Microsoft’s Ethereum-based game to reward gamers with non-fungible tokens (NFT)

Microsoft's gaming platform Azure will be rewarding participants with Ethereum-based NFTs.
Rewards will be given for; verifiable acts of impact , coaching, creating demos, building sample code, blogging etc.

Ken Chigbo Independent Analyst

Microsoft’s blockchain-based cloud platform Microsoft Azure announced a“Azure Heroes” blockchain non-fungible tokens (NFT) program, which will be rewarding its developer community.

As per the firm’s announcement, it said:

Azure Heroes aims to reward individuals for verifiable acts of impact such as coaching, creating demos, building sample code, blogging about Azure or completing certain challenges. Community members that have demonstrated their contributions will be recognised with badges across a number of categories.

Microsoft created the non-fungible tokens on the Ethereum blockchain in collaboration with blockchain gaming startup Enjin. Non-fungible tokens, or NFTs, are a blockchain-based token that cannot be replaced for something else and are unique.

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Ken Chigbo

Independent Analyst

Ken has over 8 years exposure to the financial markets. He started his career as an analyst, covering a variety of asset classes; forex, fixed income, commodities and equities.

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