750 thousand cats in Ethereum
Just at the beginning of this month, a game of raising cats with blockchain suddenly became hot all over the world. As far as I know, this is a very simple game. If it is put into the game application market, it will sink to the bottom immediately. To put it bluntly, this is a nurturing game of buying cats, breeding, breeding and buying cats
but why does such a simple nurturing game cause a worldwide upsurge? I don't think it's because the game is interesting and the image is cute
the most important point is that the game has profits
players can pay for cats, pay for kittens (a small fee) and borrow others' cats to have kittens (a little more); Then you can sell your own cat for breeding kittens, or you can sell it directly to get profits without a cap
the sale of cats is completed in the form of auction on the website. The currency of transaction is ether currency, which can be converted into cash in foreign exchanges. Therefore, under the premise that users can continue to consume (kittens) and trade (CATS), blockchain kittens become an asset that can generate cash flow returns
secondly, the return is speculative
the setting of blockchain cat is that two cats can have kittens, but each cat has several elements, including generation, gene tag, etc. Gene tag represents scarcity and scarcity represents value; The higher the generation, the faster the reproction, so it is also positively related to the value
the generation of gene tags is a black box, which is an opaque part of the game (most of the games are open source and open in the white paper). For now, at least, there is no clear analysis of how to get a cat with scarce labels. Therefore, every time a kitten is born, it is possible to give birth to a valuable rare breed, and even the program settings of the game itself may have random parameters
this makes the whole game full of uncertainty and speculation. A speculative game, like gambling, is easy to attract people's attention and capital investment
secondly, blockchain itself has been a hot topic in recent two years. Many people are willing to try new things, before many people are difficult to understand blockchain technology. Now there is a simple and easy-to-use application for everyone to participate in the block
although the popularity of this game has little to do with the blockchain technology, it is a very successful example of the application of blockchain technology
ether clown, cryptoclown is my full name. Make a real blockchain pet development game
as a pet that people love, what other characteristics do I have besides "beauty"
every day, I will act coquetry with my host
when I am full, I will work to earn money, eat less and earn more
for me, it doesn't cost the owner money, but also makes money (male clown)
I have a baby who is not out of shape. When the baby grows up, it can make money. When the baby grows up, it can make money again. There are endless generations (female clowns)
I carry 54 gene codes (well, several pairs more than 23 pairs of the host), engraved with genes given by my grandparents and parents, and my own random genes, which determine my appearance: background color, clothing pattern, skin pattern. Occasionally, there may be gene mutation to obtain some extremely rare appearance. Anyway, I'm unique
the main feature of ether clown is digital collection, which is my most typical and important feature. I am a non-standard digital currency (like ether currency, each unit is equivalent, we call it standard digital currency). Each of our brothers and sisters represents the value of a currency, and with the careful care of the host, my value will be higher and higher. If the host has a new lover, you can sell me at any time to make money. Oh, I swear I will not count your money, Really
I, based on the blockchain, can never be changed: all my actions above will be recorded on Ethereum, and the host can clearly query all the above data information of me and my partners through the verification of the third-party platform. The gentleman is frank, that's us. Our smart contract part of the code, are open source Oh, owners can view any
next, let me briefly introce the play of cryptoclones
cryptoclones is a digital blockchain game with collection value based on Ethereum blockchain. Using ether money to adopt clowns can be resold, and they can also be used to breed a new generation of clowns with strange shapes. They can also be cultivated to work and earn money, which makes the digital collection of clowns more sustainable and playable
there are two kinds of clowns, one is the official output, the other is the cultivation output between clowns. Official clowns are proced every 15 minutes, and the total number is only 50000. At certain times, the official will also release some strange clowns with special shapes. The price of the original clown is the average of the prices of the last five clowns in the market
two clowns of different genders can reproce in the breeding center of the market. In each breeding pair, one clown who plays the role of father can receive the breeding fee paid by the other party (maternal Master). After breeding, there is a certain recovery period, which is related to the clown's genes. The clown in the role of mother will have a period of pregnancy, and she will not be able to breed with other clowns until she gives birth to her baby. There is no limit to the number of breeding times of each etheric clown, but the recovery period and pregnancy period will increase with the number of breeding times
