making a bartender in a Crossfire RPG guildhouse enable crypto transactions for guildmembers is not really any more complicated than adding such abilities to an IRC-bot. Or nowadays presumably also a telegram bot...

I already noticed someone had made a telegram bot giving access to a MUD, with some kind of crypto involvement, now that TON is launched maybe it uses TON?

I have yet to come across though example shell scripts one could call from IRC bots or syscalls from games or gameclients to send from a certain character or address X amount of something to another character or address?

-MarkM-

EDIT in that last paragraph I mean shells scripts using other platforms than *coind or Open Transactions. I don't even have such for the HORIZON and Stellar platforms.

However, if we can bring this in gaming world  Mass Adoption of Crypto it would be a great game changing fact . The success with Mass adoption that would come with social media far beyond that off gaming area  , various aspects of crypto continues to grow, and get along adoption with many space . If this crypto blockchain system can be adopted indirectly
by gaming key its will bring a huge Mass Adoption of Crypto by far no doubt on it and things will happen surely a game changers for this industry of Gaming .

You have a point on that. A lot of percentage of population are hooked in social media, while players or gamers are not that big as compared to socmedia users. But the gaming industry is already a multi-billion dollar industry, so if crypto will penetrate the gaming industry, this will already be quite an addition to crypto adoption. And most players would find it easy dealing with crypto as they are already dealing with some gaming currencies. So I think, they will be one of the easiest to teach crypto.

Even there was no single gaming project that has already achieved a big result in crypto industry. i would say that it seems like if this is still impossible to be achieved. BTW, there was a lot of games already exist but none of them can bring massive adoption. The majority of users come from the crypto users itself.

I don't think so, if we are looking to leverage something that is done by almost everyone on the globe then it's social media platforms that we should really look at. I for instance, I ain't a gamer and so do many friends of mine. However, on social media like Facebook, Instagr and Twitter almost everyone interacts on these platforms. The success with global adoption that would come with social media far exceeds that off gaming.

Although blockchain gaming is a good way of attracting more users but I still think it has a long way to go. Developers needs to put in more effort to build games which will have comparable features with other games outside the crypto space. Yes gamers will be happy to get paid depending on the idea of the platform, and being on blockchain means there will be transparency but yet they need attractive games which will give them better experiences than what they are used to. Also, in as much as blockchain gaming is gaining more attention I also believe other ideas and use cases are trying their possible best such as betting, e-commerce etc.

You have a point here but gaming currencies should work only for it's use case which is (gaming only), for example we all know that binance BNB token is useless outside the exchange right? Because it was designed to be useful on binance exchange only

Well, it could be possible that gaming is the key for the massive adaptation of cryptocurrency since both are lying within the same discipline which is the technological advancement. It could be possible that gaming will be used to attract people to get into using cryptocurrency since almost all people around the world do know how to play at least one game online. There is already MOBA, MMORPG that people usually get into when playing games in which if we associate using cryptocurrency on playing those games can do a massive and maybe effective promotion on how cryptocurrencies can be used in the aspect of playing games since most of the games now uses digital currencies like e-load to purchase game related stuffs, then introduction of cryptocurrency will not be difficult since it is also a digital currency which is much more easier to use like a cashless currency. It would be a great idea to be made into reality combining cryptocurrency and gaming together to create massive adaptation which can benefit both parties in which gamers can acquire cryptos while playing games and cryptocurrency is massively adapted while gamers are playing games.

Cryptocurrencies, especially non-fungible tokens could become really helpful to this industry because rare projects from games will be really rare and you will know exactly how many tokens (items) exist, who owns it and so on.. 

I totally agree with you mate, gaming industry is a huge market  that is growing with each passing day, the dedication of gamers around the world and their readiness to accept innovative concept and ideas that will bring about a new sense of revolution to gaming industry is something to write home about. I think it's time for blockchain disruption to start targeting more of industries that will benefit greatly from the potentials of the blockchain technology and i assure you that the gaming industry is one of such industries.

i am not certain to have seen several gaming platform utilize crypto currency outrightly, because perhaps i rarely play games
But the gambling world, casinos has definitely promoted crypto currency, we now have diffrent gambling platforms that lets users stake with bitcoin, we also have few casino platforms that does that.

If crypto currency can be added to gaming, then the list of adopters, is gonna increase immensely.

There will definitely be more adoption of crypto if video games can start using coins or tokens to get upgrades instead of useless in-game coins, games like arena battle, PUBG, DOTA etc will be awesome u can really earn from playing

If only the developers could make it possible to use or integrate it in commercial use for gaming it then blockchain technology would probably get into the new height. Get it into the majority of the gamers, like DOTA, LOL, or any e-sports events where the blockchain or crypto assets will be in mainstream.

