The developers of the blockchain chess game Immortal Game are taking its play-to-earn (P2E) and non-fungible token (nft) features offline due to rampant cheating.
According to December 13 advertisementWhile the developers continue to build Immortal Game as an online chess hub and may incorporate more decentralized technologies in the future, their goal of “providing a real opportunity for people to earn income through chess” through Immortal Game has ended. in a failure.
“We found that by offering large amounts of cash with no limiting barriers to entry, we encourage extensive cheating on the platform and degrade the user experience for our base of legitimate players who want a fair and safe place to play chess online,” they wrote. the developers of Immortal. . “The unintended consequence of offering money to players has increased unfair practices.”
Starting this week, the Immortal Game nft marketplace will be suspended and players will no longer be able to use the native P2E Checkmake token (CMT) in the game. However, NFTs will still exist on-chain. Users will also no longer receive CMT for completing tournaments or daily rewards, although fiat currency rewards may be offered for such tasks in the future.
“Your eth and CMT balances will no longer be displayed on our platform, but your wallets will hold these tokens. For those using a custodial wallet, you will need to connect a personal wallet to transfer your assets.”
At the time of discontinuation, Immortal Game NFTs had a lifetime trading volume of $885,600, and its CMT token ethereum/0x716b64f33e47d7c7bd873dbe7eebb62469303951/” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener nofollow”>has a fully diluted market cap of $360,075. NFTs are minted on the gaming-focused Immutable blockchain.
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