the ether clown can be used to trade directly
sell: users can choose clowns to be auctioned in the market, and they can sell their own clowns. When selling, users need to set the highest starting price, the lowest acceptance price and the auction time. The Dutch auction is adopted in the auction. During the auction time, the highest price set by the seller is graally transferred to the lowest price. If the owner is not willing to sell at a low price, a longer auction time can be set or the clown can be sold off the shelves
buy: the buyer selects the clown on sale in the market and pays ether to buy the clown he likes. When the buyer purchases, the transaction will be concluded at the auction price at the current time point. If you have a favorite clown, but feel that the price is not suitable for the time being, and want to pay more attention, you can collect the clown after you like it. Later, we can understand the dynamic of the clown through "my attention"< There are four kinds of clown attribute values: growth value, strength value, agility value and wisdom value. Generation 0 clowns get the value of each attribute randomly, and the non generation 0 clowns are mainly inherited
attribute values can be changed by eating food
after the clown's growth value reaches the requirement (100 points), he can go to the factory to earn money (ETH). Different kinds of factories need different clowns. Dream college needs the wisdom of every working clown. Clowns with more than 800 points of wisdom go to Dream Academy of Sciences to work, and their income can get bonus. If a clown with less than 300 wisdom goes to work, his income will be reced to
a part-time job will consume physical strength. The total physical strength is 120 points. It consumes 1 point every 12 minutes and can work up to 24 hours. During the period of not working, physical strength can be recovered, a little every 8 minutes
when the time reaches 0 o'clock or the clown's physical exertion is completed, the clown's work income will be settled according to the actual working hours at 0 o'clock every day. When every 12 minutes is a work, less than 12 minutes will not be counted
owners can buy spinach, beef, carrots, walnuts and other food through the mall to feed clown pets
the price of food is related to the selling price of original clowns on the platform the day before. So the owners can hoard some food when the price of food is low
feeding spinach is helpful to growth value, beef corresponds to clown pet's strength value, carrot corresponds to agility, walnut corresponds to wisdom
the clown can only eat one food a day. We suggest that spinach should be fed in the early stage to meet the working conditions as soon as possible, and then according to the natural properties of clown in the later stage. When working, choose the type of factory with the highest attributes to work
our goal is:
to make real games, let players get a more comfortable experience, and combine with blockchain technology to ensure the interests of players
with the well-known proct form of games, we will spare no effort to promote blockchain technology and bring human beings into the era of full intelligence!
Dragons are commonly portrayed as serpentine or reptilian, hatching from eggs and possessing long, typically scaly, bodies; they are sometimes portrayed as having large eyes, a feature that is the origin for the word for dragon in many cultures, and are often (but not always) portrayed with wings and a fiery breath. Some dragons do not have wings at all, but look more like long snakes.
Although dragons (or dragon-like creatures) occur commonly in legends around the world, different cultures have perceived them differently. Chinese dragons (Simplified Chinese: 龙; Traditional Chinese: 龙; pinyin: lóng), and Eastern dragons generally, are usually seen as benevolent, whereas European dragons are usually malevolent (there are of course exceptions to these rules). Malevolent dragons also occur in Persian mythology (see A Dahaka) and other cultures.
Dragons are often held to have major spiritual significance in various religions and cultures around the world. In many Eastern and Native American cultures dragons were, and in some cultures still are, revered as representative of the primal forces of nature and the universe. They are associated with wisdom—often said to be wiser than humans—and longevity. They are commonly said to possess some form of magic or other supernormal power, and are often associated with wells, rain, and rivers. In some cultures, they are said to be capable of human speech.
Dragons are very popular characters in fantasy literature, role-playing games and video games today.
The term dragoon, for infantry that move around by horse, yet still fight as foot soldiers, is derived from their early firearm, the "dragon", a wide-bore musket that spat flame when it fired, and was thus named for the mythical beast.
Dobrynya Nikitich slaying Zmey Gorynych, by Ivan Bilibin
[edit] Symbolism
In medieval symbolism, dragons were often symbolic of apostasy and treachery, but also of anger and envy, and eventually symbolised great calamity. Several heads were symbolic of decadence and oppression, and also of heresy. They also served as symbols for independence, leadership and strength. Many dragons also represent wisdom; slaying a dragon not only gave access to its treasure hoard, but meant the hero had bested the most cunning of all creatures. In some cultures, especially Chinese, or around the Himalayas, dragons are considered to represent good luck.