I think truly, gamers or better still gamblers are a superb tool in the crypto curency space, but their importance should not exaggerated.

I think less than 20% of people in the world are gamblers, and from that 20% i can tell than more than 90% of them prefer to gamble or play their games in fiat, cash so that they can get their rewards almost instantly.

Hence, lets leave the mass adoption of crypto to grow steadily as countries continue to legalize crypto currency

I agree like crypto as a collectible is good and have potential however isn't it ejin project is trying hard to make usecase for its enj token. Erc1155 tokens require you to have enj transfer fee aside for ethereum gwei gas fee.

Agree with you, but the main aspect of crypto is not related to the gaming platform, only a few companies are majorly exposing cryptocurrency will be elaborated based on the gaming sectors. Entertainment is the major task and playing an important role in cryptocurrency, gaming is not the major adoption for the cryptocurrency.

It is true. since last 2019 the number of crypto gamers users has continued to increase, so I think this will be the green spear for crypto prices. the number of gamers users who continue to grow day will easily restore the price of crypto. but seeing the current condition with the spread of the corona virus, many crypto users are turning around and prefer to support medical crypto platforms and programs. maybe they think if this program is successful many people will be helped by the budget for the success of this medical crypto.

The essence of cryptocurrncy is adoption, application, and its impacts locally and globally. Another sector of adoption of cryptocurrency is the face of shop payment, using cryptocoin for shopping,, example of such is Alibabacoin, reckoons, Edcoin used mainly for shopping, and many more. But the greatest adopted one is the gaming section, people needs entertainment, prediction and trial,betting with crypto coin now makes it easy.
Gamblers in Africa here says, "Real bettors never quit but quitters never win" the statement had gummed them in gambling hoping to win someday.

We should have realized before. the sector in the gaming industry is very potential and considering this is the entertainment problem of someone who has been addicted (gamers). every human being definitely needs entertainment, in the game industry especially, someone is willing to spend their money only for in-game purchases and now gaming is a hobby that some people cannot leave. I think or my assumption if a famous game developer adopts blockchain technology, this is no longer a joke, it will definitely have an impact and explode, especially Bitcoin. and considering that today, there are still many lay people and do not understand what bitcoin and blockchain technology are. maybe if the introduction through the game industry will have an impact and crypto trends improve.

The problem with gaming is that it is stuck to a certain type of user. Look at Bitcoin for example that grew as a gaming currency but later only when it became adopted by merchants and was used as a means of payment that it truly developed. Even you can see with all the types of ingame currency in existence none have made it out of gaming world,,, because gamers do not go out to use their precious game currency to buy coffee;)

I think it should've been done a long time ago. I remember when Steam used to accept BTC as payments, but it suddenly didn't, and it's kind of sad. I think if it didn't stop supporting bitcoin, a lot more people would be involved with using Bitcoin as a mean of transactions. I think almost all gamers would be familiar with Bitcoin but not technically using it because they haven't thought of how to use it or how to obtain it. With the Gaming community to back Bitcoin up, I think it would be beneficial for the Bitcoin users in general and the widespread adoption.

Gaming is becoming a trillions of dollars business now and I think if there is a project that is able to hold famous game developers, I think that will be in demand by investors. But in my opinion the adoption of crypto began several years ago when in Japan restaurants were able to accept Bitcoin payments

The evidence is pretty good but it's not convincing. You know, when people talk about cryptocurrencies, people think about money laundering and manipulation, so many countries are blocking crypto in every way. We cannot combine crypto to help gamers pay for the service. it will cause a series of mistakes in the future, businesses will abuse this to launder money and lead to a broken economy. Therefore, I still do not support when allowing people to use crypto to pay.

I have a different opinion about this issue, I don't think gaming would be the key to the mass adoption regarding cryptocurrency, This would bring a negative feeling towards this platform, day by day Blockchain is changing our financial sector so gaming industry is not a good source for the mass adoption, for me, It's a matter of credibility so when it's based on the gaming segment then people would take lightly for investment and trading purpose, I believe Cryptocurrency should retake its credibility and acceptability towards people and it will get automated mass adoption after that event.

That's amazing, i am just dreaming about dapps gaming and big gaming giants of our time like Microsoft and Sony, any possibilities of adoption blockchain into their platform will be mind blowing

gamers do use digital payments to make transactions in the purchase of goods in the game. plus most gamers already know the concept of crypto so I don't think it's difficult, and most importantly when crypto has entered the world of games en masse then we have to really guard it from fraud

Gamers who are very interactive with the internet and games will definitely help us to introduce cryptocurrency to different people and maybe this is the key what are we waiting for in order to get the mass adoption of the people and the government to the world of crypto.
Making gamers as a key to the mass adoption of the crypto is really good because gamers are the one who are interacting with the internet everyday so that they will simply understand what cryptocurrency is and if all the gamers are in that mindset I assume that the mass adoption will be very easy for us.

