Last year, the release of Black Myth: Wukong made the game a hot topic on the Internet. The Buddhist murals that resembled real ancient monuments, the high-definition game interface, and the smooth UI interaction all made the game well received. Many players bought consoles, graphics cards and other hardware equipment just to immerse themselves in this 3A game masterpiece that was praised for its exquisite production, which led to an increase in the sales of game-related equipment.
However, with the reconstruction of computing power based on blockchain, cryptocurrency, AI, edge computing, intelligent computing and other technologies or applications, players will no longer need to buy expensive gaming equipment. This is because traditional cloud solutions cannot achieve the goal of decentralized cloud computing solutions, which only allow players to play 3A games on their own computers.
Decentralized cloud computing power is a reconstruction of high-performance gaming.
Make high-performance computing power available at low prices, instantly, and everywhere
Players need computing devices to play 3A games because traditional cloud computing cannot provide matching computing performance. It is either too expensive for users to afford, or the performance is too poor (high latency) for users to give up. Decentralized cloud computing provides computing resources that are cheap and have superior performance (low latency). It aggregates idle computing resources of large and medium-sized enterprises through the concept of "computing power sharing" and enables edge computing through distributed computing nodes based on blockchain, thus bringing computing performance that is not inferior to traditional cloud computing to users or individual developers.
And with the continuous innovation of AI large models and metaverse immersive application scenarios, there will be more and more situations where games require higher-performance computing power. By then, decentralized cloud computing power will make computing resources available to small and medium-sized enterprises, research and development platforms, and individual users like water and electricity.
The process in between requires the application of cryptocurrency for payment and settlement, requires distributed nodes based on blockchain, requires the security brought by privacy technology, requires an on-chain economic system to ensure the long-term development of the platform, requires DAO-driven governance, and so on.
Decentralized cloud computing breaks the limitations of traditional cloud computing
The disadvantages of traditional centralized cloud computing power include: high cost, insufficient performance (high latency, lack of fluency, peak congestion), waste of computing resources, poor controllability, and single point failure caused by centralized risks.
The essence of the above-mentioned disadvantages of centralized cloud computing power is due to the limitations of the centralized architecture itself:
1. Centralized deployment leads to high costs : Traditional cloud services rely on large data centers, which require expensive construction, operation and maintenance, cooling and labor costs, which are ultimately passed on to users.
2. Geographic concentration leads to performance delays : Data centers are often concentrated in specific areas. The farther away from the user, the higher the network transmission delay, which especially affects real-time interactive applications (such as games).
3. Inflexible resource scheduling leads to waste : Data centers must reserve computing power for peak periods, but a large amount of computing power is idle during off-peak periods, resulting in low resource utilization.
4. Platform monopoly limits flexibility : Developers can only operate within the framework and rules set by cloud service providers, lack fine-grained control over underlying resources, and are unable to optimize according to actual needs.
5. Single point control brings systemic risks : once the central node encounters failure, attack or policy intervention, the entire service may be interrupted or removed from the shelves, lacking fault tolerance and anti-censorship capabilities.
These problems are particularly prominent in scenarios such as Web3 and AI that require extremely high computing power. With the rapid development of Web3 and AI, the market urgently needs a more flexible, open, autonomous, and distributed computing power alternative.
As mentioned earlier, decentralized cloud computing power, which integrates blockchain, AI technology, NFT, cryptocurrency, privacy technology, edge computing, and intelligent supercomputing, has broken the limitations of centralized cloud computing power one by one.
Decentralized cloud computing is good for gamers, development studios, and small and medium-sized enterprises
Decentralized cloud computing brings substantial benefits to players, development studios, and small and medium-sized enterprises by reconstructing the infrastructure architecture.
1. Good for players:
● Play across devices and networks : Players do not need high-end gaming equipment, and can experience high-quality games on ordinary terminals such as mobile phones and tablets. Some decentralized cloud computing platforms (such as PowerVerse) cooperate with major communication operators, allowing players to access the computing platform regardless of which communication operator they are on.
● Low latency and no lag : The distributed characteristics of computing nodes are more in line with user needs, bringing players a smoother real-time interactive experience, especially suitable for competitive or AAA masterpieces.
● Lower cost access : Players no longer need to spend a lot of money to buy consoles or graphics cards, and games have become more affordable. This also opens up a good situation for players to enter the era of metaverse games.
2. Good news for game development studios:
● Significantly reduce infrastructure costs : Studios no longer rely on expensive centralized cloud services, and use global node resources on demand, greatly reducing operation and maintenance pressure.
● Faster deployment and iteration : Flexible and efficient computing power scheduling makes development faster and expansion easier.
● Easily cover the global market, especially mobile terminals : Improve mobile terminal performance through edge nodes and help AAA games successfully enter the mobile game market.
3. Good for small and medium-sized enterprises:
● Obtain high-performance computing power with a lower threshold : Small and medium-sized enterprises can enjoy infrastructure support close to the level of large manufacturers without huge upfront investment.
● Flexible expansion and pay-as-you-go : Small and medium-sized enterprises can flexibly adjust the scale of resources according to the stage of business development and reduce the cost of trial and error.
● Participate in ecological profit sharing : Small and medium-sized enterprises can not only use decentralized computing power, but also join the network and share profits by running nodes and providing computing resources.
4. Good news for investors:
● The investment target has more fundamental value : Different from traditional "game tokens", the decentralized cloud computing network carries the infrastructure of the entire game ecosystem. Its value comes from real usage needs and continuously growing computing power transaction volume. This kind of DePIN investment value has stronger anti-cyclicality and long-term growth potential.
● Linked to real computing power, reducing bubble risk : DePIN's revenue source does not rely on gimmicks or hype, but is based on the actual use of computing power by developers and products by players, forming a healthy and sustainable economic model. This is the special difference between decentralized cloud computing power and traditional cloud computing power.
● Become part of the crypto market: DePIN cryptocurrency based on platform value will be integrated into the entire crypto market economy, and investors will have more choices by participating in other crypto projects involving DePIN, public chain, NFT, RWA, metaverse, AI, etc.
Conclusion
In short, decentralized cloud computing power has broken the monopoly of traditional cloud computing on resources and markets with higher flexibility, better cost structure and stronger global coverage, and has truly realized the universal access to computing power that is "available to everyone and connected everywhere".
From a gaming perspective, decentralized cloud computing is a complete reconstruction of the way games are delivered. By decentralizing infrastructure and connecting a global network of independent nodes, it achieves scalability, cost-effectiveness, and high-performance gaming experiences that are unmatched by traditional cloud services.
The era of metaverse games has not yet arrived, but the characteristics of decentralized cloud computing power have already revealed an era of metaverse games that can be entered at any time. When a person wears an XR device to enter a metaverse game in the future, decentralized cloud computing power will have developed to a more complete level.
