Token Daily - Deep Dive with Matt, CEO of Loom Network (built CryptoZombies)

The next-generation blockchain platform for large-scale online games and social apps. Live 11th April 9am PT

3 months ago

What are the best foundational blockchain gaming resources for non-technicals interested in the future of this industry?

How can a non-technical get involved today?

Matthew Campbell

Maker 3 months ago

@JmeStn There is a telegram group where we talk about the future of gaming on the blockchain https://t.me/cryptogamegroup

Dilanka McLovin

3 months ago

How does Loom Network complement Ethereum Blockchain?

Matthew Campbell

Maker 3 months ago

@DilankaMcLovin By enabling things like ERC721 tokens, think crypto kitties, to be used on side chains in mobile games. Imagine a Pokemon type battle game with Crypto collectibles

Ben Tossell

Poster 3 months ago

Where did the idea of CryptoZombies come from?

Matthew Campbell

Maker 3 months ago

@bentossell We are all rails devs, long time ago there with was rails for zombies. It got a lot of people started. We wanted the same revolution for solidity and blockchain

Ben Tossell

Poster 3 months ago

What else is in the pipeline to help people learn about blockchain?

Matthew Campbell

Maker 3 months ago

@bentossell http://delegatecall.com/what-is-blockchain Its a tutorial for your friends that know nothing about the blockchain

Lyon Kwek

3 months ago

Excited for the AMA!

Matthew Campbell

Maker 3 months ago

@Lyon-Kwek Thanks any questions?

Dilanka McLovin

3 months ago

If you were forced to go into battle--- Who would you rather fight? 1-horse sized Vitalik Buterin OR 100-duck sized Vitalik Buterin's?

Matthew Campbell

Maker 3 months ago

@DilankaMcLovin Duh the horse sized ones, ducks are vicious and vengeful

WinterDDD

3 months ago

Hey, can you tell us some of your expectation for loom token except the membership tier? I believe Loom Network is a outstanding project, but I still not get the value of loom token.

Matthew Campbell

Maker 3 months ago

@WinterDoD We have a token FAQ here https://medium.com/@jamesmartinduffy/loom-token-faqs-you-got-questions-we-got-answers-2d3c9185b4d0 . Also we will have developer tiers for using our Loom SDK that will require more tokens to be used

Aleksandr Gavrilov

3 months ago

you can provide information about how it works ? ( Dpos )

Aleksandr Gavrilov

3 months ago

when can I see the algorithm Dpos ?

Sean Papanikolas

3 months ago

Do you have any advice on how to get a great crypto startup funded so we can take it from side project to full-time?

Matthew Campbell

Maker 3 months ago

@Sean-Papanikolas I think make a useful product and its easy to get funding in this market. Most companies are focused on TPS numbers and not something that makes peoples lives better or easier

Sean Papanikolas

3 months ago

Do you have any technical advice regarding the creation of ERC20 tokens? How many should be created? Should it be arbitrary, tied to a mathematical formula, or something else?

Matthew Campbell

Maker 3 months ago

@Sean-Papanikolas Really it doesn't matter, we chose 1 billion. With 18 decimal places it doesn't matter much. You dont want to make it to big where a single token is worth less then 1 cent

Brian Jenkins

3 months ago

What do you think the biggest blocker is to getting more people involved in Crypto/Blockchain? What will be the one or two things that brings it to people who are hesitant to get involved now? And how do you see LOOM as a difference maker in that process?

Matthew Campbell

Maker 3 months ago

@bdeanjenkins End user experience. Entering private keys and handling gas needs to be a better experience. We think dAppchains are going to improve this a lot with removing gas and transparent signing of transactions

mcullinan

3 months ago

With tools like Loom now solving for scalability, what will the next wave of blockchain games look like?

Matthew Campbell

Maker 3 months ago

@mcu11inan we have Dpos side chains that are ideal for mobile games check out about our sdk https://medium.com/loom-network/loom-network-sdk-alpha-release-first-5-dappchains-announced-sdk-roadmap-1dddec789004

Dennis Stücken

3 months ago

Do you plan to extend your learning resources to non-game development?

Matthew Campbell

Maker 3 months ago

@dstuecken @dstuecken Yeah we will definitely take this into consideration. I think open zeppelin has a lot of these, but would be good to see some demos with them.

Matthew Campbell

Maker 3 months ago

@dstuecken yeah definitely. I think a lot of cryptoxombies is applicable to all blockchain apps in solidity. However we do want to get some tutorials on social apps. Anything specific you are looking for you ?

Dennis Stücken

3 months ago

@dstuecken @kanwisher There are several resources and tutorials I can think of: Might be interesting to have some examples and explanations of how to technically implement some well known practices like token burns, air drops, buybacks, coinflips, bounty claims etc.
Also: a step-by-step guide on how to implement an ICO-ready token would be awesome, from development to bringing it into production.

Peter Mbele

3 months ago

Hi Matt, do you think games going the ICO route is good/bad for cryptogames? And also, do you forsee games on the blockchain that are more than just games but have a real social impact being a thing? (by social impact it could range from raising money for water in some african countries, etc while playing a game)

Matthew Campbell

Maker 3 months ago

@p3t3_r3c0n I think preselling special game items Kickstarter style is better for most game companies then an ICO