Nonfungible tokens (NFT) and blockchain technology have developed an unfortunate stigma in some sections of the community for being bad for the environment. But, could that perception be changed by integrating carbon offsets into NFT gaming?
GameFi, or gaming finance, marries NFTs and gaming. Blockchain games account for nearly $12 million in daily volume from over a million gamers, pagal to app tracker DappRadar. Toucan Protocol chief operations officer Rob Schmitt thinks that volume and those users could be harnessed to benefit the environment.
Schmitt told Cointelegraph that using carbon offsets as an element in blockchain games could create “by far the most planet-friendly system we’ve ever seen.” He envisions a GameFi space that uses carbon offsets as in-game currency and urges game makers to get creative.
“Games don’t have to have an entire economy based on offsets, but they should be embedded in a way that makes sense,” he said. Schmitt said that there are already teams of game makers working with Toucan to bring carbon offsets into their work, such as Atlantis World:
„Pasakojimas, kad „blockchain žudo pasaulį“, yra argumentas, kurį galime pakeisti su anglies dioksido kompensacijomis.
Toucan Protocol tokenizes certified carbon offsets on the Polygon network as Base Carbon Tonnes (BCT).
Demand for gaming companies to go green is ramping up as game studio Space Ape Games, which publishes Fastlane went carbon neutral in 2019. Green Geeks reported that game publishers SuperCell, Rovio and Sybo are įskaitymas their company’s carbon emissions.
The traditional gaming industry often propagates the perception that blockchain technology is bad for the environment. Major online game outlet Steam banned any titles with NFTs or cryptocurrency last October. In February, game provider Itch.io tweeted that “NFTs are a scam” that aren’t useful for anything other than “the destruction of the planet.”
That negative perception betrays a lack of awareness of the carbon emissions associated with different consensus mechanisms. The Polygon network and a number of other NFT and gaming-focused chains use the akcijų paketo įrodymas (PoS) consensus algorithm which means power consumption and environmental impact are greatly limited.
Cointelegraph reported in April that the Polygon team aims to make the network carbon neutral this year. Other blockchain networks that support NFT gaming and feature meager or neutral carbon footprints include Wax, Solana and BNB Chain. Ethereum is expected to switch to PoS in the coming months, with August the most recent estimate for the Merge.
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While ubiquitous climate conscientiousness is a lofty goal, Schmitt admits that “everything doesn’t have to be climate action.” Furthermore, gamers don’t necessarily have to be aware that the games they enjoy may be carbon neutral because it doesn’t take a lot action on their part to have an effect. Schmitt said:
„Dauguma žaidimų nebus susiję su klimato kaitos veiksmais, tačiau tik nedidelė jų dalis reikalinga norint padaryti daug gero.
He says that climate activism doesn’t need to be the main focus for game developers, especially if they are already deploying work on climate-friendly blockchains:
„Kūrėjai pirmiausia turėtų sutelkti dėmesį į smagių žaidimų kūrimą ir gali pritraukti naujų auditorijų su anglies dioksido kompensavimo integravimu.
Source: https://cointelegraph.com/news/could-gamefi-and-carbon-currencies-reverse-blockchain-s-climate-stigma