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Re:The collapse of cryptokitties, the first big blockchain game by JeremyNT on Friday September 16, 2022 @09:14AM (#32865652)
"Cost savings" is never a valid reason to use blockchain technology. It is and always will be inherently more expensive than running a normal database.

The only reason that users might be willing to eat that cost is if they believe they are "owning" an asset that will appreciate somehow (a la Cryptokitties). The second the thing they own stops appreciating, they stop paying to play.

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Re:The collapse of cryptokitties, the first big blockchain game by LoveMortuus on Friday September 16, 2022 @06:56PM (#32873084)
Do you not think that keeping the servers alive for the game that they love would be enough?

It would be for me and since many private servers exist for many different games, it is for others too.

This would, if it would be functional, just spread the burden of the server to all players.

In that sense, just by playing the game, you would be keeping it alive.

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