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Video game integrating cryptocurrency or NFTs

Video games can include elements that use blockchain technologies, including cryptocurrencies and non-fungible tokens (NFTs), often as a form of monetization. These elements typically allow players to trade in-game items for cryptocurrency, or represent in-game items with NFTs. Blockchain games have existed since 2017, gaining wider attention from the video game industry in 2021, when several AAA publishers expressed an intent to include this technology in the future. Players, developers, and game companies have criticized the use of blockchain technology in video games for being exploitative, environmentally unsustainable, and unnecessary. Wikipedia →

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  1. Read the overview: Blockchain gameA 5-minute orientation
  2. Skim a recent paper: Energy trading scheme based on consortium blockchain and game theoryInfluential work since 2022
  3. Pick up a classic book: Hands-On Blockchain Development in 7 DaysThe most-reprinted book on the subject
  4. Read the landmark paper: A Survey on Blockchain: A Game Theoretical PerspectiveCited 156 times
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