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I have been testing it out and it's still very stages but you can tell the game has huge potential if they add more stuff, like more complex battle system with turns instead of just tapping on the screen which is pretty dumb and so on.

But the great thing would be to get BTC instead of those coins. Also being able to buy stuff with BTC (you can already do with fiat but not BTC).

I hope that we can see BTC in games like this. Imagine the extra incentive of getting BTC and not only Pokemons.

First, you would not be able to get BTC so quickly. Also, with the current DDOS attacks they face, security would be a concern.
Second, BTC is volatile. They can't risk losing lots of invest on a currency that goes down tomorrow.
Third, They need a good trusted wallet for each user. It all sums up being very complex.

They aren't compatible and never will.

If you want a same game feature of Pokemon Go, a standalone bitcoin game app must be made.

Pokemon Go will not integrate bitcoin features in their game unless there will be massive request from it's users. :)

I don't see how's so difficult. Steam accepts payments, so Pokemon GO could accept payments too, at least to buy the actual Pokemon coins in exchange of BTC instead of fiat. Volatility is irrelevant since they automatically convert to fiat.

Yeah this is a good idea but if there is no someone out there can tell this idea in owner of the pokemon go or devs of pokemon go.. this is just a dream..
But i think they know about bitcoin. but they are affraid to use it because they need to learn first the rpc command for debian server for there receiving bitcoins and sending payment gateway.
And think they will added bitcoin for payment purposes only to buy coins and pokemballs.

I would assume that if this gets done they would use a payment processor like Bitpay to manage the massive amount of transactions in a faster way just like Steam uses Bitpay too.

This game is a social phenomenon I have to give it that but I don't think Bitcoin will be a suitable match for it. First of all Apple and Google have their own payment solutions on their respective app markets and Bitcoin will be competing with their own payment apps. Also Nintendo is pretty strict when it comes to trading in-game items so even if the app stores somehow allow Bitcoin on the platforms Nintendo might just refuse adding it to the game.

I already started a thread about this topic, if you want to go and have a look at it ... https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1556677.msg15638394#msg15638394 ... This game are going to change

the way people are going to play games on their mobiles. You will see variants of this game soon, and I hope the Bitcoin version of this will be huge too. We can call it, BitTreasure or BitHunt and people

can search for bundles of Satoshi's in the real world, like they do with Pokémon GO. You could even add a player vs player combat system, where people can fight with each other, if they get to a

Bitchest at the same time. How does that sound? I accept royalties and donations for my ideas.  ::) 

really great idea and would a massive pr boost for bitcoin itself

I think that pokemon go will not add bitcoin like payment procesor for buy things becaude bitcoin in real world isnt more popular then fiat.I think  1/500 persons are using bitcoin right now.They will maybe add bitcoin later when it becomes more popular.

It's a great idea but it is really just dependent on Nintendo and they've proven they're rather.. Slow to change. But once they pick up on it they run!

For sure can be a game changer.

From the perspective of their worldwide popularity I can surely state that they will never implement bitcoin to it.
Moreover their developers are not familiar with bitcoin.

If you want to play such augmented reality games with bitcoin then first of all we need a best developer who is much into Bitcoin before.

Also read this : http://www.rollingstone.com/culture/news/why-we-wont-see-more-games-like-pokemon-go-w429840

I agree that it would be a killer combo to add bitcoin access to pokemon.  They could give access to more tools and battles between one another.  There could also be bounty battles and tournaments. Just an idea.

No doubt pokemon go has become huge popular and it would be great if they add bitcoin but game devepolers make games to earn money why would they give it away instead in bitcoin which is very expensive?

I can feel you on that being dumb.  I agree that it would be better if the leveling system of pokemon go is the same as it was.  And it will really a killer combo if Bitcoin is integrated on that game.  You can imagine every kid of the new generation that know Pokemon will know about Bitcoin.  And that's a great promotion for Bitcoin awareness.  It will be beneficial for both Bitcoin and Pokemon enthusiasts.

i know nothing about pokemon go or if there's any money on the line right now, but one thing you could be sure of is that they'll do everything to keep any potential money inside their walled garden.

maybe it'll be tokens that can be redemed in a store they hook up with. it ain't gonna be bitcoin.

