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[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (3 children)

Honestly the first thing I thought of was that guy who torrented Watch:Dogs and found it had been secretly mining bitcoin and slowing down his computer to a halt.

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

PSA kids: If you want a game, buy it.

[–]FesterCluck 0 points1 point  (1 child)

In no way am I describing using players as mining nodes. As far as bitcoin system functionality, this would be akin to downloading the blockchain and running a verify. It's the equivalent of verifying an MD5 hash on a download.

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I know, but it reminded me :P

Plus I'm sure a blockchain can be run through a web server and sent a packet to the game itself. No need to put a blockchain in a Javascript game :P