Blockchain Gaming: Hype to Reality, One NFT at a Time! 🎮✨

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Vladislav Ginzburg, the brains behind OneSource, spills the tea on why blockchain gaming is finally ready to ditch the training wheels and ride into the sunset. 🌅 Or, you know, at least stop crashing into hype walls. 🚧

  • Crypto hype: like a sugar rush, but for your wallet. 🍭💸
  • Blockchains in gaming: because who doesn’t love a good, slow, transparent scoreboard? 🏆
  • Full games on blockchain? Yeah, no. That’s like trying to run a marathon in flip-flops. 🏃‍♂️👡

Remember when blockchain gaming was the cool kid on the block? Well, it turns out the cool kid was just really good at hype. Early promises of player-owned economies and interoperable universes were like a glitter bomb-sparkly but messy. Now, the glitter has settled, and the real work is happening. 🧹✨

Enter Vladislav Ginzburg, the CEO of OneSource, who’s here to tell us why blockchain gaming is less “overhyped” and more “finally getting its act together.” We sat down (virtually, because 2023) with him to talk about the state of the industry, why gamers should care, and why blockchains are like that one friend who’s really good at one thing but terrible at everything else. 🤷‍♂️

crypto.news: So, blockchain gaming had its 15 minutes of fame. Now what?

Vladislav Ginzburg: Oh, the hype train? It left the station, circled the globe a few times, and then derailed. But hey, the tracks are still there! 🚂 In the blockchain world, 4.5 million daily active wallets are playing games. Sounds impressive until you realize that’s a drop in the gaming ocean. 🌊 But hey, it’s a start. Inside the blockchain bubble, gaming is real. Outside? Still a question mark. 🤔

CN: What’s your take on Valve’s Counter-Strike 2 skin drama?

VG: NFTs for skins? Genius move for developers-less server costs, more trading freedom. But gamers? They’re still side-eyeing NFTs like they’re a suspicious stranger offering candy. 🍬👀 Still, it opens up new marketplaces and lets communities bring their own flair. Bored Ape Yacht Club avatars in your game? Now that’s a flex. 💼🐒

CN: Why should gamers care about blockchain?

VG: Blockchains are like the ultimate referee-transparent, fair, and impossible to cheat. 🎮⚖️ Think match records, ownership proofs, and no more bans because “the system said so.” Plus, if you’ve ever sold a WoW item on Craigslist, blockchain just makes that official. 🏷️

CN: Aggressive monetization in games-does blockchain fix it or break it?

VG: Play-to-earn? More like play-to-exhaustion. 😴 Developers want to monetize, gamers want to play. It’s a classic tug-of-war. But now, the focus is shifting to infrastructure-scaling, performance, and making it all work without turning games into spreadsheets. 📊

CN: Speaking of infrastructure, what’s the holdup?

VG: Running a massive multiplayer game on-chain? Good luck. It’s like trying to host a party in a closet. 🥳🧥 But companies like Solana, Immutable, and us at OneSource are building bigger closets. Or, you know, scalable solutions. We’re pushing millions of on-chain events per minute-because gamers shouldn’t have to wait for their loot box to load. 🎁⏳

CN: Can blockchain save games from being deleted?

VG: Decentralized storage? Absolutely. But it’s like keeping a plant alive-it takes effort and money. 🌱💸 If the community cares enough, games can live on. But let’s be real, not every game is worth the water. 💧

CN: Any final thoughts?

VG: The metaverse isn’t dead-it’s just resting. 🦜 For those of us who spent hours in Second Life or WoW, owning your in-game progress matters. Blockchain isn’t the answer to everything, but it’s the best tool we have for proving ownership and transparency. So let’s use it for that and stop trying to make it a game engine. 🎲

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2025-10-28 22:28