Inside Asian Gaming

IAG JAPAN MAY 2019 82 Released in 2017, “CryptoKitties” is the first product that has used blockchain technology to record more than just a “bit”. 4:2017年にリリースされた「CryptoKitties」は単なる「ビット」以上のものを記 録するブロックチェーン技術を使用した最初の製品 COLUMNISTS digital “bit” on the internet. All of them are identically the same and each “bit” is assigned to an owner periodically on a “first come, first served” basis according to the rules written into the codes. Those owners are better known as “miners” – people who spend their time solving the mathematical equations that allow these bits to be verified. The “bit” owner can decide when and where to transfer the “bit” that he or she owns, just like how they transfer money in or out of their bank account. Most of the so-called crypto-currencies nowadays work pretty much the same way except that the ledgers aremanaged by different groups of networked computers. This is the first generation of blockchain technology. In December 2017, Axiom Zen, a Canadian technology company, successfully launched a product called “CryptoKitties”, bringing blockchain technology into a new era. “CryptoKitties” are digital pets living on the internet and of which ownership can be traded. This is the first time blockchain has been used to record more than just a “bit” – in fact a full digital image containing more than a “bit” (I know some tech-savvy readers will challenge me on my wordings).