Agree but we need also a good track record on the market before this things will be happen since if the price will decline for sure the game developers will find this as un good option for them but if there will be a good stability happens then chances that we might gonna get a big boost on gaming industry since if the adoption between the two industries will give a good impact to the crypto ecosystem.

Games like cryptokitties and others are very addicting, earning and gaming on the go will make lot of sense for crypto adoption, i would like to see games like Pokemon go using blockchain and rewarding gamers as well

That is one solution because almost all gamers always make transactions using digital money to buy an item.
If we can apply crypto in one of the payment alternatives then it is possible that gamers will try to use it, let alone see the instant transactions that can be done by crypto .

Yes, it's undeniable that many individuals appreciated the convenience ways of using crypto in gambling. I can't say finally that it would be the key to bigger factor of crypto adoption, but chances are there that it's big contribution to the growing market of digital currency. That's not fast to commence, however with it's consistent demand, we will soon experience cryptocurrency's massive increase.

I have a dream for blockchain gaming and i hope it will come to past some day, imagine playing video games and getting paid in a coin or token when you beat a level? All those military sims like socom us navy seals and COD, getting paid for beating bad guys, gaming this way will make it more fun

Since you are into RPG genre you should check out decimated, its a blockchain game and the most well polished video game on blockchain, the graphics is identical to PC games like Gears of war in RPG format, and its survival game

This needs strong support from different gaming platforms in order to implement the use of cryptocurrency. These days, it was harder for different sectors to develop this idea about virtual gaming payment system. But maybe if one day, people would learn more advantage effect of crypto on gaming I guess that's more capable to be adopted.

Gaming can indeed help crypto adoption because i can see more interest in gaming than any other parts, gaming is fun and blockchain gaming looks interesting, if Xbox and playstation can start using blockchain gaming it will make lot of sense

Online games are popular right now. Different ages also play online games and I believe that gaming can really catch people's attention especially that most gamers are millennials and still young. They can easily understand and adopt with technology and changes. What more if crypto would be used in games. I don't think it's the key, but it's a way to get closer to mass adoption. We just need someone who can create a game that uses crypto that is also addictive.

Yes a lot of youngs are informed about the crypto and blockchain but lacks the will to initiate to start exploring cryptocurrency but the game could be a key so that they can adapt to cryptpcurrency, developers can make the game like how games are like in these days but the difference is you can earn real crypto and use crypto inside the game. The game should looks like it is explaning and doing a demo to the player about what you can do with your cryptos and i am quite sure they will not just be informed about crypto but they will adapt, they will become crypto enthusiast.

I have been a gamer before but suddenly stopped because of the loss of appetite for the one game that I truly love and also because of cheats.
Plus, the game is not about grinding anymore but more of about who is the richer could get those unbelievable rare items. It sucks.

But, if they could enhance it by using crypto currencies as means of trade then it might work.
Yes, the crypto market could boo with the help of games specially MMORPG's.
But it also needs a lot of development which might take a lot of time also securing the game which have real money inside.

it will be a huge things if the in game crypto could be cashed out to real world currency aswell, sort of second world where there is entertainment and fun but doesn't eliminate the opportunity of being able to earn some money there and I agree games nowaday are too boring it's so repetitive that it only suits the kids' taste. a breakthrough like that could possibly revolutionize the whole gaming world nad making it closed to the reality.

It would help the process to be more quicker and by using blockchain system there's a lots of tendency that it will integrate well from the gaming platforms. This target venue is big enough to take good effects from the industry, make things to happen will surely a game changers for this industry
to have more supports to received.

From various aspects of crypto continues to grow, one of them in a game play. the entire game world cannot be separated from life. entertainment is a good enough space to introduce crypto to everyone. crypto will indirectly be known from children to adults through game that are combined in the blockchain system.

I agree if gaming adopts crypto, like the RPG genre that has a lot of rare items to trade in cryptocurrency currency.
Isn't that good if there is such a breakthrough? There is already a hell like a knight story but the game is too simple and monotonous.

Currently, most in-game item purchases use digital tokens that can be purchased using fiat. But the long process and the high transaction costs have made gamers think again to make a purchase. Given the cryptocurrency have low cost and faster process, I agree that gaming is one of the keys to spread the mass adoption.

