一款名为《Crypto Kitties》（虚拟猫咪）的游戏于去年12月初上线，只花了一周时间就已有两万多人投身于其中并花费了600多万美元，其中最贵的一只猫卖出价为247个ETH（以太币），折合成美元约11.7万也就是大约75万人民币，这可比普通网络游戏里的极品武器、绝世神兵贵多了。你不禁要问，这个猫它凭什么卖这么贵？
A game called Crypto Kitties was launched in early December last year, and it took just one week for more than 20,000 people to join it and spend more than $6 million, of which the most expensive cat sold 247 ETHs, folded about 117,000 dollars, or 750,000 yuan, which is much more expensive than the most precious weapon in the ordinary Internet game. You cannot help but ask, why does the cat sell so expensive?
答案是因为它是“区块链”游戏！
The answer is because it's a block chain game!
区块链是一种“去中心化”模式，特点数据可靠、有保障、无法篡改，而且人越多越靠谱。比如比特币就是基于区块链开发出的虚拟货币，现在市场上平均价格每个要1万多美元。之所以价格这么高是因为全世界有几千万人（准确地说是几千万个地址，也就是我们玩端游时的账号。一个人可能有N个账号）在玩比特币，那它的保障就是无与伦比的坚固，你完全不必担心有一天被中本聪（比特币的创始人）卷款带着小姨子跑路。
The block chain is a “decentralized” model, characterized by reliable, secure, non-diversionable data, and the more people rely on it. Bitcoin, for example, is a virtual currency based on a block chain, and now the average price on the market is more than $10,000. The price is so high because there are tens of millions of people around the world (to be exact, tens of millions of addresses, our account numbers at the end of the journey. A person may have an N account) playing bitcoin, and its guarantee is unmatched, and you have nothing to worry about a day when you're being rolled with your sister-in-law (the founder of Bitcoin).
比特币第一，排第二的叫以太币，没有比特币那么火但也有声有色，目前每个价格大约1300美元。《虚拟猫咪》就是一款基于以太币交易的区块链养猫游戏。我们玩手游时经常有一个痛点：没有独特性。往往高级卡、强力卡就是那么几张，或高级装备、神装就那么几件。再加上职业选择余地也不大，最后大家差不多都长一个样只能靠脸区分，有些尴尬。而有了区块链技术，就可以保证每个人的猫都独一无二绝对不会重复，至少官方是这么承诺的。
Bitcoin number one, second row is called Ethers, but it's not as hot as Bitcoins, but it's colorful as it is at about $1,300. Virtual Cats are a cat-breeding game based on a tether-trading block chain. We often have a pain in handwalking: there is no uniqueness. Often high-level cards, strong cards, or high-quality equipment, and costumes.
至于具体玩法，大概是这样：首先你要买一只猫。猫可能有一些自带属性比如波浪卷毛，比如头上有个啾啾，比如明黄色，等等。然后你可以把你的猫拿去和别的猫“交配”，会生出新的小猫，继承一部分父母的属性，当然也可能基因突变而产生新的属性。这里忽略了猫的性别之类可能造成困扰的问题——假设在这个神奇星球上猫和猫之间随便就能交配，没有性别问题。配出来的小猫可以自己留着玩也可以卖掉，这游戏就是这么简单。
As for specific games, it's probably like this: first you're going to buy a cat. Cats may have their own attributes, like wave curls, like yellow hair on their heads. Then you can take your cat and "matching" with other cats, you can produce new kittens, you can inherit some of your parents' properties, and of course, you can create new ones by mutating genes. This ignores the gender-like problems that cats can cause -- assuming that there's no sex between cats and cats on this amazing planet.
看起来这是个很普通的养宠游戏。但必须得承认，这些猫至少画得不怎么样，大多数谈不上可爱，甚至有些吓人。如果光是这样，无论用什么货币交易显然它都没什么吸引力，哪怕最喜欢小动物的人看了这样的“猫”恐怕都会敬而远之。这么丑的猫为什么一只会卖75万？
It looks like a normal pet game. But it has to be admitted that these cats are at least not very good at drawings, most of them are not cute, or even scary. If that's the case, it's obviously unattractive, no matter how much money is traded, and it's probably a long way away for even the person who likes small animals to see a cat like this. Why would a cat like that sell only 750,000?
