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Coinding Holds Global Bitcoin Hackathon For Game Developers With $5000 In Prizes
26 January 2015 | Dean Walsh | cryptocoinsnews.com
Bitcoin APIÂ provider Coinding is running a global hackathon, challenging game developers around the world to integrate block chain technology into a video game. Over $5000 USD in prizes are up for grabs in total, including a top prize of $3000 cash for the best integration of block chain technology into a game.
Bitcoin and Video Games
Video games are often held up as one of the most interesting and important use cases for Bitcoin, but so far real world progress in this area has been limited, with few concrete examples to point towards. Sure,Microsoft has announced that it will accept Bitcoin as payment for games and apps, but this is really just the tip of the iceberg – the real potential comes from integrating cyrptocurrency directly into the game, for international in-game purchases, to allow players to earn real money directly within the game, or even to develop a fully-fledge player-to-player economy within a game. As Coinding CTO Fabio Panettieri says:
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