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Play-to-earn games are the reason ‘real’ gamers hate crypto: Atari founder

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Crypto games have garnered a bad reputation among traditional gamers, but the future of Web3 games and blockchain-based worlds is far from over, says Nolan Bushnell. It’s no secret that traditional gamer s harbor a strong sense of disdain for crypto and non-fungible tokens (NFTs) in their games . The reason for this is clear, says Atari founder Nolan Bushnell, it all started with the insane rise of play-to -earn games . “I can tell you clearly where this disdain for crypto comes from,” Bushnell said. “The hatred comes from these play-to-earn games that pioneered blockchain gaming.” “Good gamers don’t like to grind. Grinding is shitty. What gamers want is fun, and unfortunately these play-to-earn games are 100% dependent on the greater fool theory to work.” Speaking to Cointelegraph in a wide-ranging interview, Nolan Bushnell — known as the “godfather of video games ” — shared his many perspectives on the current gaming landscape and the role blockchain technology will play in the ...

Arkham on-chain ‘Intel Exchange’ labeled ‘snitch-to-earn’ by Crypto Twitter

Users who shared links to a waitlist for the Arkham service had their email addresses exposed on Twitter due to how the references were encoded. Arkham, a “blockchain intelligence company,” announced what it’s calling the “world’s first on -chain intelligence exchange” on July 10 alongside the launch of a new coin, ARKM, through Binance’s Launchpad service. Crypto Twitter has had a predictably split response to the announcement, with negative sentiment surrounding Arkham’s purported mission to “deanonymize the blockchain” causing some ire. Chief among the complaints, many of which describe the company’s Intel Exchange as a “ snitch- to -earn ” or “snitching-as-a-service” program, involves Arkham's perceived role as a centralized intelligence agency. Fuck this. It's not even the snitch- to -earn component that I'm entirely against (it is useful as a decentralized whistleblowing dapp for public good). The submissions end up on Arkham + Arkham Fnd is the central arbiter. S...