Blockchain NFT Reward Gating by Ledger Population Thresholds
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Solution Overview
Problem
Online gaming platforms face challenges in managing and providing utilities for unique, non-fungible digital assets, such as in-game characters, due to the lack of efficient systems for tracking ownership and rewarding users based on the population of these assets on decentralized ledgers.
Innovation Solution
A system and method that utilize processors to execute games, manage user accounts, record ownership of unique digital articles on decentralized ledgers, determine the size and ownership fraction of these assets, and provide rewards based on threshold values, allowing for blockchain-specific utilities and incentives for users.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If ownership of unique digital articles is recorded on decentralized ledgers, then reliability of ownership tracking is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a centralized server as an intermediary that mediates between users and the decentralized ledger. The server receives recordation requests, determines fractions of unique digital articles, compares them with thresholds, and provides rewards. This intermediary simplifies the user interface and management complexity while maintaining the reliability benefits of decentralized ledger recording.
2Productivity
If rewards are provided based on fraction thresholds of unique digital articles, then user engagement is improved, but loss of energy increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs partial computation by only calculating rewards when the fraction of recorded unique digital articles meets or exceeds predetermined thresholds. Rather than continuously monitoring and computing for all transactions, the system triggers reward calculations only at threshold milestones, reducing unnecessary computational energy consumption while maintaining user engagement incentives.
3Adaptability or versatility
If multiple decentralized ledgers are supported for different unique digital articles, then adaptability is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The centralized server is designed with universal functionality to handle multiple types of decentralized ledgers through a unified interface. It can process recordation requests for different sets of unique digital articles on different ledgers using the same threshold comparison and reward provision mechanisms, eliminating the need for separate management systems for each ledger type.
Data Source
AI summary
Systems and methods to provide utilities based on blockchain-specific populations of unique digital articles in an online gaming platform are disclosed. Exemplary implementations may execute instances of a game; manage user accounts, including a first user account having a first account inventory that includes a first unique digital article; receive a first recordation request to record ownership of the first unique digital article on a first decentralized ledger; determine a size of a set or population of unique digital articles that include the first unique digital article; determine a fraction of the set or population of unique digital articles recorded on the first decentralized ledger; receive a first reward request for a first reward; compare the determined fraction with a threshold value; based on the comparison, provide either the first reward or else provide no award or a smaller award.