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Re: [ANN] [8BT] 8 Circuit Studios - The Video Game Ecosystem of the Metaverse
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on 25/09/2018, 06:19:04 UTC
Token Sale starts in one week!  October 1, 2018.

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[2018-08-20] How To Achieve Mass Adoption of Blockchain - Medium
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How to Achieve Mass Adoption of Blockchain
With Video Games Leading the Way

Blockchains present an opportunity to rethink the status quo. As a new technology, many people are unaware that the true power of blockchains is the ability provide an architecture of trust. When the network can be trusted to return authentic, accurate information, without depending on a central authority, it changes the entire structure of the information age. This is why blockchains are considered a potential disruptor for so many industries. Since this is the case, what is stopping the value of blockchain from being recognized?

Barriers To Entry
Unfortunately, trying to enter the world of blockchain can be a daunting task. The most common introduction to blockchain is speculation on cryptocurrencies, but getting started in cryptocurrencies presents some significant hurdles, not the least of which, is risking money.

Here are some common barriers of entry for the average person to get started in cryptocurrencies in order to learn about blockchain:

1. Choose a cryptocurrency — There’s a wide variety out there, but at a minimum a new person to the space needs to learn the difference between Bitcoin and Ethereum

2.Choose an exchange where the crypto of choice can be purchased and undergo the Know Your Customer (KYC) process — As a new user, KYC can be daunting, especially considering blockchain is purported to be ushering in a new era of controlling personal information

3.Select a digital wallet that supports the desired currencies — A necessary step to secure digital currency that requires understanding the difference between wallet types and each individuals personal needs

4.Learn how to make transfers — If you’ve never done it before, this can be nerve wracking, depending on the amount you’re transfering
This process requires considerable research and understanding at each of these points. The results are most people’s eyes glossing over before they complete a single step. This restricts beginners from uncovering the value that can be offered through cryptocurrencies, and furthermore, it precludes expanding understanding of blockchain.

In order for mass adoption of blockchain and cryptocurrencies to happen on a larger scale, these steps will need to be simplified to the point that each is almost transparent. The same concept was true in the early days of the internet; simplification led to adoption.

Blockchain integration into products will need to be easy and accessible before the average person considers adopting the blossoming technology.

Simplification is where video games can be utilized as a tool for adoption. Games can teach people how how to interact with a new, innovative, technology and most importantly, instruct them in a rewarding environment.

In the case of blockchain technology, video games have the opportunity to provide players easy ways to learn how to manage a digital wallet, tokens, transfers, and also the value of digital assets. This learning process could occur without needing days of research, Know Your Customer processes, or risking a lot of money. The primary challenge for developers is creating methods for overcoming these barriers and offer it to the players.


8 Circuit Studios has developed a proof of concept game to demonstrate how blockchain can be made practically transparent to the player while providing all the benefits of the technology. The game Alien Arsenal: Battle for the Blockchain, demonstrates how a player can easily acquire a wallet, tokens and digital assets. The digital assets, in this case represented as adorable aliens, are not static objects that only use the blockchain for tracking ownership, but evolve and change making them more unique each time they level up.

Once these basic concepts of wallets, tokens, and assets are understood, many of the features that drew the early adopters to blockchain technology will be quickly grasped by the day to day user, such as: Immutability, secure transactions, and fraud prevention to name a few.

More than Currencies
Establishment of ownership through desirable digital assets will be a turning point in understanding blockchain.
Once the barriers of entry have been lowered the opportunity arises to demonstrate that the blockchain offers much more than alternate forms of currency. Establishment of ownership through desirable digital assets will be a turning point in understanding blockchain.

Persistent Assets and Ownership
To date, digital assets, whether items in a video game or an online document, have been restricted to the environment where it was created. Within these walled gardens everything works beautifully… until it doesn’t. Access to the environment where the asset was created can be lost or restricted and assets can be changed or removed without notice by the entity that controls the environment. The user of the service (be it a video game or an online spreadsheet) doesn’t actually own the content, even if they created or crafted the asset; the ownership is retained by the creator of the environment.

