Steam doesn't let you bequeath your account or anything in it and can ban you from your account at any time with no recourse.
If my game licenses were on the Blockchain I could give them to my kids when I die.
Feels weird explaining this on HN.
If my game licenses were on the Blockchain I could give them to my kids when I die.
Feels weird explaining this on HN.
And it also doesn't require blockchain. Valve not allowing it isn't a technological limitation, it's a policy. The system can't stop you from leaving a sheet of paper with your username and password on it, but Steam can ban you if they somehow find out.
Go ahead and explain how the tech of a Blockchain prevents Valve from doing what it wants with the game licenses it sells.
If they go into the Steam server code and add:
if username = 'dingnuts':
return 403
(Hint: You don't.)
So now you're back to "a database hosted at Valve" with extra steps.
Feels weird explaining this on HN.