The collapse of cryptokitties, the first big blockchain game

Re:The collapse of cryptokitties, the first big blockchain game by Kiro on Thursday September 15, 2022 @05:04PM (#32858437)

The fact that I can build upon CryptoKitties with no obstacle. If CryptoKitties was on a private database I would need to get access to their API and also trust them with the ownership/management of the assets. Now I can just build it on the blockchain and have people destroy CryptoKitties in my smart contract to get benefits in my game. No API functionality or permission from CryptoKitties needed.

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Re:The collapse of cryptokitties, the first big blockchain game by lottin on Thursday September 15, 2022 @06:03PM (#32859036)

So how does this open API works? Every time you use it you have to pay a third party?

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Re:The collapse of cryptokitties, the first big blockchain game by lmm on Thursday September 15, 2022 @06:38PM (#32859348)

You submit the action you want to do, anywhere in the ethereum network, and if it's valid (e.g. if you're running an operation that destroys a kitty then you'd better include a digital signature showing that you own that kitty) then it will be accepted and published. You have to pay a "gas fee" which in theory a) should be pretty small and b) is what pays for the running of that ethereum network. In practice under the current implementation those fees got to be big enough that they kind of killed cryptokitties, but this might be fixable.

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Re:The collapse of cryptokitties, the first big blockchain game by xboxnolifes on Thursday September 15, 2022 @06:38PM (#32859343)

What do you mean? All of the data is on the chain. It's a global "third-party" that everyone is a part of.

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