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lol trezor (A cryptocurrency hardware wallet) is releasing a game firmware that will include a tamagotchi that you feed ETH to (real money) to keep it alive and then can sell it as an NFT... Part of me wants to be disgusted at the useless waste of money, another part of me wants to bring back to tamagotchi pocket monsters!
https://blog.trezor.io/1001-games-new-console-firmware-for-the-trezor-model-one-5b9438a07fc6
@lucifargundam I've seen this, and while its cool unless im mistaken it really isnt a tamagoochi in the sense that you have to feed it and take care of it (though I think it does grow over time).
@freemo
You're currently right on the feeding part- but it's supposedly open-source so you could add that in later. It appears it does have a cycle of what appears to be moods.
Overall, I think this would be a better alternative than one where it's a continuous cash-sink just to keep it going. On top of that- it actually is useful aside from being a bit of entertainment.
@lucifargundam Well I agree it is better just on the basis that the crypto tomagochi is a horrible and brilliant idea.. its basically pay-to-play game without the play :)
@lucifargundam Pretty much, and frankly I dont have much confidence in the ability to sell the NFT either.. dont get me wrong NFT can be a valuable investment, but this like many NFT applications is just a money hole.
@freemo
I have more Faith in regular cryptocurrency than I do in NFT. NFT seems like too big a gamble to me and there's already talks about NFT stealing/forgeries...
@lucifargundam Just like dAPPs in general if you dont verify the code and process and ensure its something you can trust on a per-ERC20 token basis then you can get screwed over.. NFTs are nothing special other than a tokens are not interchangable, thats it. There is no greater risk.
If a trusted art gallery lets you buy a piece of art from their main webpage using Ether, and awards you an NFT which you can use to redeem your art in person (or have it shipped and redeemed over the internet) then there is no more or less reason to trust that then paying with a bank transfer. Inverse is true if you buy a painting from an unrecognized "dealer" on a backwater page that is shady as fuck, you can just as easily get screwed over with an NFT as you could buying it with a bank transfer.
And again you have all the same concerns with ERC20 tokens if the system or project it is backing is bullshit.
@freemo
It's like paying for a game you'll never play and then paying a subscription cost in on top of it.