Sep 14, 2025
Gaming
Crypto Games Keep Shutting Down. This $500K Fund Aims to Help Players Recover
Blockchain games are shutting down in droves so far this year, as hype and funding fade and crypto investors turn their attention elsewhere. But one long-running crypto game hopes to draw some of those players affected by shutdowns by offering free NFT assets for affected users. Crypto trading card game Splinterlands is inviting the players of failed blockchain games to apply to its newly formed recovery fund, in which $500,000 worth of crypto tokens and in-game assets can be unlocked over the n...
Jul 20, 2023
Business
Bitcoin Miner Hive Is Using Old Ethereum Rigs and AI to Make Ordinals Art
Canadian crypto miner HIVE Digital Technologies wants to use Ordinals in one of its AI initiatives, inscribing generative art on Bitcoin’s blockchain with the help of old Ethereum mining rigs. HIVE CEO Aydin Kilic described the project as an exercise in technical prowess for one of crypto’s largest miners. He told Decrypt that Ordinals provides a new way for the firm to use its fleet of data-center-grade Nvidia GPUs, which it’s been using to mine altcoins after Ethereum switched to proof-of-stak...
Jun 3, 2020
Technology
The most popular Steem dapp just migrated to rival network Hive
The most popular decentralized application on the Steem blockchain, crypto-based trading card game Splinterlands, has defected to Hive. Hive is the rebel blockchain network created as an escape from the conflict surrounding Justin Sun, the new owner of Steem’s prime social network, Steemit. WE'RE MOVED TO $HIVE REJOICE SPLINTERLANDIANS! (( HOW ABOUT A CONTEST? )) WIN (5) BOOSTER PACKS! RT, LIKE AND COMMENT BELOW! 👈 THANK YOU FOR THE SUPPORT! https://t.co/rqonwVKpYh 👑#SPLINTERLANDS #BLOCKCHAIN...