Intro

The spaceship on the picture is from a game called Alterverse. This spaceship is one of only 2,000 in existence, and on March 11, 2019 one of them was sold on a player-to-player trading platform for $300.

This particular spaceship also functions as a game server which lets the owner create their own business or attraction within the game universe — a game within a game!

Imagine running your own virtual store inside of a game where every item can be traded for real money — inside or outside of the game.

That’s where we are right now. And yes, this game supports VR. 👓

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There are dragons, too.

This little cutie from the Pokémon-esque War of Crypto is the most expensive item ever bought on the platform and netted the seller a whopping $7,126.

This is possible thanks to blockchain technology (the thing that makes the cryptocurrency “bitcoin” work) as well as the hard work from EnjinCoin.io to harness this technology, making it easier than ever for developers to attach a monetary value to digital items.

This is not done with bitcoin, however, but with their own currency called Enjin Coin, or “ENJ” for short.

The economy

To make a comparison to a familiar game, let’s take a look at World of Warcraft’s economy. The auction house in WoW is, like in most other games, just an imitation of a real marketplace.

The gold coins only drop from in-game creatures and can only be exchanged for other in-game items or traded between players on the same server.

Well, the real-world version is a bit less pretty to look at, but it’s certainly several times more interesting!

Here, any in-game asset from any game built on Enjin can be sold, bought, or even traded for other items — just like on the WoW auction house… but with real money.