My opinion is merging Pokemon & Btc would be risky, atm ppl are going crazy with that shit, im seeing groups of ppl running around searching for pokemons , this means fans are losing control & meaning of playing a game, we all have read about Lineage tards that have killed someone in rl because he PK them in game & loot them,
Now imagine what will happen if X guy meet Y guy on an alley searching for pokemon and know that he cellphone has also a btc wallet...
i know it sounds like an action/criminal movie.. but it will happen sooner or later..

I don't think so if you do not see how's so difficult for that. maybe can answer my question. Why the another phenomenal game like Clash of clans, and Clash royale didn't accept BTC? maybe there is another reason than the price just volatility.

After Pokemon GO released on playstore in my country i think if i still can buy google gift card via bitcoin, it will not be a problem and both of that thing still can be called related right  ;D

some people in my country become an addicted playing this game and they will wake up in the midnight and catch the pokemon and i think the creator of pokemon go will not interested to include bitcoin into the game because this game already famous without bitcoin also if pokemon go integrated with bitcoin doesn't automatically all pokemon go players will use bitcoin and i have to say that this is will never happen

This Pokemon GO game has really just exploded in my country since launched, i think we were one of the 1st to get it, now i see people here offering to pay other members btc to catch Pokemon for them.

If bitcoin could explode in the same way we would see a massive price spike, maybe it's time we rebrand- bitcoin GO sounds good.

I agree with the volatility aspect of the bitcoin. It is too volatile, you cannot mark the equipment price in bitcoin.

Do you mean like Pokemon GO Bitcoin version? Well, that actually could be done but will need a lot of funds.
But oddly, that game is feared by some people in my country, even the government. They're afraid because there are so many accident cases are concerned with this game, I don't know what they think, this is just stupid.

Thats a good idea,, it would be better if someone complete all the pokemons will win some $$$$!!!
Others can buy the pokemons buy btc to complete thier pokemons.

This would be a great combination if they offer something like that. You will not just enjoy the game but will be able to earn bitcoin. You were already playing and enjoying the game because it was your dream to catch pokemons when you were watching the show during your childhood days and now it came true and then by earning through it as well with bitcoin would be added bonus.

I think he meant for integration of bitcoin to the game itself that's why I state that it won't happen for some many factors.

The only solution for that is a serious developer that will developed a bitcoin game with the same feature.

For me siing ppl walking with phones on the street trying to get pokemon is wired and more same + trying to get btc for this is like the end of the world....

Pokemon Go is a trend,a fashion.After a couple of month it will be forgotten.
 
I have an idea about a strategy mobile game,where you bet btc and play against the other player who bets 

the same amount of btc.The winner takes all.I can`t reveal my idea about the game here.

I`m searching for people that can help me with programming and developing the game.

Pokemon Go inntegrated with bitcoin is really a killer combo.  The popularity of pokemon among kids and adults alike, can give bitcoin a boost in terms of promotion.  This will greatly help for Bitcoin promotion in every part of the world and reaching people aging from 15 years old and younger.  But for this to be done, Lots of modification and fund is needed.

No one has said that they should put the price in BTC obviously the price would be in dollars or euro or whatever country you are playing Pokemon GO at, but being able to pay with BTC would be a plus.

Also I don't see how it would be difficult to code a way to pay you BTC in game so you can buy in game items too but I guess that's too much work for them and they will simply stick to ingame pokecoins or whatever, but they should still add a way to buy stuff with your BTC.

I think this will not happen , indeed some of the country I became addicted to the game Pokemon Go 's and they are willing to get up at midnight
just to catch pokemon and I think the creators of Pokemon will not be interested in bitcoin because we know the game Pokemon Go is well known.

Maybe it could happen friend in some countries. But for my country might be a bit difficult to play pokemon go. Due to my government now start to create a circular on the prohibition of pokemon go. Because according to the government pokemon GO addictive, really said you :) but it does not really bother me because I do not play this game, it is better to play dota :D

Yes expectedily waiting for it. I never though we gonna see combination of pokemon with the bitcoins.
I love both of them and seeing them together would be really good.

There are many reasons proving otherwise:

1) Bitcoin is too volatile. And don't suggest something like BitPay, as that's basically instantly selling the BTC for Fiat at purchase, which is dumping into the market, not good.

