Felines to Futbol: NFTs Are Crypto's Hottest New Buzzword

Because NFTs have specific qualities that should play to people's interest in real-world collectibles, crypto insiders hope they can bring the general public into the ecosystem.

To game makers, "Mechanics" are an action the rules of the game allow players to take.

In the card game "Go Fish," asking for a card from your opponent would be a mechanic.

Crypto All Stars, a collectible token game where players "Owned" avatars of famous people in the industry, had a snatching mechanic.

Building out new mechanics doesn't have to be relegated only to the game's developers.

Because NFTs are decentralized, the codebases are open-source and can be used by other entrepreneurs or enthusiasts to create new user interfaces or game play on top of it.

One way to start envisioning the future of NFT is by looking at the evolution of trading card battle games.

Its creator, Wizards of the Coast, released the first set in 1993 with a ruleset for playing the game, but it wasn't long before fans started developing their own games with the cards.

Then Blizzard released Hearthstone in 2014, a super popular digital card game played over the internet.

"There's a card game that I think a lot of people are excited about. Their vision is: 'We want to build the ability of anyone to build a card game on top of it.'".