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You can now play Pokémon on the blockchain

Tuesday, June 19, 2018 by Piyush Suthar | Comments

Home News Tech You can now play Pokémon on the blockchain

Developers are finding new fun ways to test blockchain technology. Software engineer João Almeida has created Poketoshi, a platform that lets you play Nintendo’s iconic game Pokémon via the Lightning Network. The game is hosted on live stream video platform Twitch and works just like the rest of ‘Twitch Plays Pokémon’ games. The games work by reading commands entered into the chat room by users. In Poketoshi, the commands are instead entered through a Lightning-enabled virtual controller. The users can enter a set of commands through the controller and have to pay 10 Satoshi per command through Lightning Network. The payments are…

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Authored by Piyush Suthar
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