Joseph Campbell in the The Power of Myth viewed the dragon as a symbol of divinity or transcendence because it represents the unity of Heaven and Earth by combining the serpent form (earthbound) with the bat/bird form (airborne).
Dragons embody both male and female traits as in the example from Aboriginal myth that raises baby humans to althood training them for survival in the world (Littleton, 2002, p. 646). Another contrast in the way dragons are portrayed is their ability to breathe fire but live in the ocean--water and fire together. And like in the quote from Joseph Campbell above, they also include the opposing elements of earth and sky. Dragons represent the joining of the opposing forces of the cosmos.
Yet another symbolic view of dragons is the Ouroborus, or the dragon encircling and eating its own tail. When shaped like this the dragon becomes a symbol of eternity, natural cycles, and completion.
[edit] In Christianity
The Latin word for a dragon, draco (genitive: draconis), actually means snake or serpent, emphasizing the European association of dragons with snakes. The Medieval Biblical interpretation of the Devil being associated with the serpent who tempted Adam and Eve, thus gave a snake-like dragon connotations of evil. Generally speaking, Biblical literature itself did not portray this association (save for the Book of Revelation, whose treatment of dragons is detailed below). The demonic opponents of God, Christ, or good Christians have commonly been portrayed as reptilian or chimeric.
In the Book of Job Chapter 41, the sea monster Leviathan, which has some dragon-like characteristics.
In Revelation 12:3, an enormous red beast with seven heads is described, whose tail sweeps one third of the stars from heaven down to earth (held to be symbolic of the fall of the angels, though not commonly held among biblical scholars). In most translations, the word "dragon" is used to describe the beast, since in the original Greek the word used is drakon (δράκον).
In iconography, some Catholic saints are depicted in the act of killing a dragon. This is one of the common aspects of Saint George in Egyptian Coptic iconography [1], on the coat of arms of Moscow, and in English and Catalan legend. In Italy, Saint Mercurialis, first bishop of the city of Forlì, is also depicted slaying a dragon.[2] Saint Julian of Le Mans, Saint Veran, Saint Crescentinus, and Saint Leonard of Noblac were also venerated as dragon-slayers.
However, some say that dragons were good, before they fell, as humans did. Also contributing to the good dragon argument in Christianity is the fact that, if they did exist, they were created as were any other creature, as seen in Dragons In Our Midst, a contemporary Christian book series by author Bryan Davis.
[edit] Chinese zodiac
The years 1916, 1928, 1940, 1952, 1964, 1976, 1988, 2000, 2012, 2024, 2036, 2048, 2060 are considered the Year of the Dragon in the Chinese zodiac.
The Chinese zodiac purports that people born in the Year of the Dragon are healthy, energetic, excitable, short-tempered, and stubborn. They are also supposedly honest, sensitive, brave, and inspire confidence and trust. The Chinese zodiac purports that Dragon people are the most eccentric of any in the eastern zodiac. They supposedly neither borrow money nor make flowery speeches, but tend to be soft-hearted which sometimes gives others an advantage over them. They are purported to be compatible with Rats, Snakes, Monkeys, and Roosters.
[edit] In East Asia
Main article: Chinese dragon
Main article: Vietnamese dragon
Dragons are commonly symbols of good luck/health in some parts of Asia, and are also sometimes worshipped. Asian dragons are considered as mythical rulers of weather, specifically rain and water, and are usually depicted as the guardians of flaming pearls.
In China, as well as in Japan and Korea, the Azure Dragon is one of the Four Symbols of the Chinese constellation, representing spring (season), the element of Wood and the east. Chinese dragons are often shown with large pearls in their grasp, though some say that it is really the dragon's egg. The chinese believed that the dragons lived under water most of the time, and would sometimes offer rice as a gift to the dragons. The dragons were not shown with wings like the European dragons because it was believed they could fly using magic.
A Yellow dragon (Huang long) with five claws on each foot, on the other hand, symbolize imperial authority in China, and indirectly the Chinese people as well. Chinese people often use the term "Descendants of the Dragon" as a sign of ethnic identity. The dragon is also the symbol of royalty in Bhutan (whose sovereign is known as Druk Gyalpo, or Dragon King).
In Vietnam, the dragon (Vietnamese: rồng) is the most important and sacred symbol. According to the ancient creation myth of the Kinh people, all Vietnamese people are descended from dragons through Lạc Long Quân, who married Âu Cơ, a fairy. The eldest of their 100 sons founded the first dynasty of Hùng Vương Emperors.
