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Re:Microsoft accepting Bitcoin by kordless on Thursday December 11, 2014 @02:05AM (#8733576)
The idea of being able to use Bitcoin in games is fairly mind blowing, once you start thinking about the possibilities. Build a house in one game, trade it for armor in another.
Re:Microsoft accepting Bitcoin by chuckup on Thursday December 11, 2014 @02:17AM (#8733594)
I think even more interesting is the idea of "colored coins" that represent actual items.

I'd start playing Magic: The Gathering again if the digital cards I bought were colored coins or counterparty-style tokens that I controlled, and could trade outside of the game.

If the game itself was open source and p2p, even better - there would be no worry of the company shutting down the servers/abandoning the game. The community could take over and make improvements to the client if needed. The initial creation of the game would be funded by selling the digital cards.

Re:Microsoft accepting Bitcoin by sublimecalm on Thursday December 11, 2014 @02:47AM (#8733675)
I have thought about this problem a bit especially with Wizards encountering forged cards from China. Honestly Magic and MTGO has been a ripe ground for BTC experimentation.

I think every card they print will eventually be represented as a member of a blockchain.

Re:Microsoft accepting Bitcoin by draaglom on Thursday December 11, 2014 @06:24AM (#8734210)
And then someone could create a site to exchange the (bitcoin-backed) cards!

But what could we call such a site?

Re:Microsoft accepting Bitcoin by capt_obvious on Thursday December 11, 2014 @07:13AM (#8734308)
Well, the obvious name would be "Magic the Gathering Online Exchange", but that's slightly long. I guess it should be shortened somehow?
Re:Microsoft accepting Bitcoin by celticninja on Thursday December 11, 2014 @08:26AM (#8734574)
I like your thinking, what about MTGOX? I know just the frenchman in Japan who could code it for us.
Re:Microsoft accepting Bitcoin by garethjenkins on Friday December 12, 2014 @03:48PM (#8742603)
Hey -- as per comment elsewhere in the thread, check out https://www.deckbound.com

We're (I'm the founder) doing what you've outlined. Though the Deckbound-specific games are proprietary, the APIs and services are open -- and you can use the Deckbound card identities to make your own games. Ultimately we plan on p2p game clients as well -- and are building on top of other projects to deliver that.

G.

Re:Microsoft accepting Bitcoin by kordless on Friday December 12, 2014 @11:34AM (#8740992)
You could even make the 'funding' method part of the game. I built this just to see if you could scan a code from in game, and it works!

https://vimeo.com/113431070

Re:Microsoft accepting Bitcoin by Sambdala on Thursday December 11, 2014 @02:24AM (#8733614)
Check out https://www.deckbound.com (project of a friend and business partner).

The initial concept is focused on Trading Card Games and built on the Bitcoin blockchain, but there are very interesting medium-to-long term plans that are very much in the spirit of what you suggested.

Re:Microsoft accepting Bitcoin by garethjenkins on Friday December 12, 2014 @03:50PM (#8742615)
Also checkout this hangout tomorrow for more discussion on games & blockchain stuff: https://www.reddit.com/r/xdp/comments/2ozqll/dogeparty_hango...