2) Security issues. With all the DDoSes on their servers and greatest downtimes, anything can happen, from broken transactions to Go getting their private key stolen.

We might see some online games take payment in BTC as a first step.
But it will be a while before a major company like Nintendo, EA, etc has any sort of integration with Bitcoin.
(Because I think you are talking about earning BTC in a game)

Unfortunatelly I do not know the game.
Maybe somebody here does and can answer me a question:
Is ther a possibility implemented in the game to earn money with it? No matter what currency.

It's a win win situation for both parties if this push through people who are not into bitcoin but are on pokemon can be introduce to crypto currency for the first time,and pokemon player will be rewarded with a valuable asset like bitcoin who's expected to increase it's price every year..

Would be very cool if they made a better battling system and you could put up some bitcoin for winning the fight.

The only potential problem I see with that is that it is currently for all ages. Once money is being placed on winning a fight, it would probably be required to be over 18 years old. Maybe they could trick it by giving victory points that can be converted to nice prizes and bitcoin though.

For Pokemon Go to integrate bitcoin into it's features, it means the players have to pay something. The pay would be in fiat, but players will have the option of paying in bitcoins.

Would it be possible to develope some kind of additional app which integrates with pokemon go so that you can play for some coins against your opponent?
Maybe even some kind of tournament?

i will play it 24hours if they will put some BTC reward or BTC wager in the pokemon battle and buy ingame items using bitcoins it so much fun if they will put it  ;D

Maybe in the future its a real possibility once lightning network is finally working, so we could process all the millions of transactions needed daily. It would be cool but for now we should aim at being able to buy stuff with BTC (not in game but buying the pokecoins with BTC)

Yes bitcoin in combination with pokemon go will be really amazing combination.
I am gonna play it all day because i just love it.

yeah they will be a perfect couple if it will happen.. but the problem is if the owner who made pokemon go or developers accept bitcoin as payment.

Honestly they are afraid to use bitcoin because they are preventing cheating in pokemon go.. maybe they are using bitcoin as payment for your coins and pokecoins they are afraid of scammers..

That would be very nice for bitcoiners and pokemon go as well !!!
It would increase the popularity of bitcoin through a very popular game.

I'm liking some of the ideas presented here. Waging a battle using bitcoin in an escrow-like service or even trading Pokemon (a feature that Nintendo is supposedly implementing in the near future) for BTC is going to be amazing.

A lot of the ideas i read here are actually very good. It would be good if bitcoin would have some kind of marketing team who had some funds from the community.
Then they good contact companies to realize these great ideas. In the end it is about adoption and working together.

Pokemon Go was developed by Nintendo, Niantic, and Google. Pokemon Go is nothing more than an augmented reality version of Google Maps. The simplest way to implement Bitcoin would be adding Google Wallet into the app and having BTC as an accepted form of payment. This could be done virtually overnight.

I like the ideas, its a great ideas actually, maybe some of developer can implemented in other games that similar to pokemon go, but the problem is not all people know bitcoin and when come to the game that can earn money, the game itself is going to need sponsor or advertisement  to cover the cost

I already have found a topic like this last month in bitcointalk.org. many have commented that it is a very interesting fact and possibly revolutionize the game and bitçoin usage. But this is just a probability and far from reality. If you read a certain article in bitcoin news then you can tell that this things are mere just theories and assumptions or what if. But let's nat phase out this possibility in the future

Yeah,  Pokemon Go is so hot right now. If pokemon integrate with bitcoin it will give positive impact to bitcoin because bitcoin will widely known to people. And bitcoin price might be increase high.

All of the payments will directly into the fiat value, but for physically there is another form to depute the fiat value. and that's like google credit and bitcoin. but all of that is linked to the one goal.

it's obvious what BTC gets from PG, but what does btc offer Pokemon Go? I'd think 'nintendo coin' is more likely

yes I agree with you. bitcoin will become a payment option. as gogle play. not required for use. This is one feature to make it easier to buy items in the game pokemon go.

This will be hard. Think of the owner first. Why would I pick bitcoin as a means of payment if users want to buy premium items. One problem is users might take it as a hard part. First they will need to understand what is this currency. Second is they might say why not just dollar. They would want something that is internationally used.

it sounds good to me. the thing is, can one of us talk to the developer of pokemon go to add bitcoin in their games? or should Satoshi be?

