Jackson Laskey: Combining NFTs and Micropayments Will Transform Gaming (CoinGeek Backstage)
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The days when NFTs were used as purely speculative tokens, or “expensive JPEGS”, are behind us. As speculation takes a backseat, utility becomes critical for NFTs, and gaming has been a prime target. According to Jackson Laskey, combining these NFTs with micropayments could transform the multi-billion dollar gaming industry.
Laskey, co-founder and CEO of NFTY Jigs, was in Dubai for the BSV Global Blockchain Convention and joined HandCash CEO Alex Agut and others for a panel that delved into how micropayments could impact casual gaming.
CoinGeek Backstage host Becky Liggero, who moderated the panel, caught up with Laskey to talk about NFTY Jigs, Duro Dogs, NFTs and more – Laskey believes that NFTs and micropayments are a perfect fit.
“NFTs can be a very important part of the product that micropayments can be used for, [with] micropayments are the glue and the incentive. What I’m really excited about is the larger economy forming around these two technologies,” said Laskey.
Integrating NFTs into games has become quite popular in the last couple of years (here’s a great four-part series on how to build an NFT game). NFTs allow a game to create a viable product and generate revenue, while “creating a door for creators to walk through to contribute and add to the existing gaming ecosystem.”
NFTs are great digital products to use in the game, but according to Laskey, it goes beyond this. These tokens come with a permissionless element of innovation in that the owner can use them elsewhere and for other purposes – for example, another game may incorporate the NFTs previously used elsewhere.
“It does [NFT] an exciting and dynamic product that people really want to buy,” noted Laskey.
Laskey is also the mind behind Duro Dogs, one of the most popular BSV powered NFT games. He revealed that Duro Dogs users now manage over 600,000 NFTs – with just a few thousand users. When the game hits higher user numbers, “the use of the BSV blockchain is going to be really staggering.”
See: BSV Global Blockchain Convention panel, Small Payments, Big Fun: Micropayments for Casual Games
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