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Why Is CryptoKitties (Not) Gambling?
(ACM, 2020)
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CryptoKitties (Axiom Zen 2017) is a pioneering blockchain-based game that disrupts the ‘classic game model’ (Juul 2003; 2013) in a way that turns it into a gambling web application. As previous research has shown, its ...
Cryptomarkets Gamified : What Can We Learn by Playing CryptoKitties?
(Digra, 2020)
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This paper presents an analysis of CryptoKitties (Axiom Zen 2017) as an educational tool for blockchain adoption. The focus is placed on the official agenda of the game, presented in its white paper (“White Pa-Purr”) and ...
CryptoKitties and the new ludic economy : how blockchain introduces value, ownership, and scarcity in digital gaming
(SAGE, 2020-02-20)
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This article analyzes specific characteristics of value created through digital scarcity and blockchain-proven ownership in cryptogames. Our object of study is CryptoKitties, the first instance of a blockchain-based game ...
Fairness by Design : The Fair Game and the Fair Price on a Blockchain-Based Marketplace
(Springer, 2022-02-28)
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It is often believed that blockchain technologies can ensure fairness in online transactions and interactions. What does ‘fair game’ mean in a blockchain-based game, which rules cannot be broken by design, and how does ...
“Blockchain May Automate Jobs Done by the Boss and AI Can Predict a Heart Attack” : Discourses of (Imaginary) Applications of New Technologies in Journalism
(Springer, 2022-02-28)
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This chapter explores how a shared understanding of the potential uses of new, abstract technologies is created in journalism. We analyse Finnish journalistic texts from 2015–2020 in which blockchain and artificial ...
Cryptogames as Drivers for Blockchain Application Development
(Springer, 2022-02-28)
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In this chapter, we outline reasons why cryptogaming, like cryptocurrencies in general, is an area of special interest for blockchain research. We suggest that cryptogaming is a field that drives forward the development ...