Quote from: Lachrymose on June 01, 2020, 02:00:01 PM

I've created a thread about Decentraland and its ERC721 non-fungible tokens a few months ago. The first problem I noticed was that the Ethereum network was very inadequate and costly for a game. I had to pay around ~10 cent transfer fee for each transaction I made in the game even if I adjust 1gwei as a transfer fee. For this reason, Topps Company must have been preferred the WAX blockchain instead of the Ethereum network. As you said above; who missed the boat have to learn how to buy WAX to get those cards, and this is encouraging new people who don't know cryptos to learn something about this world. Games, cards or similar things built on the blockchain will have a positive impact on the rise of the cryptocurrency market in the long term.

Your MANA post was very comprehensive, good job. I had been following that project for quite a while too but didn't really understand the limitations of using ETH until you explained it based on your experiences. The thing that turned me off about Decentraland is that the land costs are so damned high... Its still a bit unbelievable really that tiny parcels are going for hundreds or thousands of dollars. Still a bit of overconfidence in the value of their project IMO.

As a clone of EOS, WAX doesn't have traditional transaction fees; more that you buy computational resources with WAX or stake your own WAX to be able to make transactions. The first 5 or 6 transactions are free when you set up a Wax Cloud Wallet account, but beyond that you have to buy at least a little bit of WAX if you plan on making a lot of transactions. So indeed this is ideal for those who are entering the game with zero understanding of the blockchain, crypto, or how to get it.

Quote from: Coyster on June 01, 2020, 07:55:49 PM

Do you think it possible any company to launch a digital collectible on the bitcoin blockchain, to be purchased only with bitcoins?

Well, I know some non-company entities have with Rare Pepes. They exist on the bitcoin blockchain under the Counterparty (XCP) protocol. For several years they had a pretty active community which has dwindled recently. But you have to pay BTC's relatively hefty transaction fee in order to buy them or move them, which is definitely a turnoff, as compared to CryptoKitties or Decentraland or GPKs on WAX.