CryptoKitties!
Dec. 4th, 2017 07:55 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
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Cute kitties, easier to store than Beanie Babies, and more profitable (at least until the bubble bursts)!
They are really bogging down the Etherium blockchain, though.
randomnessCute kitties, easier to store than Beanie Babies, and more profitable (at least until the bubble bursts)!
They are really bogging down the Etherium blockchain, though.
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Date: 2017-12-05 02:40 am (UTC)The game has gone from 3.84% of the total Etherum transactions to 17.21% (and the number 1 slot).
The most expensive kitty in the article was $5,000 now it's $117,712.
The article says:
"Over $66,000 has been spent on kitty-based transactions so far, with 1,165 players and 16,877 kitties"
The game website says:
Total Sales: 33211
Total Unique Kittens Sold: 26278
Total Ether Sold: 8177.19 ether
Total USD Sold: $3897829.84
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Date: 2017-12-05 05:33 am (UTC)It's true! Not even the Buttcoin subreddit can keep up.
https://www.reddit.com/r/Buttcoin/comments/7hj51w/cryptokitties_is_causing_ethereum_network/
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Date: 2017-12-05 06:40 am (UTC)Four hours later:
Total Sales: 35286
Total Unique Kittens Sold: 27989
Total Ether Sold: 8676.94 ether
Total USD Sold: $4136069.76
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Date: 2017-12-05 07:48 pm (UTC)"To the moon!" :)