Of course, I had to try this Cryptokitty thing.
My modus operandi is to just jump right into things without reading much and fail fast and move on.
And I failed hard: Bought worthless cats for too much Ether.
I also found ‘the game’ extremely boring after the initial rush, and it managed to induce some sort of cognitive dissonance in me. I did not understand the point with it and got annoyed.
Is it a scam?
Is it a joke?
Is this some sort of Trojan to destroy Ethereum?
Is it a game?
Or is it something more?
More first epiphany was that Ethereum sucks. I paid way too much for Gas that did not get me far. I also find the Metamask process tedious. I have tried to avoid Ethereum so far for this reason. The ‘game’ would have much better on Steem (SteemKitties, anyone)!
I will not go into the technicalities about Cryptokitties.
I kind of dislike that you had to be so early on to enjoy most of the profits.
But, we see this all over the Cryptospace: Slow money doesn’t cut it anymore.
I guess this is some kind of evolution.
As you probably know the value of the cats are depended mostly on how scarce the cats are.
For example a DraculaKitty is pretty valuable, even though the parents are often mostly worthless cats (on paper). Please correct me Cryptokitty experts if I am wrong.
I have a PhD in neuroscience and have worked with genes, thus I see the ‘science’ behind more interesting.
The genetic code of each cat is decoded as 256 bits on the Ethereum network.
Thus, if you are smart(er) you can probably figure out how to breed any cat and earn loads of money.
Thus, I do not really see Cryptokitties as a game anymore.
I see it as a proof of concept about how selfish participants can work towards a common goal.
This epiphany really got me goosebumps.
Blockchain is going to be HUGE, much bigger than even the most optimistic Bitcoiner think.
It is going to change our life, in probably every domain possible.
I think many people will see the light and be cryptonized after Cryptokitties.
Thus, the reward incentive has the potential the revolutionize both how we learn (education) and how science is being made (in a decentralized manner).
Perhaps something for the techies at Steem to think about.
Creating a decentralised APP on Steem where you can solve real scientific puzzles for a reward: All in the name of human progress.
I have decided to not use more time on Cryptokitties, as I like to use my neuronal activity on something I find personal valuable. Figuring out to breed cat Draculas is not one of them. I guess the bots will take over Cryptokitties pretty fast. Bots are poor post writers.
Also, I prefer real world kitties.
I am not going to sell my cats ether, I will just HODL my cats.
This is not me. Just thought it was a fun post
Thank you for your time and attention. Steem on!
