You can now earn Bitcoin by playing solitaire and sudoku

Fans of all-time classic games such as Solitaire and Sudoku can now enjoy the already familiar game with the added benefit of getting rewards in Bitcointhe world’s largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization.

This was made possible thanks to the expanded partnership between Bitcoin-centric gaming startup Zebedee and London-based mobile game studio Viker, which teamed up to bring crypto rewards to three popular games – apart from the classic card game Solitaire and logic puzzle Sudoku, the list also includes Missing Letters , a Wordle-like game where players must identify which letter is missing from each word.

“These games are played by literally billions of people, for hundreds of hours over many years. But so far, none of them have been able to earn anything for their time. Why continue to do that, when we are now in an era where games can reward you with more than just fun?” Dan Beasley, one of the founders of Viker, said in a statement shared with Decrypt.

According to Beasley, Viker has the largest play-and-earn portfolio of casual games, with as many as 500,000 players earning Bitcoin every month.

As with Wheel of Trivia and Balls King – some of the Bitcoin-powered games previously launched through the partnership between the two companies, players do not need any technical setup or prior knowledge of crypto.

All players are required to do is type their Zebedee Gamertag (a profile username within the Zebedee ecosystem) into Viker’s app, where the gameplay takes place, and hit move to see the earned coins appear in the Zebedee app.

Bitcoin Games Go Lightning

Available via mobile apps and desktop browser extensions, Zebedee’s gaming wallet is based on Bitcoin’s Lightning Network – a layer-2 scaling solution that aims to make Bitcoin transactions almost instant and cheap.

“There’s no better way to introduce next-generation play-and-earn mechanics to a broad gaming audience than to take the games people already know and love and update them with Bitcoin, seamlessly and discreetly,” said Zebedee CEO Simon Cowell.

According to Cowell, titles like Solitaire and Sudoku “basically haven’t seen any meaningful innovation in years.” But thanks to innovative tools like Bitcoin rewards, “even more players can now enjoy a more rewarding gaming experience in the games they love.”

Today’s news comes hot on the heels of Zebedee raising a $35 million Series B funding round led by Kingsway Capital, with participation from several other investors, including Final Fantasy publisher Square Enix.

Earlier this year, Zebedee integrated the services of crypto payment firm MoonPay to simplify the process of playing games built around Bitcoin’s Lightning Network.