After finding a fit for digital collectibles outside the blockchain realm, Genies is bringing its customizable 3D avatars to a partnership with Dapper Labs.
The collabo with the team behind CryptoKitties and now NBA Top Shot is seen by Genies as a way to introduce Gen Z-ers to the blockchain.
"Dapper Labs was a brain-dead fit for us to be able to further educate our young users," Genies founder Akash Nigam told CoinDesk in an interview.
Genies has established itself as an avatar company bringing celebs closer to their fan bases, one digital representation at a time.
Last week singer Justin Bieber announced his Christmas album on Twitter through his Genie.
Nigam said once Genies are up and running on Flow - the new blockchain built by Dapper Labs to flee the scaling constraints of Ethereum - Bieber could, for example, issue a certain number of signed Santa hats with his Christmas album announcement.
"We're just extrapolating what they already do in the physical world and bringing it to the digital world."
Roham Gharegozlou, CEO of Dapper Labs, added that users do not need to know the specifics of blockchain technology to understand true ownership.
The mechanisms of how to bring digital goods or existing users onto the blockchain is still in the works.
What will be different is that users, not only celebrities, will be able to create their own avatars and therefore own a piece of their online personas.
CryptoGenies? Digital Avatars Are Coming to Dapper's Flow Blockchain
gepubliceerd op Nov 18, 2020
by Coindesk | gepubliceerd op Coinage
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