One idea I've been playing with in my head for a bit is a blockchain/smart contract based approach to digital gaming/gambling.
I've devised a protocol for a blockchain-based RNG that can be used to tick the game state along, and a smart contract would transfer the pot to the winner. It would be quite liberating to play strategic games with random elements online without any trust in the platform required, even more so if you can get paid to do it!
Placing any significant amount of real money into a system when the platform can fudge the numbers around to make sure the house always wins is a non-starter IMO.
I've devised a protocol for a blockchain-based RNG that can be used to tick the game state along, and a smart contract would transfer the pot to the winner. It would be quite liberating to play strategic games with random elements online without any trust in the platform required, even more so if you can get paid to do it!
Placing any significant amount of real money into a system when the platform can fudge the numbers around to make sure the house always wins is a non-starter IMO.