Kittens for $ 17 million

Bruce Bladon

According to co-founder of CryptoKitties Bruce Bladon, the idea of ​​the project was developed by the evangelist of the studio Mack Flavell, and technical specialist Dieter Shirley came up with how to create a finished product on the block.

They discussed for a long time which block-platform to choose, but eventually settled on Ethereum. "It fully met our goals. The platform already had a lot of users, it was created to show the potential for blockage and the viability of technology in the long term, "explains Bladon.

In October, the team introduced the alpha version of CryptoKitties on the largest Ethereum hacket ETHWaterloo, and also met with the co-founder of the Ethereum project Vitalik Buterin.

According to Bladon, at first the developers did not plan to use the images of cats. "But then we thought: cats are an unofficial symbol of the Internet," he said. "They are loved by everyone - technophobes and technophiles".

Cat of the savannah breed. Cost: $ 22 thousand

Due to the rapid growth of the audience, the developers started the first difficulties. "We thought that we would face scalability problems only in a few weeks or months, but they arose a few hours after the launch," says Bladon.

According to the co-founder of the game, the project development plan is designed for a year. The team has already released the first updates related to the interface and characteristics of pets.

In addition, Bladon announced the appearance of other blockbuster projects. What exactly, he did not specify - the studio is working on them in the shadow mode. "Our main task is to help shape the future of this technology," he said.