When the data for an asset is stored publicly, either on a public blockchain or referenced to public data storage, it resides outside the environment where it was created. This effectively transfers the value store from the environment owner to the individual holding the private key to that asset.


Cross Game Assets
Cross game assets are digital assets that have the ability to be used in more than one game world. This means that a car acquired in game “A” would also work in game “B.” This is possible because the data relevant to the item is stored publicly, using blockchain to reference the item’s information. The asset exists outside of the game world and is owned by the player.


Scarcity of Assets
It is possible to create these assets with scarcity built in. In current game worlds it’s possible to know an item is rare or unique, but typically, the rarity is obscured to the player and unique does not meet the standard definition of “one of a kind.” With items that exist on the blockchain, the player could look at the contract, or code, that generated the item and know exactly how many are in existence. Whether shopping for a new object or trying to find a truly unique item in the game world, it’s possible for the player to understand the real value.

Leveling Up and Customizations Assets
An intriguing new feature is the ability to level up or evolve digital assets. This evolution can be done through any number of mechanisms in or out of the game. The changes to the asset are recorded permanently and referenced through the blockchain. If the item has designed into it branching or unique paths to it’s leveling system, this feature can take an item from the original common status, through rare, and, potentially allow it to become a unique item. Just like in the “real world” if you make changes to something you own, new wheels on your car, for example, it changes the value of that object.

This is, again, demonstrated in the proof of concept game, Alien Arsenal, by 8 Circuit Studios. Whenever the aliens “evolve” the user is able to select a new skill. Though the alien appearance remains the same as other aliens of the same level owned by other players, the of skills selected by each individual player when the adorable Alien evolves makes it different from other aliens. Though in Alien Arsenal has just a few sample skills for the Aliens, it’s easy to imagine how this proof of concept could scale into a branching system of skills that take a digital, blockchain, asset from a common item into unique.

The Realization of Asset Value
Persistence, cross game use, scarcity, history, customization and leveling up will all impact the value of digital assets on the blockchain. Paired with true ownership, the result be a dramatic change in thinking about the value provided to players by video games. As the realization that items are in demand and openly available to exchange on secondary markets, players, seeing a potential return on their investment, for both time and money, will change their approach to gaming, intuitively balancing the return on both entertainment value and financial incentives.

Widespread Use
In summary, for widespread adoption of blockchain will occur through

Simplification and gamification will provide opportunity to lower barriers to entry into blockchain / cryptocurrency for the average user, which will allow them to become acquainted with the basic concepts
Demonstration that the value of blockchain is more than currency speculation through development of desirable digital assets
The video game industry, forecast to exceed $137 Billion in 2018, has demonstrated that the value of digital assets is understood by gamers, even when they are offered for entertainment purposes only. Imagine the additional value they will discover when they can speculate on the longer term value of items or use their skills to create items that have even greater value.

Further video games are the richest and most accessible source of widely desirable digital assets. By taking that inherent desirability and utilizing public blockchains, like Ethereum, it provides the ingredients to demonstrate value for blockchain.

As the gaming industry continues to develop new products and methods for utilizing blockchain in games, players of those games, will see how easy it is to collect and transact both assets and money, digitally, without reliance on a central authority to oversee all the transactions or verify the information about the assets. These features will begin to spread to other industries as the use becomes understood and commonplace.

8 Circuit Studios is dedicated to unlocking the value of blockchain by both lowering the barriers to entry into blockchain, as demonstrated in their proof of concept Alien Arsenal, as well as creating high quality and useful digital assets. If you want to see how 8 Circuit Studios levels up digital assets, stay tuned for the broad announcement of Project Genesis (originally D-PARC) coming soon.

If you are interested in supporting this process, or would like to own the first digital assets for yourself, it’s possible to see the fidelity that will be offered by visiting the 8 Circuit Studios Token Sale Site.

Learn More About 8 Circuit Studios
Join the Community
As always, we have many announcements coming in the near future. Make sure you are a member of the 8 Circuit Studios Discord channel to be a part of the community. You’ll also get early access, sneak peeks, all of our other important information about 8 Circuit Studios and our games first.

