The Bitcoin ecosystem is not just limited to tokens like Bitcoin and BRC-20, but has also seen the emergence of blockchain gaming projects.

The controversy over the validity of the Bitcoin (BTC) ecosystem is heating up, but in addition to NFTs and BRC-20, many have already been developing a variety of games on the Bitcoin ecosystem using the Ordinals protocol. Real Player DAO has compiled a list of four blockchain gaming projects that are currently receiving more market attention. You can find the details here.

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Not Just NFTs and BRC-20 in the Bitcoin Ecosystem

The craze surrounding NFTs has proven the potential and community foundation of the Bitcoin ecosystem. Compared to other public chains, the Bitcoin ecosystem holds broad ecological value due to BTC's unique historical positioning.

Therefore, in addition to NFTs and BRC-20, there have been early attempts to apply these technologies to Web3 games. However, due to limitations of the Bitcoin network, existing games are relatively simple with fewer in number, and the projects appear to be in their early stages and somewhat crude.

Nonetheless, Bitcoin ecosystem games are still worth market experimentation and observation. In the current controversy over Bitcoin's ecosystem impact, perhaps other perspectives can be generated through this exploration.

Currently, there are four relatively well-known Bitcoin chain game projects, each of which is introduced below.

Bitmap

Bitmap is a metaverse project proposed by Twitter user @blockamoto in June of this year and has since issued a total of 820,000 pieces of land. Bitmap constructs land patterns using Ordinals theory and Bitmap theory:

• Ordinals theory: Numbers the smallest unit of Bitcoin, "satoshi," and defines the scarcity of satoshis, which is determined by production time.
• Bitmap theory: Converts each transaction information in Bitcoin blocks into land parcels, with the differences in transaction inputs resulting in different sizes and arrangements of the converted land parcels.

Bitmap has successfully garnered market attention. Currently, the base price for Bitmap land is approximately 0.0022 BTC, around $100, with over 27,000 holding addresses. Bitmap's land has also made it to the popular list on Magic Eden.

Bitmap Valley

This project, like Bitmap, belongs to the same type of metaverse project. Bitmap Valley aims to integrate social, entertainment, and gaming elements, similar to the vision of existing metaverse projects. Bitmap Valley has also issued the token EVLV, expected to be used for purchasing items within the virtual world.

Currently, the project allows whitelisted users to move within the virtual world, interact with items, and more. However, the project is still in its early stages and considered a developing product.

PixelWar

PixelWar, launched over a month ago, is a game built using the Ordinals protocol, allowing all users to place pixels of their choice on a public canvas after connecting their wallet to the website PixelWar.

After connecting their wallet on the website, users can select pixels to color on the canvas or use drawing tools to paste complete images. PixelWar has a total of 2.1 million pixels, with each pixel priced at 0.000033 BTC, approximately $1.5.

If a user selects a large image, the required pixels and corresponding costs will be higher. Therefore, PixelWar has a guild mode, allowing groups to collectively contribute to creating a piece of work.

PixelWar uses token and NFT designs to incentivize users. For each submitted pixel, users can receive 10 BPIX tokens and the current snapshot of the image as an NFT, providing users with speculative motivation.

Ordz

Ordz games are simply HTML documents that users can directly access through the Ordz browser to enter the game.

Ordz games are pixel mini-games. The games offered by Ordz include Tank Battle, Sheep Over Sheep, Spaceship, and a series of mini-games. Players can earn points by playing games in each season and later exchange them for OG tokens.

The Beginning of Bitcoin Chain Gaming

Currently, the focus of the Bitcoin ecosystem mainly lies on NFTs and BRC-20 tokens, while games are still in a very early stage. Both content design and product completeness need further enhancement.

Most games in the Bitcoin ecosystem are meme-oriented. Additionally, many projects use incentive mechanisms to encourage player engagement. Therefore, maintaining player involvement in these games is relatively challenging, mostly relying on speculative consensus. It is recommended that users participating at this stage do not consider these products as investments or speculative activities.

However, Bitcoin ecosystem games have indeed attracted considerable market attention. Whether it is the unique value of BTC's ecosystem or the community foundation of Ordinals, these projects add an imaginative aspect to future development and offer an opportunity for the crypto community to discuss various perspectives on Ordinals' pros and cons. Thus, it is still worth observing the upcoming developments.