Kittens On the Blockchain Is NOT the Future I Was Promised
From Next Big Future, Dec. 2:
Kittens on the blockchain is the future nobody asked for
Cryptocurrency has an uncertain future, but the digital ledger
powering most of their transactions is here to stay. Granted,
cryptocurrency probably is too, but this isn’t meant to be a rant about
dot com-era bubbles — we can argue about it on Twitter thought, come at me.
The benefits offered by blockchain are numerous, and each passing day
brings an ever-more-creative way to use it. I’ll leave it to you to
decide if CryptoKitties is one of them.
CryptoKitties are basically 2017’s version of Neopets, only with a
traceable lineage. Using the same ledger technology that verifies Ether
and Bitcoin
transactions, collectors can buy, sell, trade, and breed their digital
kittens. Each kitten has a unique lineage and characteristics, such as
Kitty #25493, which looks like the bastard spawn of a Matthew Inman illustration.
If you can live the rest of your life knowing this is the kitten you
chose to spend your hard earned cash on, you can purchase the little
fuzzball for 0.2571 ETH ($118.46 as of this writing), that’s Ether in
case you haven’t been paying attention.
According to the website, each cat is one-of-a-kind, and solely owned
by you — unless you decide to trade or sell it to another CryptoKitties
enthusiast. Each offspring two paired cats produce is also unique,
there will never be another just like it. Which, judging by the looks of
a few of these creations, we’re sure is a good thing....MORE
Meanwhile last I saw $1.2 $1.3 million has been spent with one trade highlighted at Mashable:
...And on Saturday, a unique cat called the "genesis cat" was sold for 246.9 ETH, or roughly $117,000....
