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GreenRangerOPOP t1_j0wketm wrote

Reply to comment by anheroleo in Lawsuits suggest some video game cheating could be illegal by Zhukov-74

What crypto are in games right now? I know of in game currency but not actual crypto

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grabmysloth t1_j0z35kf wrote

Crypto is essentially digital currency. Games like RuneScape have had digital currency for sale on secondary markets for over 2 decades now. Same with wow, diamonds in mind craft, or any other in game tradable currency that can be sold for real life cash or other assets like BTC.

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GreenRangerOPOP t1_j0z3odp wrote

Yeah I completely understand in game currency but I was talking along the lines of bitcoin or eth. I read this article that was talking about gta6 playing with the idea of implementing bitcoin in game for example.

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grabmysloth t1_j0z401w wrote

It has been discussed. The problem with using an actual currency is actually mainly gambling. A lot of mini games and stuff in these games are RNG based. If you’re using real money, it’s no different than slots. Equating your ingame currency to real life currency just becomes all sorts of legal headaches that gaming companies do not want to deal with.

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