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Blockchain was heralded as disruptive tech once it became clear that cryptocurrency wasn’t its only use case. Now, its game-changing applications seem more promised than practiced and many claim it’s overhyped.

Not so with gaming. Experts say the industry is poised for a sea-change; they say gaming will be the first real use case for blockchain. Blockchain could completely restructure the industry, turn the tables on the monopolistic console market, create a multiverse, and make games more immersive and boundary-blurring than ever. How gaming navigates the remaining hurdles will become a case study for other industries considering widespread adoption.

“Way Oversold”?

Yes, according to Wells Fargo CEO Tim Sloan. “Not proven,” according to Ajaypal Banga, CEO of Mastercard, which has the third most blockchain patents in the world. Does skepticism at the top signal trouble for blockchain’s future?

Even bitcoin—which launched “blockchain” into the public lexicon in 2009—is still encountering

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