The newest craze to hit the internet is CryptoKitties. Aiming to appeal to a broader mainstream audience, CryptoKitties packages cryptocurrency into a cute, adorable, kitten-like representation. CryptoKitties is a game centered around breedable, collectible creatures called CryptoKitties. Each cat is unique and fully owned by the user.
Unique Kitties can come in all shapes and colours
One thing that makes CryptoKitties so special is that it is one of the world’s first games to be built on blockchain technology - in this case Ethereum. Users can buy, breed, trade or sell their CryptoKitty and all this information is stored on the ethereum blockchain. Through this sales market, some cats are going for over $100,000 USD.
Users can select two Kitties to act as a "Sire" and "Dame" to breed new offspring
CryptoKitty Backlash?
However, it seems that it is not all sunshine and rainbows for the new game. Due to it's unexpected popularity, there is a massive clogging of the ethereum network and transactions have been slowed down as a result. There are currently over 20,000 pending transactions stuck and waiting to be processed at the time of writing. Not only does the increased traffic from CryptoKitties lead to a slow down in the network but it can also increase the cost of using ethereum as well.
The silver lining here is that public attention to ethereum and cryptocurrency in general have definitely increased. And with issues of scalability being highlighted for ethereum and other cryptocurrencies like bitcoin, this might be the tipping point to hasten developers into finding solutions for the problem.
Well at least we know that with the Steem blockchain we won't get any clogging of the network!
True. These network issues with projects such as Ethereum and Bitcoin make Steem more attractive
Steem tps is much
Ethereum has some work to do. Thanks for the info.
I'll wait for SteemKitty's...
This sensation is so crazy, but I love the attention its bringing to the community, and the idea that introduces people to cryptography, crypto-wallets, blockchain, Ethereum and all that introductory knowledge is really needed. Particularly since we have such an explosion in newbies in this space.
Even myself, I am learning a lot about ETH and how its transactions work through this new game.
Thanks for the post.
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I love my cryptokitties very much.
This Game is Addicting ... and it doesnt even work well at all : (((
i blew so much gas already without any action
Sheesh CryptoKitties huh? Crazy how much all of these crypto currencies are slowly but very efficiently sinking it's claws deep into the entire world's economy. Billions of people using cryptos in 20 years? what the world will look like.. I can't imagine.
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It's just sad that 1 game congested the whole ethereum network. Ethereum is miles behind the steem blockchain in scalability.
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