The use of cryptomones is already a reality that seems inevitable and that of course, generates many discrepancies between society. Both for the necessary contamination to create this type of virtual objects with economic value and by the problems of addiction or pyramidal that has to cling to this type of product: although in some cases, certain people take this as a last hope to save their economy.
It is a debate that has reached videogames and, for a few months, we have several examples of games that are already in the market. Or that they will arrive, like the already controversial cometh.io. But, now, let's talk about axie infinity , a game based on cryptomones and nft that is giving a lot to talk and that we have even seen videos or actions of content creators, a fact that puts in Check the morality of making this kind of proposals, taking into account that much of the target of this type of streamers are minors without the knowledge of everything around and all the damage That can cause not consuming something like that.
What about Axie Infinity?
This is one of the games that gas the fire of the cryptomoned fire, is that it is based on a mechanics that we have already found that it works in the world of video games, as is the Pokémon style. Here are axies the creatures we have at our disposal, but there is already a particularity as soon as you begin, and is that we must invest in one of these virtual creatures a minimum of about $ 200 ** (about 0.1 of Ethereum) to be able play. Of course, we must bear in mind that the creature has a value that can be used to obtain or multiply benefits in the real world.
Basically, Axie Infinity combines the structure of modern videogames with the aim of inciting to collect elements that provide everything related to NFTs and the Blockchain network in general **, all of it masked with a fun and family approach with the That, really, many people are playing considerable income: and that is where the danger of addiction goes into playing or falling into something like pyramidal scams. Thus, an average of 350,000 active users meet up to date. Watch out.
With this in mind, in Axie Infinity we find daily missions and the possibility of facing other players. But, the real purpose is to earn money playing: it's called Play to Earn . A much more serious meanness than Play-to-Win or Free-to-Play we use in video games.
As we said before, each creature is really an NFT, and as in Pokémon, once purchased, they can be raised or exchanged. Throughout the game we can perform missions to get tokens, which are virtual coins, but have value in real life. Also, if you do not have money to make the initial investment that Axie Infinity needs to play, there are owners that offer you something named as scholarships, which actually are axies rentals so you can play , while they receive a Percentage of the profits you get to go starting.
A model that works
Beyond the ethical, it is not enough, the reality is that the model works and has the support of companies such as Binance, Samsung or Ubisoft. In September 2018 there were only 100 users and now 200,000 are exceeded by 2021, becoming the greatest NFT project of today , with brutal growth since last May it seems that it will continue to grow in the next months.
Following with the data, the million monthly transactions have been exceeded, with a sales volume that exceeds 500 million dollars monthly , as they have in the confidential. His Token, the currency of the game, has gone from having a value of 13 euros, reaching until the 59 he has at present. Although many businesses are trying to go through this NFT market, in organizations as important as the NBA, soccer teams or music bands. This does not stop growing.
It is undeniable that this business model, sponsored by products such as Axie Infinity, is a financial bubble similar to which we can see in casinos, bets, lotteries or pyramidal schemes . It is causing an unusual movement between the different types of markets, and is having special push in developing countries with the sole purpose, not to have fun playing, but to become rich.
According to data stipulated by SimilarWeb, the total 42% of the traffic of Axie Infinity comes from the Philippines, who have seen this proposal as something more than a simple game: Venezuela and Indonesia follow him behind him. Only with the aim of taking money out. It is estimated that about 1000 euros can be removed per month playing full time . And that, in the aforementioned countries, is a number of money considerably higher than the minimum wage. There are some people who tell that, thanks to this, it has been able to leave their country of origin else, buying land or properties.
The pyramid of chaos
All this sounds very nice on paper and we have lived it on numerous occasions with facts that were going to make us millionaires, such as investment in stock, seals and other dangerous market influences that promise to make rich in just a few hours. Not everything is as easy as it seems and is certainly a danger that there are streamers that are uploaded to the car of this type of games based on cryptomones and NFTS, Without care of the audience they have .
Even with an adult audience, the same thing happens. Due to the pandemic there are many situations of despair and Axie Infinity can be seen as a way to get easy money, but it can also pose the definitive ruin. In fact, if you look for the game at _ youtube _ , in searches only videos appear with the title How to make money easily . This is the Internet, you do not believe everything that is counted: we are only one more link. A lot of caution.
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