[edit] History and origins of dragons
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A naga guarding the Temple of Wat Sisaket in Viang Chan, LaosWhere the original concept of a dragon came from is unknown, as there is no accepted scientific theory or any evidence to support that dragons actually exist or have existed.
Some believe that the dragon may have had a real-life counterpart from which the legends around the world arose — typically dinosaurs or other archosaurs are mentioned as a possibility — but there is no physical evidence to support this claim, only alleged sightings collected by cryptozoologists. In a common variation of this hypothesis, giant lizards such as Megalania are substituted for the living dinosaurs. Some Creationists hold that dragons are just an exaggerated depiction of what we now call dinosaurs and that humans and dinosaurs (dragons) did co-exist.[1] All of these hypotheses are widely considered to be pseudoscience or myth.
Dinosaur fossils were once thought of as "dragon bones" — a discovery in 300 BC in Wucheng, Sichuan, China, was labeled as such by Chang Qu.[2] It is unlikely, however, that these finds alone prompted the legends of flying monsters, but may have served to reinforce them.
Herodotus, often called the "father of history", visited Judea c.450 BC and wrote that he heard of caged dragons in nearby Arabia, near Petra, Jordan. Curious, he travelled to the area and found many skeletal remains of serpents and mentioned reports of flying serpents flying from Arabia into Egypt but being fought off by Ibises Histories. Histories (Greek). Retrieved on 2006-06-14..
According to Marco Polo's journals, Polo was walking through Anatolia into Persia and came upon real live flying
on cryptokitties, you can buy virtual cats. By 17:00 Beijing time on December 6, 2017, the cheapest kitten had reached 0.037eth. Equivalent to 110 yuan per piece
then the kittens have some opinions about the generation. For example, Gen 12 indicates that it is the 12th generation, while Gen 20 indicates that it is the 20th generation. Generally speaking, the smaller the algebra, the more valuable it is. And you can make your kittens slap each other. For example, a Gen 1 kitten and a Gen 1 kitten will give birth to a Gen 2 kitten
you can sell your kittens and their offspring for money
but what if you don't have two kittens? If you only buy one kitten, you can use your kitten to have fun with other people's high-quality kittens. The fee also depends on the kittens (to be honest, this mechanism is very evil, similar to... Borrowing chickens to have children?) The quality of the proct. If your kitten is of high quality, you can also use your kitten to mate other people's kittens, and then you get Ethereum income
but kittens also have special fertility rates
every time a kitten gives birth to one generation, it will have a certain cooling time, and it can't regenerate kittens within the cooling time,
the cooling time is divided into several grades
fast: 1 minute
swift: 2 – 5 minutes
snappy: 10 – 30 minutes
brisk: 1 – 2 minutes
plodding: 4 – 8 minutes
slow: 16 – 24 minutes
sluggi Sh (lazy kitten): 2 – 4 days
catatonic (nervous kitten): 1 week
so the price of your cat also depends on its birth time
and generally speaking, the larger the algebra is, the higher the gen value is, and the slower their growth rate is
but I want to make complaints about it because CryptoKitties is too hot! Ethereum network has a little bit of a crash, the official recommended that every time you buy a cat, the minimum handling charge is 21000. 400000 fuel = 0.01eth. However, it is irritating that I raised the procere to 1.6 million fuel, which is 0.04, and Ethereum still failed. 0.04 Ethereum. That's more than 120 yuan. It's too dark.
The cost of raising a cat is really not high
compared with raising dogs, how much dog food do dogs have to eat a day, especially for medium and large dogs. It's no exaggeration to say that it's more difficult than a parent to raise a child, and most dogs have full marks for their ability to tear the family apart. The rhythm that can make you change your home every month
but I've read other people's cat posts before. It can't be compared. It depends on your own economic situation. Like others who eat imported cat food every day, eat imported tins, climb 5000 + and live in 2000 + cat nests, it's also a kind of breeding method
or, just a few dozen pieces of cat food, a little dried fish, you can buy these shelf nests, anyway, the owner doesn't climb or sleep. Proper caress and the sun are full marks for the master
nine times out of ten, cheat,
now, this society is like this,
you can do anything for money,
you should have more heart to avoid being cheated.