Lucid Sight, a gaming company that specializes in incorporating emerging technologies, has announced a deal with CBS Interactive to introduce Star Trek starships into Crypto Space Commander (CSC). For a limited time, players will be able to purchase the most recognizable Star Trek starships in game.
CSC is an open world game on the Ethereum blockchain where players control starships to mine, collect and craft items. What makes these items different is that the Ethereum blockchain secures them. This means that players can prove independent ownership of items and can trade them easily.
Essentially, it has the same idea as CryptoKitties – a cat breeding and trading game. Each “cat” is a unique non-fungible token (NFT) which can be traded, the cat’s virtual “genes” controlled by a smart contract, and its value increases or decreases based on market demand. At the apex of blockchain euphoria in December 2017, a CryptoKitty sold for the equivalent of $100 000 and the game was so popular it slowed the Ethereum blockchain.
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