Not so long ago, the video-game and cryptocurrency industries would have struck anyone as curious bedfellows. While the former was focused on entertainment, the latter sought to create a form of digital money to rival fiat. Where could the sectors possibly converge?
Despite its enormous success at the time, CryptoKitties, the first popular release to utilize blockchain technology in late 2017, did not precipitate an immediate influx of games developers and creatives, with the burn being far more gradual. Partly, this was a result of negative press surrounding the congestion the game caused on the overburdened Ethereum network, which did not then enjoy the breathing room afforded by the now growing number of layer 2 scaling solutions.