We look forward to keeping the conversation going!

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Re: [ANN] [8BT] 8 Circuit Studios - The Video Game Ecosystem of the Metaverse
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mike8CircuitStudios
on 20/08/2018, 16:40:57 UTC
How to achieve mass adoption of blockchain and crypto: Video Games leading the way.

https://medium.com/8-circuit-studios/how-to-achieve-mass-adoption-of-blockchain-b3bce1c77037
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Re: [ANN] [8BT] 8 Circuit Studios - The Video Game Ecosystem of the Metaverse
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mike8CircuitStudios
on 16/08/2018, 18:43:47 UTC
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Re: [ANN] [8BT] 8 Circuit Studios - The Video Game Ecosystem of the Metaverse
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mike8CircuitStudios
on 13/08/2018, 22:38:19 UTC
The use cases of the project are well explained, the USP is clearly visible and the team is very well positioned.

Thanks @hoatran!

Here's a quick summary of who would want to buy 8BT and why:

8BT is for Crypto-Enthusiasts
.: Driving adoption of crypto and blockchain by making it easy, accessible and fun through video games
.: Access to limited edition, rare and ever more unique digital assets secured on the Ethereum Blockchain
.: Total limited supply
.:Bonus when purchasing through Token Sale

8BT is for Developers
.: Established token that works across games
.: Digital Assets that can cross game environments
.: Ethereum Contract Reliability

8BT is for Gamers
.: Ownership of all your game assets
.: A digital wallet, no need for third party plugins or browser extensions
.: Inventory management with 3D models

8BT is for You - Now is the time to enter the Metaverse

https://8CircuitStudios.io
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Re: [ANN] [8BT] 8 Circuit Studios - The Video Game Ecosystem of the Metaverse
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mike8CircuitStudios
on 10/08/2018, 17:59:56 UTC
I was interested in attitude that I answered firmly.
Game space and "crypto-currency" compatibility is good.
It is convenient to use the same avatar in any game.
However, it may be inconvenient for people who have become individual characters for each game.
It might be fun to be able to possess a large number of avatars and choose one person.

You've got it sundy399!  Our intent isn't that you are stuck with just one avatar, but you have the choice of which one you use when and where.  Think of it as choosing the right outfit for the right occasion.

Since they belong to you, you could even create a generic character, grind it's levels up and then sell it, or sell it once you're tired of it.  All kinds of options.
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Re: [ANN] [8BT] 8 Circuit Studios - The Video Game Ecosystem of the Metaverse
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mike8CircuitStudios
on 10/08/2018, 05:50:46 UTC
Alright, you've done it.  Officially pushed me into creating an account after years of lurking on bitcointalk Grin

After my own heart, have been sold on anything and everything metaverse related after learning of the concept in the early 80s and I agree these are the necessary steps to making this possible. 

Question: Are the videos on your YouTube (space game) showing the actual graphics quality we'll see while playing?







Glad we pushed you into activity!  Those are actual in game graphics!  And for everyone else who's interested you can get an early look at

PROJECT GENESIS here!

We have more videos releasing soon! So follow us on youtube or join our DISCORD or TELEGRAM for updates
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Re: [ANN] [8BT] 8 Circuit Studios - The Video Game Ecosystem of the Metaverse
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mike8CircuitStudios
on 10/08/2018, 01:27:24 UTC
Loved your whitepaper, especially The Challenges part.  It was fun to read and you actually did mention all the sources. Do you know how rare it is to see a whitepaper with some actual sources?   Hopefully your project will succeed in the nearest future you definitely deserve it.


Thank you!  Glad to find other people who like to see where information is coming from.

Some updated data you might appreciate: The Video Game Industry is expected to top $125 BILLION this year.  Much of that coming from microtransactions for in game items; what would be digital assets in our environment.

