My Cryptokitties Experience

in busy •  7 years ago  (edited)

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I have been chatting with some folks about cryptokitties and I decided to take a plunge after reading https://steemit.com/cryptokitties/@ashleykalila/i-got-a-cryptokitty-and-i-am-in-love

Ashley is a cool cat, and @justatouchfey got me curious along with @stellabelle.

I did my reading and these cryptokitties aren't just sold, but owners with a mom and dad can breed them.

Yes, you heard me right. If you take this to the nth degree it is very likely that cat breeders will rule the world.

With that in mind and my FOMO at high levels, I try to buy a cheap cryptokitty with Metamask.

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What?!?! I thought throwing my money at a cat automatically made it mine? I guess the purchase process is as finicky as a feline.

I will try again.

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Blah!!! This is not what I was expecting at all! I can go to my amazon app and accidentally buy coffee, but I can't execute this purchase after two tries? Maybe I need to meditate first.

Ommmmmm.

After my proper meditation I try to get a cryptokitty one more time.

Before I try to buy, I find out more about the kitties breeding cycle

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I try to purchase again with the taste of failure fresh in my mouth.

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And I come back to see that transactions have either timed out or are still in progress.

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I thought the Ethereum network was better than this?

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I had the same error 5 times now. Also we lose the gas fee too. I gave up :(

I will work on another post. I did more reading and you need to clear up old transactions before sending one through. And there is a specific number for gas and gas limit that has worked for some.

Here is how you cancel pending transactions: https://www.reddit.com/r/EtherDelta/comments/72tctz/guide_how_to_cancel_a_pending_transaction/

It's because the crypokitties are blowing up the network.
It's getting fixed but it's taking a while.
Everyone just wants a cryptokitty! hehe

I finally got one. I am writing a post about it and hope to publish tonight.

Please send me the link to your post when you've got it online!

congrats on your purchase

yes- everyone wants more than 1 infact

i have heared it by someones article.

thanks for sharing!

Are you still on it or did you give up? I started today. Bought two kitties and bred one it's fun, but had some issues too so it would be cool to start a group of newbies to talk to :)

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