Games are the number one source of entertainment so its not shocking when blockchain incorporate this into games which can let users earned some btc. I saw a lot already especially on EOS blockchain and its working perfectly its just needed to improve more on live connection and dApp application where users can easily connect gaming into different sort of wallets.

actually in the concept of crypto games can dominate, especially if the game can benefit the use of the gamers. and most importantly the game can get the interest of many users and is also played by all walks of life from children to adults

But so many crypto based games are getting died, games is a good field to get the mass adoption as long as we have at least 1 HD attractive game that makes those users interesting about that.
So far, the games that already developed in the blockchain platforms just small games or mini games. i can't even see the differences between when that game doesn't exist and already exist in the market.
The majority of the game in blockchain can sustain for a long time but they are dead just a short term after the hype. We can take cryptokitties as an example.
The gaming in the blockchain industry needs more development and research.

Ever heard of ageofrust.games ? It leads to quite a few blockchain based games.
This one in particular has puzzles with crypto rewards  .

Gaming and gambling are two different things.

More likely to be an indirect adoption by allowing the developers into adopting crypto through the implementation of in-game currency. However, that's it. Games could probably increase the adoption significantly but it's nothing more than an in-game currency at the end of the day and it's nothing meaningful.

Gaming using crypto is not always gambling, there are games that reward the players with crypto and the implementation of crypto as an in-game currency for microtransaction and many more.

Crypto is suitable to be adopted in the gaming sector. Those gamers play almost every minute, every day. Developers can make crypto coins as the supporting feature in their games. We have already seen many examples on gambling or betting. Gamblers take advantage by using crypto coins. So, it should work as well for players.

 Cryptocurrencypto based games are the next level of gaming. A lot of new and interesting games are being released everyday. Through these games you can earn cryptos eventually you can earn money. Before crypto based games were launched it was not possible to make money online with gaming.

I don't think this is the right section for this topic, It may be in the gambling section.

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We can't deny that the uprising number of crypto gambling site help to brag people to adopt crypto. Actually, many gamblers are using crypto rather than using fiat money. For these instances, we can expect that crypto adoption will continue to increase and many people get curious about this thing sooner.

Gaming is a big industry, and this too has provided support for the growth of cryptocurrency through some means. Earlier the mass adoption has taken place as a result of immediate price pumping. As the generation and its activities changes, there is more ways for the growth and widespread of cryptocurrency network.

There are already a lot of games based on blockchian but none of them seems to be catchy to attract a lot of players. I think what you wanted to say was Esports gaming based on blockchain and Bitcoin rewards which is already a working product that attract a lot of new fans every day and even more we have a lot of altcoins project based on esports as well with some of them already making tournaments with nice prizes based on games , money and coins.

Undoubtedly, even if this is a small sector, the transition to blockchain means more space in terms of adoption. But is gaming a key? I am not sure. Because gaming is a sector where young people are mostly interested, and I do not think they are uninformed about crypto or blockchain. Instead continuing with a sector that is far from such innovations will cause to better results.

Bringing in gamers to the blockchain will be a huge win for Crypto, the gamers population is very enormous. It will be cost effective doing this.

I believe that every useful use case is good for mass adoption. When we attract gamers we bring to the cryptocurrency industry people that are skilled in using modern technologies, so they will not have difficulties with adopting on new crypto technology. 

We're on the era that people are giving importance to the gaming industry. Look at the different leagues and tournaments that held a huge prize pool for the participants. And with the integration of blockchain and crypto, this will become even wider.
Imagining that gamers will now have a way to earn from gaming and don't have to get into the professional scene by just playing those games that have the compatibility of genre for crypto just like the RPG games.

The fact that they give incentives to gamers who play the game by rewarding tokens like EOS and TRX is encouraging people go install the games. I am one of those who had already install a game that I like which were built on top of EOS platform. Played a bit and very interesting to see more users I find there doesn't have deep knowledge to EOS but are busy earning the token. ANd also on cointele article, I read some gamers earn rare items in the game and sell these items for ETH.

If you could get gamers on board with crypto thongs would erupt. It makes so much sense to involve gamers since the games they play often have live markets and things have value based on what players say. The currencies they use are often already digital and ar bought with fiat. The difference is that crypto would be an in-game currency you can spend out of the game which joins the realms of reality and virtual reality and giving them real-world value. People have been using digital currencies in games for years. It will be easy for them to understand crypto.

You're right. Adoption of the crypt will accelerate any of its implementation in some direction of life. When people realize that it can also be useful, it will help to spread it.

An entirely different energizing universe of significant worth is being coded into life right now by gamers. While it might be a long ways from the grand standards of banking the unbanked and bringing down the worldwide financial framework, gaming is outfitting to be an enormous power in the crypto space.

Addictively fun games will bring a totally different base of clients into the crypto economy. Gamers are a superb objective market for adoption in light of the fact that numerous gamers are a touch more well informed than the normal web client and will in general be more open to new thoughts.