Please let me know if you have any additional questions!
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Re: [ANN] [8BT] 8 Circuit Studios - The Video Game Ecosystem of the Metaverse
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mike8CircuitStudios
on 09/08/2018, 02:05:44 UTC
Hello I'm interested in your project I want to study the information in more detail but when I go to your site it does not work, look what's up,this moment frightens potential investors

Can you PM me and let me know what address and where you are trying to access from?

edit: Looks like I made a mistake in the post.  Try https://8circuitstudios.io

You need to update the website on the first sheet, so they don't keep asking, don't let your good project become unattractive because of it. may be useful. do not fret investors Smiley Smiley

Thanks for the encouragement!

Just so everyone knows what's up and doesn't make the same mistake I did, in the url tag, I added quotes around the url's and that resulted in another http:// being added in front of the url.  It works in preview mode, but broke after it was posted.

Thanks again, all!
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Re: [ANN] [8BT] 8 Circuit Studios - The Video Game Ecosystem of the Metaverse
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mike8CircuitStudios
on 09/08/2018, 00:26:38 UTC
Hello I'm interested in your project I want to study the information in more detail but when I go to your site it does not work, look what's up,this moment frightens potential investors

Can you PM me and let me know what address and where you are trying to access from?

edit: Looks like I made a mistake in the post.  Try https://8circuitstudios.io
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Re: [ANN] [8BT] 8 Circuit Studios - The Video Game Ecosystem of the Metaverse
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on 08/08/2018, 23:30:44 UTC
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    means that this project has been in business for a long time, then I want to ask what you want to develop from your project? and does it benefit investors? Wink

    Thanks for pointing that out!  Forgot my audience.   Wink

    The 8BT is a utility token.

    It's function will be to purchase the digital assets of the Metaverse, assets produced by 8 Circuit Studios and anyone else who wants to follow our model.  8 Circuit Studios Ethereum based Digital Assets:
    • Have scarcity built into contract, impacting value
    • Can level up or Evolve specific traits of the asset, further impacting scarcity
    • Are truly owned by the player to buy, sell or trade at will
    • Can be used as cross game assets, or are usable in other games of the metaverse


    Since these assets have the potential for increasing value, must be acquired with 8BT and there is a limited supply of 8BT, that is the potential of the currency.

    Learn more at 8CircuitStudios.io[/list]
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    Re: [ANN] [8BT] 8 Circuit Studios - The Video Game Ecosystem of the Metaverse
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    mike8CircuitStudios
    on 08/08/2018, 22:32:16 UTC
    Recently, virtual reality has become a very popular topic in the world of cryptocurrency.Now many games are created on the blockchain.Why should we choose Your investment platform?

    Thanks for the question Anycrypt!

    Much of what I'm going to say here can be found in the Forbes article written about our company recently, feel free to check that out.

    We've been in business for over a year and we wanted to be in a position where we had something to offer before we had a token sale.

    Many of the companies in this space are producing a platform with hopes that game developers will join them.  We are experienced game developers coming from companies like EA, Microsoft and Nintendo, to name a few, and we identified that it was important to build the games that will start the platform. Our experience will be used as a model for other game developers to follow.

    Our games are designed to be a gateway to the blockchain and cryptocurrencies, by making the blockchain integration nearly transparent.  This has been done to allow, as Vitalik Buterin recently pointed out on twitter as the most important thing for blockchains, mass adoption and understanding by the average person possible.

    You can see this in the proof of concept mobile game we published Alien Arsenal: Battle for the Blockchain where blockchain integration is almost invisible.

    Our game, Project Genesis, is a AAA title that will be available on console and PC.  It's been in production since the inception of our company and is designed to put ownership in the players hands, not just of digital assets, but of your character as your gaming identity.  Assets and identity are the cornerstones of the Metaverse.

