The TVL of Ethereum Layer 2 projects increased 600% from Q3 to Q4 of 2021, surpassing a peak of $7.17 billion on Nov 25th, 2021.

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People often talk about getting onto the property ladder, but property is only one type of asset used for wealth creation. Equities is the primary asset used by the wealthy. Imagine somebody born into a poor family who on her/his 21st birthday receives a certificate that in real inflation adjusted terms represents more money than […]

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A conflict between Pokimane and Ninja surfaced early this evening in the fallout of the former’s Twitch hate raid. The…

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It’s been a pretty good start to the week for the Cardano (ADA)! Despite the broader market correction, the cryptocurrency continues to move north with another 8% gain. As of press time, Cardano’s ADA is trading at a price of $1.60 with a market cap of $53.4 billion. With the recent price rally, Cardano has

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Fans have pointed out two successful hints that have led to Pokémon being added to the game.

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As more companies look for ways to try and implement blockchain technology into video games, many NFT advocates have imagined a system where gamers can buy an asset like a skin or an item in one game, and transfer it endlessly into any other game they play. While some game devs have explained in simple terms why this idea is unfeasible, indie developer Rami Ismail has put together an epic 45-tweet thread on Twitter, running through all the fail points a system like this would encounter.

Ismail, who was one half of indie studio Vlambeer and created games like Nuclear Throne, Serious Sam: The Random Encounter, and Ridiculous Fishing, started the thread with a relatively simple proposition: "Let's imagine making dice in a game."

The thread goes over all the different elements involved in creating something as simple as a six-sided die--not just the physical asset and its texture, but also the animation involved in rolling the dice, the surface the dice are being rolled on, the simulated gravity and force that will cause the dice to fall in a realistic way.

The thread then goes into extra details such as adding sound effects on hitting the ground, and extra visual effects that make a dice roll more interesting--and most importantly, writing code that lets the game make sense of whatever number the dice landed on.

After all this, Ismail poses the question: "how the hell do you take this die to another game through NFT?" In the context of the theoretical development project, Ismail runs through all the ways the newly-created die could be catastrophically incompatible when put into a different game.

After running through a number of potentially insurmountable issues for porting assets from one game to another, Ismail concludes that such a system wouldn't be workable, even between two games made by the same developer.

The full thread is worth a read for anyone interested in the complexities of game design. Ultimately, Ismail concludes that the amount of work that would be required to implement such a system isn't even the biggest obstacle, as in the end "there's no reason for it to get done." Letting players use assets in-game that were purchased from competitors isn't attractive to game developers, Ismail adds, while the benefit for the player amounts to little more than a gimmick.

MedX Health, in partnership with Empower Clinics and The Medi-Collective, launches DermSecure® Screening Platform Services in London, Kitchener, and Etobicoke MISSISSAUGA, Ontario–(BUSINESS WIRE)–$CBDT #SkinCancer—MedX Health Corp. (“MedX” or the “Company”) (TSXV: MDX), a global leader in teledermatology, is pleased to announce that MedX’s leading-edge DermSecure® screening platform services are being offered in Empower’s (CSE: CBDT […]

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Bitcoin proponents claim that Bitcoin’s security is unquestionable and fears surrounding halving events are blown out of proportion.

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Social media has been abuzz this week with news of a recently published laboratory study that found compounds in cannabis had the potential to stop COVID-19 from entering human cells. So does getting high increase immunity against COVID-19, or is it all too good to be true?  The idea of using cannabis compounds to prevent or treat […]

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