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Blockchain games aren’t really decentralized… but that’s about to change

Published 08/09/2023, 09:30 AM
Updated 08/09/2023, 08:40 PM
Blockchain games aren’t really decentralized… but that’s about to change

Despite promises of decentralization and trustless ownership, the vast majority of crypto games today are, at best, partially decentralized. Web3 is the branding, but in reality, most are Web2+. Game assets live on-chain, yet the game logic, state and storage remain off-chain on centralized servers.

Why? Simply put, its not easy to build a fully decentralized game on-chain. Blockchains in 2023 are still far too slow for processing the gargantuan number of transactions that video games require. Lattice (OTC:LTTC) CEO Ludens tells Cointelegraph:

Sky Strife from Lattice. (X/Twitter)
The Metaverse Index token has been on a wild ride. (CoinMarketCap)
Axie Infinity now has a much more finite number of players. (Axie Infinity)
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Games started as text-based RPGs and moved on to first-person shooters like Doom 1993. (Doom/Britannica)

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