Video Game Loot Boxes and Bitcoin With Anthony Lam

About this episode

Cody Ellingham discusses video game loot boxes and their economic implications with guest Anthony Lam.

What are loot boxes in video games? What about market places for in-game weapons and character "skins"? How can we look at the way game companies like Valve design economies around these systems and act as virtual central banks? What can this teach us about Bitcoin and the wider economy? I talk with my friend Anthony Lam, a serial entrepreneur and builder, as well as founder of a fintech advisory company. Anthony is based between Hong Kong and Tokyo. Support this show - https://thetransformationofvalue.com/

People in this episode

Host: Cody Ellingham

Guest: Anthony Lam

Topics covered

• video games
• loot boxes
• Bitcoin
• economics
• entrepreneurship

Keywords

• loot boxes
• video games
• Bitcoin
• Valve
• economy
• in-game purchases
• entrepreneurship

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Valve

Places: Hong Kong, Tokyo

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