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Peter Molyneux is ready to disappoint us again with his latest game, a blockchain-based business sim (www.pcgamer.com)
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[–] Pons_Aelius@kbin.social 72 points 1 year ago (4 children)

a blockchain-based business sim

Sorry Pete but blockchain is so 2020. Everyone knows AI is the new hotness in tech buzzwords.

"Ownership and creativity take center stage as you get the chance to build and manage your business on your very own land!"

What happens if/when the servers your business is located on are switched off?

[–] all-knight-party@kbin.run 23 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Ownership and creativity exit stage left.

[–] Pons_Aelius@kbin.social 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

exit stage left

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[–] explodicle@local106.com 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If they use the blockchain as designed, there will be no central server to switch off - it's just running in a bunch of basements. They rarely do, though.

[–] Pons_Aelius@kbin.social 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

The person who stated this a while ago deleted their comment so the reply may not have made sense:

The blockchain does not contain the digital assets. it is just a ledger saying who owns the assets.

If the place the blockchain ledger points to no longer exists, the ledger is useless.

Same with NFT's, they are digital receipts that point to a web address, If the web address closes down, the NFT is useless.

For a real world analogy.

A deed (blockchain ledger) proves you own a house (digital asset stored on the game server). If the house burns down (game server is switched off), the deed still exists but it is useless as the asset it describes no longer does.

[–] explodicle@local106.com 2 points 1 year ago

An NFT doesn't need to point to a web address - the ape picture can be stored on the blockchain too.

So on the case of a game, everyone can be running their own server, using a blockchain to keep the shared world in sync. There's no physical product to begin with.

[–] LillyPip@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago

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