Crypto kitties - Need I say more? Built on the Ethereum platform, these silly little cats have actually gone for high prices (https://kittysales.herokuapp.com/), but more importantly they have been testing the limits of the Ethereum network. Many people claim this illustrates the weakness of existing decentralized cryptocurrency scalability (particularly Bitcoin & Ethereum) - but I would argue this has been well known.
Instead, I say this application illustrates that scaling is actually a relevant discussion. As stupid as it may seem, this is a great reason for the Ethereum network to slow rather than just another blockbuster ICO that goes nowhere. This is easy to market and if it grows large enough, will make it to many news stations because it's a simple and fun story to report on. It will result in THOUSANDS of copycat applications, some of which might actually result in success. There is already an article on Medium discussing how to make your own app (https://medium.com/loom-network/how-to-code-your-own-cryptokitties-style-game-on-ethereum-7c8ac86a4eb3).
One of the largest reasons that it is argued cryptocurrencies are in a bubble is because adoption lags price. With Bitcoin (which I will discuss in future), you could support all transactions for commerce with less than 10% of the existing market cap. Most of the growth in Bitcoin's has come from changes in future expectations, remittances, and the 'digital gold' argument rather than its use as a transaction medium. It is refreshing to see an application (no matter how silly) that seems to be promoting actual adoption, even if it ends up being a fad.
On a side note, I think Ethereum is attractive right now relative to Bitcoin. The whole cryptocurrency market is getting expensive, in my opinion, due to Bitcoin's incredible run lately. This means the dollar value of all cryptocurrencies might correct soon (not a prediction, just becoming a higher possibility). However, Ethereum is reaching a critical support around 4 million Satoshi which it has bounced off a few times, so should be interesting if it heads lower or if it sustains. I will be taking my chances personally.
I'd love to hear your thoughts as usual. Thanks for watching.
P.S: The video itself lags around 6 minute mark - isn't your computer.
Hi,
Good article, I made another from little different point of view.
https://steemit.com/ethereum/@jinx1984/how-kitten-made-ethereum-cry
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Ethereum is still waiting for it's huge new spike in value. While the value of Bitcoin and Litecoin quickly recovered after the huge loss last week, ETH is not yet back on the old level. Since the Scaling difficulties now become obvious, I think the development of the price will be an interesting topic to look out for.
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Wonder what other blockchain has real utility.
d.tube ?
dsound.audio ?
minnowbooster.com (voting financial services)
https://s3.amazonaws.com/yabapmatt/bottracker/bottracker.html#bid
Vote bidding market
Steempixels.com
There is about 150 apps in the steem ecosystem and about 50 of them are running on the blockchain.
ever heard of http://utopian.io ? if not, you'll have a hard time not hearing about it soon.
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very interesting, I am a deep thinker and I think the world is led from bullshit! and this is one of the millions proofs we have!
I am also very confident in Cardano, teir dev team is great. If you don't know how to get some I have found this nice video
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