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5 things we learnt from launching a mobile game on the blockchain

on YouTube 18m
Talkat PG Connects London 2018 · 2018-01-22..01-23· Cracking Crypto· [blockchain, game-development]

speaker

name:Shaban Shaame
links:none on file

resources

video:https://youtu.be/OsGlRu_Lu28
slides:none on file

summary

Launched spells of Genesis with blockchain cards and a wallet ecosystem called bucha forms, sells ~20,000 cards at about $20 each, and sees a currency bitcrystals grow ~100x to a ~$20M market cap because players use it to buy cards. Finds game-item market ~$15B, digital collectibles ~$1.4B, Hearthstone ~$395M. Notes a 200‑copy rare card hits ~$2M peak and average trades ~$10k, one live auction sells a user‑made card for ~$40k, rewards-for-play boosts engagement, and players pay ~7× more when ownership is retained.

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chapters (10)

  1. 0:00Blockchain gaming journey
  2. 1:48Market size and collectibles
  3. 3:22Player rewards and ownership
  4. 5:57Game economy shifts
  5. 7:25Speculators vs. crypto players
  6. 9:38User-generated content
  7. 11:01Free assets as marketing
  8. 12:41Secondary markets value
  9. 14:07Monetization beyond stores
  10. 15:55App Store rules

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