答案是这样的。这游戏里所有的猫都可以交易。你马上会想到既然猫交配会生小猫而所有猫都可以卖钱，显然交配能力强的猫就能生更多小猫，也就是更赚钱。所以只要搞到交配能力强的猫就可以了。什么猫交配能力强呢？游戏设定是有若干只“0代猫”也就是系统预先设置好的猫，这样的猫交配能力是最强的。它和其他猫交配出来的就是1代猫，1代猫交配出来的则是2代猫。越往后代数越大，代数越大交配力越差。当然实际上还有不少细节设定比如交配后能力会降低等等，但“代数越小交配力越强”这个大方向是不错的。
Here's the answer. All cats in this game can be traded. You'll soon think that since cat mates give birth to kittens and all cats can sell their money, it's obvious that cats with strong mating skills can give birth to more kittens, that is, make more money. So just a cat with strong mating skills. What's a cat match? There's a number of "0" cats, that's the cat with which the system pre-sets. It's the cat with the cat with the cat with the cat with the cat with the cat with the cat with the cat with the cat with the cat with the cat with the cat with the cat with the cat with the cat with the cat with the cat with the cat with the cat with the cat with the cat with the cat with the cat with the cat with the cat with the cat with the cat with the cat with the cat with the cat with the cat with the cat with the cat with the cat with the cat with the cat with the cat with the cat with the cat with the cat with the cat with the cat with the cat with the cat with the cat with the cat with the cat with the cat with the cat with the cat with the cat with the cat.
所以如果有一只0代猫，天生能力就强，又碰巧刷到了额外加交配能力（“一次和3个猫交配生3个仔”）、冷却时间缩短（“交配后不会增加冷却时间”）、显著增加后代属性（“生出的小猫有50%几率携带额外1个属性”）等强力属性，那它就是极品中的极品，自然可以卖天价。用现在流行的手游用语来解释就是：你进入游戏，这里所有的牌都可以直接买，你可以买N卡，也可以买SSR。每张卡过一段时间都可以拿去组合出新卡，组出来的卡比原来的低一档。SSR的CD短，而且能组出SR卡。反之，R卡CD长，组出来的是N卡之类的狗粮。那你会怎么做？如果你要把这个游戏长期玩，是不是应该一上来就砸钱先保证有至少1张SSR？如果这些卡又带各自不同的属性，遇到个极品，砸个70万，听起来也就没那么过分了。
So if there's a zero-generation cat, it's natural, and it happens to have extra mating power (“one pair with three cats”), a shorter cooling time (“no more cooling time after mating”), a significant increase in progeny attributes (“50% of the baby kittens carry an extra attribute”), it's the best of the best. What do you do? If you're going to play this game for a long time, you can buy all the cards directly, and you can buy the N.C.C., or the S.SR. If these cards have a new card for a while, they'll have a lower card. S.R.R.C.C.C.C.C.C.D. and the N.C.C.C.?
那平台方赚什么钱呢？我们知道别的猫都是交配生的，但0代猫没有父母，是系统自动生成的。为了保证公平性，0代猫以每15分钟一只的速度自动刷出来（一直刷到1月28号），也就是只要28号前进游戏，总能买到0代猫，不会输在起跑线。当然你也可以从其他玩家手里买（如果他们想卖）。简单算一下，游戏大概会产生一共6000只0代猫，而它的价格现在是0.22~0.25ETH，也就是约2000元人民币。如果平台刷出的0代猫全都卖掉，则平台方的总收益就是1200万，这就是它的预期收益。至于你能赚到多少钱，那就要看你什么时候开始玩、买了什么猫、能卖出去多少猫了。
And what does the platform earn? We know that all the other cats are mated, but the 0-generation cats have no parents and are automatically generated by the system. In order to be fair, 0-generation cats are drawn up automatically at the rate of one in every 15 minutes (until January 28), which means that as long as the 28th game goes forward, they can always buy 0-generation cats and not lose the starting line. Of course, you can buy them from other players (if they want to sell them). Simplely, the game will produce a total of 6,000 zero-generation cats, and the price is now 0.22-0.25 ETH, or 2,000 yuan. If all the 0-generation cats are sold, the total gain on the platform is 12 million dollars, which is what you expect. As far as you can earn, it depends on when you start playing, what you buy, and how many cats you can sell.
另外我知道有人单纯只是因为喜欢猫才去玩这个游戏，并没有想到要赚钱。因为普通的3代以后的猫基本就只要一两百块人民币，这钱还不够你抽个十连；如果真的喜欢猫，这点钱还是能消费得起的。还是拿手游打比方，现在玩个喜欢的手游，花1、200块钱不是很正常吗，随便玩一下，不一定要获得什么。在这个虚拟养猫游戏里你有只6代、7代，基本养出来的都是些奇怪的垃圾猫，但没准也能靠时间长、靠努力能养出一些基因突变的品种，成功翻皮也有可能。
And I know that someone's playing this game simply because they like cats, and they don't want to make money. Because a regular three-generation cat needs a hundred or 200 yuan, that's not enough for you to smoke; if you really like cats, it's affordable.
不过75万也太多了，我有这个钱我去投给网络主播不好吗？你觉得呢？
But $750,000 is too much. Why don't I have the money to vote for the host? What do you think?
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