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- Forget cryptocurrencies. These are cryptocollectibles.Subscribe to our channel! http://goo.gl/0bsAjOEvery time you send something on the internet, it’s a copy. But using new technology, can we make digital goods that are... rare? That’s the question behind CryptoKitties, a new game to buy, breed, and sell digital cats on the blockchain. These cats are more similar to real-world collectibles like beanie babies or baseball cards than they are to cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin or Ethereum. In just the last few months, a whole community of third party sites and services has formed around CryptoKitties. And fans have spent more than $23 million playing along. All of this is made possible by the clever and surprising code behind the game. Vox.com is a news website that helps you cut through the noise and understand what's really driving the events in the headlines. Check out http://www.vox.com.Watch our full video catalog: http://goo.gl/IZONyEFollow Vox on Facebook: http://goo.gl/U2g06oOr Twitter: http://goo.gl/XFrZ5H
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What new pokemon game is this
not sure if i'm more impressed by the creators or disappointed by the consumers...
over priced adoptables
“Digital scarcity is brand new” Tell that to the people trading and selling items on steam for years and years, like rare counter strike skins.
Or... I can draw my own cat... It's completely unique, I can make it however I want and I spent nothing... Top that Neopets2018....
She looks like a cross between Natalie Portman and Eleven from Stranger Things. They must have bred her on the blockchain.
I am definitely not from this planet.
Yo. Artists have been doing something like this for years. These are just glorified adoptables/breedables.
I find it funny when someone does something that literally a bunch of people have done before and then all of the sudden it's new and innovative. There are no use for these. At least with most adoptables you can use the character and not waist a bunch of money on em. A lot are relatively cheap for what you're actually getting.
"Can a digital good be rare?"
EA
"Can a digital good be expensive?"
EA
she looks like a mix of Natalie Portman & Keira Knightley
deviantart adoptables
Me:that’s so dumb wtf
Me:
Me:*googles ‘cryptokitties’ and signs up to buy like seven*
Digital scarcity isnt brand new? People have been dealing with digital scarcity ever since TF2 had hats added.
Sounds like a money laundering scheme
This is absolutely silly, and proof that people will waste money on anything.
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I want one right now ☺️
Digital scarcity is not brand new... How did Vox miss decades of virtual economies in online games and digital collectible card games? I guess maybe this is a first for people who are thought of as non-gamers? But even crypto-currencies themselves can be treated as commodities, and their value is built off of digital scarcity. So annoying that this fascinating topic is being treated as "brand new" when it has been an important topic for roughly two decades.
So basically, deviantart adoptables become mainstream. Their idea isn't new, it's been around a while. The cats are pretty cute though, but you can't interact with them and dress them up like in petsites.
"Can a digital good be rare?"
Have you ever heard about Skins in videogames?
"They'll stop selling these rare collectible cats in November of 2018."
Hears this for the first time in 2019.
Me: "............Why......?"