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Jimmy | 10 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 🤔 Why would you need POW for game assets? Couldn't you just price them in satoshis and have the same effect?
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Jimmy | 10 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 It sounds a lot like a pay to win scheme, where I one has to invest funds into pow instead of paying to devs.
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arkinox | 10 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Governed by opportunity cost
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arkinox | 10 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 POW is paid to the universe. This is the advantage. No central beneficiary. But if you want to monetize you can sell them too.
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Jimmy | 10 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Well from the perspective of players, other players are better because they could invest more money in the game, not necesarilly because they have better skills. If that money is sacrificed to the gods of entropy or given to the devs, doesn't change that perspective. I wouldn't enjoy such game, but if you think they are popular go for it 👍️