Todd Young is co-founder and COO of the Gamestar+ platform. With robust industry tenure across global multimedia platforms and brands that include Sony, Todd drives the development and growth of the Gamestar+ platform with over a decade of venture strategy, finance, product, and marketing experience.
Gamestar+, the world’s first game streaming service for family game night, brings on-demand, interactive social games to your living room with some of the most iconic and well-known family board games and TV game show brands in the world – backed up by robust blockchain technology.
By partnering with Ava Labs, and building on Avalanche, a highly scalable and secure blockchain network that delivers powerful smart contract technology – Gamestar+ combines the best features of the new Web3 play-and-earn gaming ecosystem – with highly-social, family-oriented gameplay designed to bring players and friends closer together amidst the digital revolution.
The core principle that drives the development of Gamestar+ is the concept of social gameplay. Despite the ubiquity of smartphones, online gaming, consoles, and streaming content platforms, tangible value is still very much one-way – locked within a certain gaming environment, with no ability to cash-out or transfer value.
Gamestar+ leverages the extensive experience of our development team alongside Avalanche’s next-generation blockchain technology to not only reconnect players, families, friends, and gamers regardless of location but also to empower users with ownership over the value they generate during their play time.
Blockchain technology, however, can quickly become confusing. What does Avalanche do, and how does Gamestar+ integrate Avalanche technology to enhance the game night experience?
How Avalanche Blockchain Technology Empowers Gamestar+ Players
Avalanche is a next-generation blockchain network designed to provide Web3 applications and platforms with fast, low-cost and eco-friendly blockchain features. By integrating Avalanche technology into the architecture of the Gamestar+ platform, we’re able to provide players with features and powers never before seen on any other interactive streaming platform.
The fundamental promise of blockchain technology is decentralized individual sovereignty over value, …
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