I mean, if we want this to happen, we need to move fast before they get their own payment system.

There is already a newbie offering to play Pokeman Go for you, in exchange for Bitcoin.
There is no dearth of people offering services for bitcoins.  :)

It would be great opportunity for millions of people to even heard anything about bitcoin. But does it have any advantages comparing to e.g. Google Play payments, which are simple as a click (after you verify your card)?

Yea it would be pretty sick to have bitcoin incorporated into PokemonGo but idk how they would make it work :/

I don't see how this could happen.

1. Who spends the BTC, that are distributed?
2. The problem is, that the location is fakeable. There were already some altcoins that tried location based mining.

I am agree with you, pokemon go is really popular and i know that many people donate a lot of money in this game, if nintendo would add bitcoin as payment system, they can earn much more money.

Pokemon Go would potentially have some additional funds generated by accepting Bitcoin, but to be honest the player count is going to drop off pretty rapidly due to the lack of end-game content. I personally stopped playing because I'm not a completionist, and holding gyms is a worthless waste of time because they can be solo'd by someone else and building it up takes a long series of training the gym.

It honestly isn't fun, and if it had something to do with my Pokemon other than power, evolve and take gyms for 10 minutes, I might be more interested. Sadly that doesn't exist so far. True Player v Player battles will also likely never happen, or at least not for a long time, due to the lack of localization and a majority of things being client-side so far. Their games revolves around the Google Maps API and AI in gyms, and battles with other people looks a long ways away.

It's a fun game, don't get me wrong, but there just isn't enough to do at a point.

Of course, active development and marketing would be needed.
Great results could be reflected in the price.

For me, all of that just like a dream...
It's possible to make a way of payment like google payment... but isn't a click you always need to put your amount or writing that. because basically the system is different and try to use it for one concept.

I imagine that You can earn bitcoin while playing pokemon go maybe i will be a pokemon master hahaha just a thought

Ahaha, that's the most ridiculous way. Bitcoin can be obtained because it will not only play pokemon for pokemon don't accept bitcoin for various things about the game. You can only get bitcoin of pokemon, if you sell your Pokemon account or provide services to users of the bitcoin

it is definitely not going to happen at least not any time soon and most probably not in this game, bitcoin is still not a huge thing so they wont pay a lot of attention to it

It would be a killer combo but that is because of the fact that Pokemon Go would be involved and not Bitcoin.
Pokemon Go is allot more popular then Bitcoin ever going to be but that is just what I think.

I think instead that t would be a combo to kill Pokemon GO.
They must resolve the issue with VPNs first. Before they can actually consider bitcoin to be integrated.

That would be great but I don't really see a reason why would niantic would do that cause pokemon go is already popular and there are tons of stuffs to improve and add to make it more popular

as we alrdy have bpok, xpoke, pokechain and lots of pokemon go coins, but the problem is, we have no idea how long can the pokemon trend goes :/

for sure it would be cool but to be honest it wouldnt affect me as i actually dont play that game, besides that, i think that it would help bitcoin

Well I played around with a Chicken faucet last night, where you walk around in a 3D world and you pick up coins,  it was very basic but fun to do. I can just imagine porting this idea into Google maps and walking around in the real world, picking up Satoshi's.

Who leaves a Penny, if you see it laying there on the ground?

Just now checked the faucet. Chicken offers: 50 (75%), 100 (24%), 500 (1%) Satoshis for every dispense you claim. Average is currently ~67 Satoshis. Claim a new dispense every 120 minutes!

Around 67 Satoshis every 120 minutes??? Sounds like a joke to me.

That would be a not so good idea because if you can earn bitcoin like that then the bitcoin value will drop as players could just grind out alot of them. So many people play pokemongo that bitcoin would be overflowed and be worthless.

Am I the one whe never tried to play this game? haha But I think it would be really a good combo if the game would be with payment by bitcoins. Not just Pockemon Go, any popular game would be. I even heard there is the Snake game with bitcoins.

I think for pokemon it is too late.
The hype about it is already going down, but I am sure another game is already being programmed that will fill that gap.
All it would take is one bigger company to implement bitcoin as a payment system.
Maybe even with the option to trade goods amongst the users (with a little fee for the company, of course).
That would be something a lot of people could not resist, even if the game itself would not be something they usually do not play.

