Last week the International Game Developers Association (IGDA), a nonprofit professional organization for members of the gaming industry, pushed back against blockchain gaming and non-fungible tokens (NFTs).
Interim executive director of the IGDA, Jakin Vela, expressed the organization’s growing concerns over the ethical issues surrounding blockchain gaming in an interview with Ars Technica. He highlighted concerns over energy efficiency, game dynamics, social issues, and the prevalence of scams and pyramid schemes in blockchain gaming.
In July last year, the IGDA published a call to action on blockchain gaming which focused on the industry’s growing energy consumption and its negative impact on the climate. The organization asked game developers to stop using NFTs and to use blockchains with proof-of-stake (PoS) mechanisms instead of alternatives with energy-inefficient proof-of-work (PoW) protocols.
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