    Lastly, as I mentioned we want to provide the model for everyone to be able to create digital assets.  This will change the model of video game development and allow developers to focus on building either assets, or worlds or stories as they please.  Making an environment that is more free and open to the content creators, instead of depending on the walled gardens that we see today.
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    [ANN] [8BT] 8 Circuit Studios - The Video Game Ecosystem of the Metaverse
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    mike8CircuitStudios
    on 08/08/2018, 21:28:39 UTC


    8 CIRCUIT STUDIOS CHANGING THE RULES OF GAMING!  
    JOIN THE NETWORK TO BUILD CONNECTED UNIVERSES






    TOKEN SALE  |  DISCORD  |  WHITE PAPER  |  WEB  |  MEDIUM  |  
    TWITTER  |  FACEBOOK  |  TELEGRAM  |  AIRDROP





    True Visionaries: The Crypto-Community
    Traditional gamers will play a pivotal role in the success of 8 Circuit Studios’ games, but there is a select group of individuals who see things a little differently: the Crypto-Enthusiast and the Crypto-Gamer. You’ve been far ahead of the curve in grasping crypto-currencies as a revolutionary social technology — redefining the very nature of what money is in the 21st century. You’ll likely have had exposure to another key component of the digital dimension: crypto-assets.

    If you’re like most crypto-enthusiasts, by connecting the roles that blockchains, crypto-currency, and crypto-assets as a catalyzing force, you’re attempting to peer into the future. You’re looking to find that next big thing that disrupt legacy industries and capture the imagination of future generations.

    We believe the metaverse is the next big thing.



    Metaverse (ˈmedəˌvərs)

    “A virtual-reality space in which users can interact with a computer-generated
    environment and other users.” -Wikipedia

    The team at 8 Circuit Studios believes the metaverse is something much more substantial
    and important than merely a “computer generated environment”.  It is a place where the
    impossible becomes possible and dreams of the imagination are reality.




    STEPS TO THE METAVERSE
    1 - ACCESSIBILITY
    Blockchains must to be easy for gamers and accessible for developers.

    2 - GAMES & IMMERSION
    Games and immersive environments are the perfect gateway to blockchain adoption.

    3 - AVATARS
    Create avatars and characters that can live forever on the blockchain.  Everyone will need a digital persona in the Metaverse.

    4 - ECOSYSTEMS
    Developers, creators, and gamers who share the vision of the metaverse are collaborating together to create the 5th Dimension.








    8BT
    PUT SIMPLY, 8BT TOKENS ARE THE KEY

    8 Bit Tokens are your key to crossing into the metaverse

    With 8BT’s you can acquire your very own digital assets produced by a
    community of partners.  They are the fuel that power this economy. By owning 8BT you
    join the exclusive membership of visionaries creating the 5th Dimension. Sign up for
    sale notifications here.


    Learn all about our digital assets, our games, our platform, our partnerships, our roadmap, our team and the 8BT Tokens, all on our token sale site

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    Re: Token Rewards Decreasing Soon! Join Alien Arsenal Today!
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    mike8CircuitStudios
    on 07/05/2018, 17:18:30 UTC
    Not meant to read like an ad, just meant to give an accurate description.  Our goal is to make crypto easy, accessible and fun... and hopefully the post was too!
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    Token Rewards Decreasing Soon! Join Alien Arsenal Today!
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    mike8CircuitStudios
    on 05/05/2018, 03:03:52 UTC
    A mobile game for iOS and Android, Alien Arsenal: Battle for the Blockchain is a cooperative boss battling game where players collaborate with others to defeat invading bosses to win prizes and glory. Collect and evolve an arsenal of aliens, then trade, buy, sell and/or gift them with complete freedom on the Ethereum blockchain. Alien Arsenal is designed to make it easy and fun to play with blockchains without having to download wallets, plugins or navigate the often confusing world of cryptocurrencies.

    Coming soon to an App (iOS) or Play Store (Android) near you.

    The Aliens Are Coming...
    And They're Bringing Tokens!

    As we develop our launch title on the Ethereum blockchain, we are also doing something that we believe is unique in the world of blockchains: providing an airdrop via mobile blockchain technology. We’re calling our airdrop a “Space Drop” in honor of the friendly visitors that are in Alien Arsenal: Battle for the Blockchain. Our Space Drop has two objectives:

    1) Help us distribute our tokens to those who share our vision
    2) Provide a way for folks to earn tokens before we make token purchasing available

    In these early days, as we try to perfect our mobile app and installation process, we are offering a chunk of tokens — 20 8Bit Tokens in fact! You’ll want to participate as soon as possible as the number of tokens we are offering will diminish over time.

