Cryptokitties-good thing or bad thing ?

[tomwalsh]

Right now ,it's clogging the network and forcing people to up gas prices but in the future ,do you guys think having a game that popular (crypto-pokemons ?)could be a good thing for ethereum ?

It would be a very good thing for ethereum, if it could handle it, which it can't yet.

Vitalik is working on improving the scalability of ethereum as we speak which will allow it to handle high volumes, but it won't be ready any time soon and so focused development with use by a small and dedicated community is the best thing for ethereum right now to let it test the network.

[Dreamr]

Right now ,it's clogging the network and forcing people to up gas prices but in the future ,do you guys think having a game that popular (crypto-pokemons ?)could be a good thing for ethereum ?

It is going to be good for gamers and gaming ecosystem i think, but not good for the masses because the gas price is getting more expensive.

[tomwalsh]

Also do you remember how crazy the pokemon go craze was at its height? If ethereum gets to the point it can handle that kind of traffic that would be the perfect type of introduction for the mass market, proving itself, creating hype and teaching people about it all at the same time.

[tomwalsh]

A game like pokemon would be the perfect match aswell. Imagine a finite number of pokemon which exist in the world and you have to go find them using augmented reality. Once you do and you catch them no one else can claim ownership because of the blockhchain, and you can then sell/breed it.

[cabron]

Agree!its a good thing, especially for gamers like me 😁

Right now ,it's clogging the network and forcing people to up gas prices but in the future ,do you guys think having a game that popular (crypto-pokemons ?)could be a good thing for ethereum ?

If you like the game maybe you will also like the Reality-Clash ARG game which thier token also run on ETH network. If you have been in the forum for months you should have heard of it because they run a successful ICO here as well. I don't know if they will also cause the clog but will sure enjoy the game after its released. Its a combat game which we the users in the network can shoot each.

[Cart]

Luckily the transactions have cooled down again. I hope it is better to use the ETH network again. I hope it doesn't get clogged anymore. My kitties took over 3 days to breed because of the transaction being stuck

[ApehaFan777]

Of course good. It shows the power of blockchain and its mass adiption soon. If even games are moving to blockchain so mass adoption will come soon

[Harsh_Patel]

It's really bad thing. It is a Total bubble. Does not worth anything, just based on a mindless bubble. Just think, What will happen when people stop buying, because there are so many kitties already. It has exponential growth just like a bacteria so prices will go down as kitties will produce kitties for nothing.

[ingiltere]

It's a good thing. Bitcoin had similar tests and passed. Remember 1 sat spam attacks? Bitcoin survived from them. Ethereum will survive from this attack too. People prefer Ethereum transactions because they are cheaper. If miners need to charge more to accept transactions that would hurt Ethereum. Developers will find a way to fix this problem.

[nguyen0806]

should it stop? quite boring but interesting at first

[John Lemon]

should it stop? quite boring but interesting at first

It can't be stopped. This is a ponzi game work in decentralized blockchain. How can you stop it?
If people demand, play, pay this game then why should it bother you?

[yua_na]

Cryptokitties is good thing in my opinion. It is gives ethereum a new econimic cycle and its like item on mafia wars at zynga. We can not say its only a picture. Because the reallity talked people loves digital asset and cryptokitties is on of digital asset its like a badge

[mandibleclaw]

Cryptokitties is good thing in my opinion. It is gives ethereum a new econimic cycle and its like item on mafia wars at zynga. We can not say its only a picture. Because the reallity talked people loves digital asset and cryptokitties is on of digital asset its like a badge

Yeah it's a good thing and all but clearly ethereum network is not ready yet for this type of applications, it needs to scale better first

[blueteam09]

I lost 1 eth to this extremely silly thing. I transferred money to my purse and did not receive any money in Cryptokitties. Because of Cryptokitties, eth had to stop trading for some time.

[johnwest]

I hated cryptokitties because it ruined the whole ETH network for some days and many of my orders and transactions were blocked. Lost nearly 1 ETH in this hassle. I dont know how the game works but thank god ETH team did what they had to do to clear the clog.

[waitforme]

Because of this stupid cat, eth has stopped trading. I still do not understand how easy it is to make money so surely my cheating friend has lost a lot of eth for this cat.

[Oakey22]

I think it's a good thing that it is stress testing the network. Hopefully the ETH Devs can solve the scaling problem with some kind of nano transactions that help speed up the network.

When Casper comes along it may help but till then we will have to suck it up and put up.

[nguyen0806]

and now....where kitty is going? I am not seeing it hot anymore

[carlisle1]

Right now ,it's clogging the network and forcing people to up gas prices but in the future ,do you guys think having a game that popular (crypto-pokemons ?)could be a good thing for ethereum ?

i dont care about that kitties ,doggies,ratties or what other games that
would be created by cryptos.what i only care is the circulation of market and the
price movement of the coins so trading is more functional to all users.

[Manowar_PL]

I think it is a good thing pointing to a bad thing - > the Ethereum scalability problem, which is not going to be solved soon. And if Ethereum can't solve it, then neither any of the platforms from the same generation would do it soon.