Non-fungible tokens - the future of gaming
Non-fungible tokens, or NFTs, are digital assets and collectibles powered by blockchain technology. The authenticity, scarcity, and other properties of NFTs are independently guaranteed, verified, and secured on blockchain, the decentralized ledger technology. NFTs can be rare or even unique in a way that other digital assets are not.

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NFTs are fully owned by their buyers, regardless of any decisions taken by the game’s or the NFT’s publisher. ​​Because NFTs confer the quality of true digital ownership, players are free to do anything they want with them, including selling them for real money. 

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This true digital ownership of NFTs is markedly different from the standard model used to manage in-game assets, which relies on licensing assets rather than true ownership. In traditional games, a publisher grants players certain limited licenses to utilise the game and the assets therein, but those licenses can be revoked at any time (for example, when the game shuts down). Effectively, gamers do not truly own any of the assets inside traditional games - despite the fact that gamers invest significant time and money in games. The adoption of blockchain and NFTs could change all this.

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Additionally, NFTs can be highly valuable as digital collector items, similarly to physical collectibles like rare baseball cards. For example, last year F1® Delta Time, the blockchain game also developed and published by Animoca Brands, sold the one-of-a-kind “1-1-1” digital car NFT collectible for a record price of 415.9 ether (worth approximately US$113,000 at the time of sale). Their resale value as collectibles or in-game items allows owners of NFTs to sell them for a profit.

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With the current Super Value Chests sale, Crazy Defense Heroes is exploring the potential of non-fungible tokens attached to a traditional mobile game, challenging the standard model of game licensing and allowing the players of Crazy Defense Heroes for the first time to truly own digital assets.