Back in the early days of Bitcoin there Was a lot less resistance to crypto in The gaming world than there is today Some gaming tournaments back in those Days even handed out Bitcoin as a Consolation prize one Starcraft Tournament in 2011 famously gave away 25 Bitcoin to runners-up who came in fifth Through eighth place this was worth less Than 50 at the time of the event in 2012 Minecraft was being modified on special Servers like Minecraft CC and bit Vegas To support Bitcoin payments Bitcoin Enabled Minecraft servers were very Popular but quickly became unsustainable As bitcoin's price and transaction costs Exploded over the next few years causing These servers to use other low fee Crypto assets instead the launch of Ethereum took crypto gaming to a whole New level by making it easier to create Nfts that could act as unique game items And assets