    You can get in on our Space Drop right now by signing up here: http://bit.ly/AASpaceDrop

    By registering with a valid Google email address, you’ll be placed on a list for one of our next invite waves. Once you get the installation information, download the Space Drop app for iOS/Android and the tokens will be beamed to the wallet we provide you as a part of your signup!

    We envision a world where everyone can take advantage of the power of blockchains without having to fight against the inherent challenges they present in these early days. Please join us and help us get there.

    We are enthusiastic about the opportunity to create something that we believe the crypto-community at-large has been eagerly waiting for: a blockchain-based mobile game. If you’re curious about tokens, digital assets, blockchains, or how easy crypto can be, Alien Arsenal: Battle for the Blockchain is for you. Our community is a warm and generous one so feel free to join the conversation in our Discord and see what the future of blockchains can look like.

    Alien Arsenal: Battle For the Blockchain
    A Game From
    8 Circuit Studios

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    Alien Arsenal - Mobile Blockchain Game - Earn 8Bit Tokens, EASY!
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    mike8CircuitStudios
    on 19/04/2018, 18:53:43 UTC

    A mobile game for iOS and Android, Alien Arsenal: Battle for the Blockchain is a cooperative boss battling game where players collaborate with others to defeat invading bosses to win prizes and glory. Collect and evolve an arsenal of aliens, then trade, buy, sell and/or gift them with complete freedom on the Ethereum blockchain. Alien Arsenal is designed to make it easy and fun to play with blockchains without having to download wallets, plugins or navigate the often confusing world of cryptocurrencies.

    We thought a first introduction to the blockchain should be something cute, entertaining, and rewarding. With Alien Arsenal, players can incubate little alien critters on the blockchain where they will live forever in their digital splendor. After your little dude is up and happy on the blockchain…that’s when the fun begins. Train your alien to level them up to the highest ranks and watch them evolve into bigger and more awesome avatars. As we continue to develop Alien Arsenal, you’ll soon be able to use your newly buffed up aliens to battle against other players.

    Coming soon to an App (iOS) or Play Store (Android) near you.



    Simplicity & Digital Assets
    Alien Arsenal: Battle for the Blockchain showcases some of the capabilities that are possible with blockchains: digital asset ownership and advancing and improving digital assets through their evolution. If you’ve been in the blockchain space for a while, Alien Arsenal is an opportunity to see what it might be like to have an experience using the blockchain without the challenges that normally accompany their use.



    The Aliens Are Coming...
    And They're Bringing Tokens!

    As we develop our launch title on the Ethereum blockchain, we are also doing something that we believe is unique in the world of blockchains: providing an airdrop via mobile blockchain technology. We’re calling our airdrop a “Space Drop” in honor of the friendly visitors that are in Alien Arsenal: Battle for the Blockchain. Our Space Drop has two objectives:

    1) Help us distribute our tokens to those who share our vision
    2) Provide a way for folks to earn tokens before we make token purchasing available

    In these early days, as we try to perfect our mobile app and installation process, we are offering a chunk of tokens — 20 8Bit Tokens in fact! You’ll want to participate as soon as possible as the number of tokens we are offering will diminish over time.

    You can get in on our Space Drop right now by signing up here: http://bit.ly/AASpaceDrop

    When you provide a valid email, instructions will come to you shortly. Once you get the installation information, download the Space Drop app for iOS/Android and the tokens will be beamed to the wallet we provide you as a part of your signup!

    We envision a world where everyone can take advantage of the power of blockchains without having to fight against the inherent challenges they present in these early days. Please join us and help us get there.

    We are enthusiastic about the opportunity to create something that we believe the crypto-community at-large has been eagerly waiting for: a blockchain-based mobile game. If you’re curious about tokens, digital assets, blockchains, or how easy crypto can be, Alien Arsenal: Battle for the Blockchain is for you. Our community is a warm and generous one so feel free to join the conversation in our Discord and see what the future of blockchains can look like.


