Ocean of Blocks
In an ocean of blocks, uniform and compact, lies a machine for processing cryptic codes; one of the most efficient in all of humankind, which encrypts and decrypts codes designed for a single purpose: the efficient and secure transport of information from one side to another.
Simple, right? On the surface, it is, yet it is not. I always look to the books of the past to understand the present and to gain a tiny notion of what may come (and I always get it wrong). Humanity is advanced in communication, period.
Some will say it is the opposable thumb and the size of the brain; others will say it is the capacity to abstract reality. But I am a firm supporter of the idea that what truly makes us strong is community. This is how we conquered each stage of human history, each catastrophic phase of nature, to the point of challenging it and creating amazing things. And community is, in essence, “communication.”
Communication is a message that goes from A to B, and this is where the simplicity ends. The problem is that this message can be affected in an infinite number of ways, and each one depends on the medium. If it is by mail, the letter gets wet; if it is a carrier pigeon, it is intercepted; if it is a fax, it is illegible; text messages are falsified; and even the most direct way, the spoken word from person to person, is perceived differently depending on the typical expressions of each region.
And this is where the digital era comes in, which implemented the transmission of fast messages with technologies such as TCP/IP (the internet), combined with layers like TLS, VPNs, and others that add security.
However, the evolution of our society in the field of communication always comes accompanied by birds of prey that take advantage of the details and scam people, institutions, and governments with methods as perverse as they are brilliant, methods that are not worth detailing in this space. And this is where the communicational evolution of the ocean of blocks comes in: blocks that are designed to transmit information that is practically impossible to intercept, violate, or distort without leaving a trace.
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Impossible in practice, yes, up to now it has been that way, in the strict sense of the word, when it comes to the encrypted data block. This technology has caused fear in the largest institutions, the most billionaire billionaires, and the most powerful presidents, who have had no choice but to yield. This ocean of blocks provides all kinds of solutions for every gender, industry, company, and government.
It is literally a marvel. And we, in the field of video games, had the luck of finding among this ocean one that stands out above all the rest: the SKALE blockchain, which does not charge the player for sending and receiving the message. It is hard to understand, but they do not charge you.
It is like when you go to the ocean, and you see an island to head toward, a one-in-a-million possibility. Basically, with SKALE, if you make a purchase from one coin to another, it does not charge you a network gas fee; if you create an NFT, it does not charge you a network gas fee. The business model is the most interesting of all: having an infrastructure that is always running and never stops, it bets on a membership or subscription model that makes accessibility for companies more affordable, and the cost is planned around recurring monthly revenue from those memberships.
In Pixpel, we reduce transaction fees for our games to the maximum when raising funds and minting NFTs, and for players, the transactions are a beauty: everything stays in their wallet, and it costs them nothing. When I got to know SKALE through Sara Monteiro, it was love at first sight.
The business model, the ease of access, and the speed are unmistakable signs of an island in the ocean. From there, I got to know the whole team: Fabio explained the whole system with passion, Manuel with the precise revision of the on-chain functionality of our system, Ben with the marketing ideas, and Kwame instantly introduced us to Skale ecosystem games. There, I understood that the people who make up a company matter as much as, or more than, the company itself.
Our partnership began, and little by little, we started to adjust to each other. Now, with Pixpel freshly live on mainnet, I felt compelled to write an article word for word with my hands and my heart. Yes, unfortunately, now almost all articles are empty due to a lack of feeling from AI GPT.
Chat GPT, please correct this text 🤣🤣🤣
Karachi.
Juan Vivas
