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title: Why people are buying cartoon cats on the blockchain — HIGH T3CH
url: https://hight3ch.com/why-people-are-buying-cartoon-cats-on-the-blockchain/
date: 2018-05-24
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# Why people are buying cartoon cats on the blockchain

Every time you send something on the internet, it’s a copy. But using new technology, can we make digital goods that are… rare? That’s the question behind CryptoKitties, a new game to buy, breed, and sell digital cats on the blockchain. These cats are more similar to real-world collectibles like beanie babies or baseball cards than they are to cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin or Ethereum. In just the last few months, a whole community of third party sites and services has formed around CryptoKitties. And fans have spent more than $23 million playing along. All of this is made possible by the clever and surprising code behind the game.