What are CryptoKitties?
Players may purchase, collect, breed, and sell virtual cats in CryptoKitties, a blockchain game built by Dapper Labs and released on Ethereum. It’s one of the first instances of blockchain being used for recreational and leisure purposes.
Every single cat in the game is distinct and cannot be replicated. They belong to one person, and the virtual kittens cannot be destroyed. The game’s kittens may all be traded on the platform, and some are available for actual money. An essential part of the DeFi field, the game is a dApp or Decentralized Application. As a result, the application cannot be owned by a single entity or individual.
How to Play CryptoKitties?
Virtual cats are purchased, bred, and traded by players with various aesthetic qualities. To participate in the game and carry out each breeding and trade activity, players must first purchase Ether cryptocurrency.
Several features may be passed down from the parents to the offspring, including breedable virtual cats with a unique number and a 256-bit distinct genome with DNA and other characteristics (attributes). Mouth pattern, fur, form, eye, accent color, base color, highlight color, eye color, and optional wildness are among the dozen ‘attributes’ that any cat may have. However, cat excellence is not inherited. They are still a function of the offspring’s ‘generation,’ which is one generation higher than the offspring’s highest ‘generation’ attribute.
There is no one gender assigned to a CryptoKitty. Each cat may play the role of matron or sire, but they may only do so in one breeding session. The number of breeds capped at one week affects how quickly the cat can breed again. A ‘cooldown’ period indicates how long it will take. The virtual cats are static pictures that may only be acquired, raised, and sold. There is no winning objective in the game.
How to Breed CyptoKitties?
Breeding is achieved by organizing an auction in the public market to breed one owner’s CryptoKitties NFT with another. As the community sires new cats, the CryptoKitties NFT supply grows. The value of previous generations of Kitties generally grows as each new generation is minted. With continued breeding, special uncommon features of early-era Kitties may become more common. Some factors, however, retain their rarity and worth over time.
There are several subgroups of CryptoKitties NFTs. Shiny Fancies, Exclusives, The Fancies, and Special Editions are available in addition to the more conventional CryptoKitties NFTs. The Dapper Labs team may have given these cats to players as a limited-time gift; in rare cases, they may have been able to breed. The Founders are the first 100 CryptoKitties made, and their genetics are crucial to the CryptoKitties NFT game’s gameplay.
How to Buy CryptoKitties?
You’ll need a computer or mobile device, a cryptocurrency wallet like MetaMask, and Ethereum to buy CryptoKitty. After that, you must visit the CryptoKitties marketplaces, register for an account, and choose a cat that suits your fancy before clicking “buy now” to finalize your purchase. If a CryptoKitty isn’t for sale, you may also bid on it, although the owner has the choice of whether or not to accept your offer.
