Topic: What the hell are Crypto kitties? - page 18. (Read 29805 times)

Okay, thanks for answering to my question. I got a transaction still stuck since more than 24 hours now.

As you said there is nothing to do about it then wait for the hype to settle down, what is going to happen if the hype does not settle down or if now as something like this came up more people would start to create something similar, wouldnt this lead to a total congestion that could possibly kill ethereum? This scenario really scares the shit out of me.

Isnt there a way to restrict such dapps somehow while Ethereum has no solution for its scaling issues?

Yap that's why. we still do not know what is happening now because there is no evidence published by etherdelta. seriously this is not normal why a big website like etherdelta is defeated by cat website -_- seriously i still don't understand. why ?!

I don't understand the mentality of those buying these Kitties. I mean what are they hoping for? Well never mind, those Kitties Devs are millionaires right now.

I'm afraid that if the developers of the ethereum do not kill these cats, then a lot of money will start to leave the system. This is a great opportunity to take advantage of this situation to other projects. I hate these cats.

I'm not sure about that. Just because the game ethereum becomes slow even etherdelta is also problematic. I was the first to hear about this and make ethereum become slow. Looks like I need to find more information about this.

Is this what is causing these delays that people are talking about?
If that's the case, how can their blockchain handle applications that requires 100x more capacity than this?

I think its good for ethereum, its the first blockbuster game to bring mainstream adoption to crypto. And it is ethereum that made it happen. Sure there is congestion but that is to be expected just like the internet had problems scaling. Transaction speed will get faster! Not sure why many people are so short sighted and can't see how great this is for Ethereum.

Yeah, that's true. I dont know, how it work. Movement price of etherum is very slow, at the moment. So many cryptokitties transaction in blockchain. Etherdelta's network so slowly, at the moment. You need to pay more gas, if you want to get normal speed transaction.

Crypto kitties show us that Ethereum needs more imrovements with their speed of transactions. Hope they make it better.

All my transactions are stuck pending

I don't know what Crypto Kitties are..but i think it's ridiculous that Ethereum has been almost freezed for two days because of this stupid kitties..
I am actually getting very frustrated because i can't move any of my tokens that i would like to trade.
Vitalik has got lots to do...if he really wants Ethereum to compete with other platforms like EOS that seems to be way better already.

Now i hate cats because of this annoying project. This meas a lot of devs will follow and we will be able to collect all kinds of stuff on blockchain.

if there is a desire to hold etherium I strongly agree on your thoughts.

initially I'm also very confused what it is cryptokitties, but after asking with my friend, I finally understand, cryptokitties is a game website where we can keep the cat and breed, the more unique motifs of our kittens, the more expensive also, the purchase through eth this also causes eth down because of the many pending transactions.

Don't think CryptoKittens were made with purpose of showing Ethereum scaling problems. It sounds too much like some crazy conspiracy theory to me. Nevertheless, I was totally taken aback. I was of course totally aware (like everybody else I suppose) that Ethereum has its limits, and those has to be addressed in the future if it wants to take its position as new fintech IT infrastructure. Yet, I thought we still have a year at least before we hit a wall.

Now it is a little bit scary, as congestion is again rising. It really screws over some good ICO's right now, and the worst is the fact that there is really no other solution to the problem except to wait till the CryptoKittens hype (and traffic) will go down. Just sit and wait... annoying... I am also suprised that market didn't react and ETH price didn't went down.

This thing is crazy! Just heard about this. Thanks for clearing it up!

Cryptokities is the new ETH Dapp which has broken the records of all previous ETH Daps or maybe all crypto based daps too! It's basically a blockchain version of Neopets; where you buy, breed and sell virtual pets. Some kitties are indeed selling for 250+ ETH. Even the starting price is currently around 0.03 ETH. I have been in this game from the starting (launched on 28th November) and I must say the experience is just awesome. The game is highly addictive. You will need a metamask addon, some ETH (around 0.1 ETH for an average start). Also this game is currently available on computer only and not other devices like smartphone, tab etc. But before you enter, do know that every major action like breed, buy, sell, gift etc. costs ETH fees. And since the ETH fees is currently going around 30 GWEI, you might easily lose all your funds in transactions if you are not calculating.

And fun fact, Cryptokitties is currently responsible for more than 25% of ETH transactions and almost solely responsible for the congestion you are experiencing on ETH network.

Some people are saying Cryptokitties should be banned, but they are so naive. Just think about it, if 1 viral Dapp can cause so much issues, how do you expect to handle the traffic if you want everyone to be a part of the crypto world. At least this Dapp opened the eyes of ETH devs that they need to implement upgrades and that too soon!!

Guys dont you think that this kind of stuff was made to show off the weaknesses of the current ethereum eco system? Im tempted to think it was, it clearly shows us that Ethereum blockchain is not ready to scale for mass adoption.

So it is a new game whre you can buy cats for ethereum and breed him. Looks easy, we will see how it will be soon, i believe it do not change ethereum market

Think of these rather unpalatable cartoon kittens as unique digital Pokemon cards. The game's developers describe them as "breedable Beanie Babies", each with its own unique 256-bit genome.
The CryptoKitties game accounts for over 10% of network traffic on Ethereum. As traffic increases, transactions become more expensive to execute quickly.