CryptoKitties Developer Launches NBA Top Shot Closed Beta

Dapper Labs, the developer behind CryptoKitties, is launching a closed beta for NBA Top Shot with non-fungibletokens (NFT).

Vice President, Marketing and Relationspartners of Dapper Labs, Katy Tedman (Caty Tedman) said that when creating a new game, developers interacted with the National Basketball Association of the United States (NBA). Fans will be able to buy live video streams of NBA games, store them and sell them as collectibles. We are talking about the tokenization of interactive moments of games: videos, photos or data provided by the provider of sports statistics SportRadar.

Users will buy tokens in the form ofarbitrary sets of rare game moments. They can be purchased with a credit card, bitcoin or ether. Having accumulated a certain set of tokenized fragments from games, players will be able to solve complex problems and even create status attributes at their own discretion. The closed beta version of the game will appear next week.

NBA Top Shot will work on its ownblockchain Dapper Labs, Flow, which will make the game accessible even for those who are not familiar with the blockchain. Flow will allow to process a large flow of transactions in case of expanding the user base. This will help to avoid the increase in fees that CryptoKitties players face. Tedman added that the transition from crypto kittens to international sports was a great achievement for the company. The game attracted companies from various industries, including many athletes and other celebrities.

Dapper Labs executives reported earlierA team of NBA experts was already exploring the possibilities of the blockchain, so when the developers presented their initiative to develop a new game, NBA supported this opportunity. The NBA has a clear idea of ​​how to easily introduce blockchain technology to the masses.

Recall that in February, Dapper Labs announced a partnership with the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), in which it was going to issue collectible tokens for fans of mixed martial arts.

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