Yes right thought, we have another scope in bitcoin world. During leisure we could play game parallely we could make some money for us. That's a good sorry best COMBO . I hope more interesting and thia type of game to be launched next. So that playing game would not be only for time pass but for earning money.

I don't like the idea of mixing money and games together, Any player knows how annoying it is to get or buy a pro account for few dollars when a player takes months to make and the people forgetting the purpose of the game and just going online buying tools rather than playing, I like getting bitcoin mixed in things but I don't know if it will take the purpose of the game.

I agree with you that Pokemon and bitcoin is going to be fantastic, however by mixing the game and money, it will decrease the fun, the player will be more focus on how to look for money not to play the game, and then the game will receive a lot of spam account which is used to earn more money

It would be pretty nice but I do not think this is gonna happen to be honest because its just too small right now.
They had to do this in the beginning now the hype is already over.

agreed. peoples are tend to earn bitcoin they will do whatever they can do to earn bitcoin. which is very worst thing for bitcoin.
so I don't think combining bitcoin and pokemon Go game is a good idea at all. people will don't care about the game they only focus on earning bitcoin which will ruin the game.

Killer combo yes not because it would be good but because it would kill bitcoin. Like this alot of people would get bitcoin too easily.
When this happens bitcoin value will plummet and being will not take it serious. Imagine getting usd for catching a Pokemon, that's unrealistic and a too enthusiastic idea.

it is not possible also not impossible

that would be a very good idea but i doubt that they will attach btc to pokemongo.. pokemongo themselves dont nid bitcoin to make a profit.. they can stand alone..

Lol why would you think that pokemon go and bitcoin will be a killer combo i dont think these two things has something to do with each other but what i do know is that both are a hype that will go over some time.

First of all, I don't think that many Bitcoin users even play Pokemon go. And why would people actually spend money on a virtual game. If you were smart enough to invest in Bitcoin, you wouldn't be stupid enough to buy virtual items.

if they put in pokemon-go some bitcoin reward or buy pokemon with bitcoin it will become a killer app

I agree. Im a gamer and a bitcoiner to but if i saw that the game accepts bitcoin as payment if you buy virtual items im not interested to buy although i have bitcoin and i can afford it because im just wasting my bitcoin. I do prefer to exchange it and withdraw and buy some foods and eat :D

I would provably yes on this since i am a pokemon go gamer but turns out i suddenly quit since i cannot earn money with playinh pokemon go and that game is complicating my hours on bitcoins so i stop playing on it at this moment, and also i don't see any good scenario that pokemon and bitcoin would be a perfect pair since not all people loves to play with this one,

Once I went to the city center, I found there are so many people play pokeman go, even in stores, in bistros, the amount of pokeman go users are more than 50 millions at least.

Pokemon Go and Bitcoin would surely be a killer combo. People would be able to earn money while playing their favorite game since childhood. The only problem in this is the funds and the fact that it'll be spammed by a lot of users. Who will fund it? The PokemonGo company? I don't think so, they made this app to earn money that's why there's an in-App purchases.

Let's just say that somebody, let's call him "Mr. X", funded this project, users would surely find a trick to bug this. Even now, there's already a Bot in pokemonGo. People would just either use a Bot or a fake GPS to earn money. Mr X surely did just donated his money to whoever knows how to use a bot or a fake GPS, this people basically is everyone.

I'm very agree with this, Pokemon GO and Bitcoin are a very good combination. Bitcoin can be the payment on pokemon go or you can earn bitcoin if you play pokemon go.

Yes, I also think that games without money were more interesting, but looks like that time has gone

pokemon nowadays is so strict that's why i can't imagine that bitcoin will make partnership with pokemon go

There are several projects runing with the pokemon, since the begining of the pokemon go all people went play those, its viral, i do hope bitcoin found something soo exited as those, but instead hunt pokemon, let the people hunt for bitcoins.

Pokemon go is so popular at the moment and if it wold be able to combine it self with Bitcoin somehow Bitcoins popularity would go trough the roof.
People would then think what is this Bitcoin and look it up on the internet, that is where it begins.