    Recent News About 8 Circuit Studios
    Forbes - How Nintendo, Microsoft Veterans Are Helping Build A Real Metaverse
    VentureBeat - 8 Circuit Studios Will Use Blockchain to Build the Metaverse
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    Suggestions Please: Where to get ERC20 Based Token Security Review (Audit)
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    mike8CircuitStudios
    on 02/01/2018, 21:33:06 UTC
    We've recently built an ERC20 Token that we would like to use as the basis for an economy. This token will be used as our currency between content creators and consumers.

    We'd like to have our token audited to make sure that there are no unforeseen consequences to decisions we made on functionality. We've tested it throughly in house, but would like to have a professional review that would provide us some additional peace of mind (for everyone who's part of the economy) about the security of the token.

    In developing the token we used much of what is available through OpenZepplin for standardization so we've contacted Zepplin Solutions to request a security audit with no response.

    Any suggestions on businesses that offer a professional audit would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!!!

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    Who we are and what we are doing:

    8 Circuit Studios (8circuitstudios.com) is in the process of developing a new token based economy to democratize the creation of digital assets. We see the richest source of digital assets currently available is in video games. As veterans of the video game industry we understand the creation process for digital assets and wish to establish an economic system that allows, not just the publishers of game environments to profit, but also the content creators and the consumers of the assets (gamers).

    To do this we have created an ERC20 based token to power our economy. A token intended for exchanged between all participants of video game worlds: Gamers, publishers, developers and content creators.

    Additionally, we have created Ethereum Smart Contracts that are actual objects in our games, called Smart Game Objects. This allows the gamer to extract value from the game through actual ownership of the object, and allows content creators the accessibility to create their own objects and profit from them fully.

    At this time we have two games in development (a mobile and a PC title). We have crushed the barriers of entry into token economies (or crypto currencies) by easily on boarding gamers with their own wallet and providing tokens with a credit card purchase in game. Additionally, we have created the first prototype Smart Game Objects which establish the initial protocols for managed and changeable digital assets on the blockchain.

    We are not planning to have a public ICO, but will be offering a private sale to individuals who wish to support the creation of this economy and will sell tokens to the players of our games through credit card and crypto purchases.

    To learn more about our development you can visit our website or our development journal at https://medium.com/8-circuit-studios.
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    Re: Cost of blockchain game development
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    mike8CircuitStudios
    on 02/01/2018, 21:21:46 UTC
    We (8 Circuit Studios) are in the process of developing two blockchain based games and a platform that allows for the development, ownership and transactions of digital assets on the blockchain.  To do it right there are a lot of issues that you will need to overcome.  Building on the blockchain is still bleeding edge.  Games like cryptokitties doesn't really provide ownership over their assets.  As the player, you own the string that identifies the kitty. Anyway, that's kinda beside the point, depending on what you want to build it will do, your skillset and how much you want to provide back to the community, it could take anywhere from a few months to... well, indefinitely. We have a team of 16 people working on two games and the platform, our first game has been in development for about 9 months.

    Feel free to follow up if you want more info.
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    Re: Changing Digital Asset Ownership in Video Games with Smart Game Objects
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    mike8CircuitStudios
    on 24/12/2017, 19:52:53 UTC

    Is it possible to buy,sell and store a smart contract in a wallet?


    Yes!  It is possible. By indicating the owner of the contract (with the owners wallet address) that is where the contract is "stored," technically who holds the private key to make changes to the contract. From that point the owner can simply change the owner of the contract to a different address.  If you've used something like the Mist wallet that allows you to interact with smart contracts, there are a number of built in options that can be interacted with based on authorization.  As the owner of the contract, one of the things we provide is the ability to transfer ownership to another wallet.

    We've also already built wallets into our game that allow you to manage this.

    Let me know if I can provide any additional info, and thanks for the question!
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    Board Project Development
    Suggestions Needed for Token Review
    by
    mike8CircuitStudios
    on 23/12/2017, 22:08:24 UTC
    We are looking for a token review of our ERC20 based token.  We've reached out to Smart Contract Solutions, but have not had a reply.

    Does anyone have suggestions on where else to look or successful bounty campaigns for reviews or other options?

    Thanks for your help!