want to combine A computer game Bitcoin and Gaming. Lightnite – the Name of the scheduled Games – uses the Bitcoin-Lightning-network, to reward in-Game interactions or to punish. Behind the Lightnite the developer Studio Satoshi’s Games, that has collected on its eponymous 8-Bit-Gaming-platform experience in the linking of Bitcoin and Gaming is.

By Christopher clover
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As you can see already from the name, the popular video game Fortnite is the template for the Bitcoin Game Lightnite. Fortnite belongs to the Genre of „Battle Royale“: In battles with up to 100 participants, the players fight for the digital Survive. As a reward, cosmetic equipment, waving objects, some of which can also be purchased in the in-game Shop. The in-game currency, V-Bucks comes in. V-Bucks you can earn in-game or against Fiat money to acquire.

No money: Gamble with Bitcoin, Lightning

Lightnite this concept, however, with one important difference. Players should not only be able to earn digital money game, but hard Bitcoin. As the developer Studio Satoshi’s Games describes on his Blog, players can earn a small amount of BTC by the successful shooting down of an opponent. Conversely, the own digital death costs the players BTC. The resolution of these micro-transactions via the Bitcoin-Lightning-network. To be able to the Bitcoin mode, it is necessary, however, a certain amount of preparation. Players must have a Lightning-compatible Wallet and with a small amount of BTC to fill. Before starting the game, a fee must be paid. However, before the end of the Game back at all. If you survived because:

The players enter the game and join other players online, after you have performed a micro-transaction (Pay-to-Play, micro-transaction updates only the balance of the player can’t pay it back, if he dies before Leaving the game). Each player has a In-Game-credits, the increases in real-time, if he shoots other players or valuable items picks up and drops when he is shot. If the player wants to leave the game, he can withdraw his funds into his own Wallet and Bitcoin in the In-Game Shop to spend […].

The Bitcoin-mode is one of two selectable game modes. If you don’t want to play for real money, should be able to play Litenite even without the BTC. The micro-transaction to the beginning of the game is omitted here, a points system replaced the Bitcoin rewards. Payments in the in-game Shop to be settled in this case, in Fiat money.

Blockchain Gaming on the rise?

There are already several projects trying to link the Blockchain and Gaming. Some projects, such as decentra country that go beyond pure micro-transactions, and want to create a full-service, Token-based Ecosystem.

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