Coin Artist on Building *real* Crypto-Games

Marguerite deCourcelle, known by her persona Coin Artist, has been in the crypto space since 2014. Marguerite pushes the boundaries at the intersection of art, games, and crypto, carving out a career for herself as an artist and creator.

Although her focus is certainly in crypto gaming, it might not be what you’d expect. Her endeavors have a cypherpunk feel at the protocol level, innovating creative ways for NFTs to interact in our wallets.

Alongside discussions of her work at Blockade Games, we explore emergence, embedding data in the blockchain, and the untapped world of meaningful crypto gaming.

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Topics Covered:

0:00 Intro

4:30 Coin Artist

7:49 Early Days of Crypto Art

12:34 Gamifying the Blockchain

16:50 The Technology Crossover

24:33 Bombing & Bitcoin

30:43 Permadeath & High Stakes

38:05Winning Hearts and Minds

42:30 A Utopian Vision

48:00 Emergence & Complexity

53:17 Blockade Games

57:55 The Motivation for Profit

1:04:10 The Thrill of the Game

1:09:17 Fighting for Crypto’s Soul

1:13:22 New York City

1:16:33 The Crypto Social Game

1:23:47 Curation

1:27:43 Optimism & Advice

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Resources:

Marguerite on Twitter:

https://twitter.com/coin_artist?s=20&t=2V5r_ik50UfcZMaCSB0HgA

Blockade Games:

https://blockade.games/

Neon District:

https://portal.neondistrict.io/

Skyweaver:

https://www.skyweaver.net/

Boys Club:

https://twitter.com/BoysClubCrypto?s=20&t=2V5r_ik50UfcZMaCSB0HgA

Ethereum: The Money-Game Landscape

https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/p/ethereum-the-money-game-landscape?s=w

Conway’s Game of Life:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conway%27s_Game_of_Life

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