Blockchain games aren’t really decentralized… but that’s about to change

Cointelegraph

Published Aug 09, 2023 09:30AM ET

Updated Aug 09, 2023 08:40PM ET

Despite promises of decentralization and trustless ownership, the vast majority of crypto games today are, at best, partially decentralized. Web3 is the branding, but in reality, most are Web2+. Game assets live on-chain, yet the game logic, state and storage remain off-chain on centralized servers.

Why? Simply put, its not easy to build a fully decentralized game on-chain. Blockchains in 2023 are still far too slow for processing the gargantuan number of transactions that video games require. Lattice (OTC:LTTC) CEO Ludens tells Cointelegraph:

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