Coin Artist on Building REAL Crypto Games | Layer Zero

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
38:05 Winning 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:

Blockade Games:

Neon District:

Skyweaver:

Boys Club:

Ethereum: The Money-Game Landscape

Conway’s Game of Life:

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