Premature Evaluation is the weekly column in which we explore the wilds of early access. This week, Fraser s delving into the confusing world of cryptocurrencies in Blockchain Tycoon. What is a blockchain? Why are people mining them? Are there tiny digital pickaxes? A lot of questions need to be answered.
Blockchain Tycoon has been designed with an eye towards realism, apparently, and while I m a stranger to the mysteries of cryptocurrency (there s only one kind of cash that I have any interest in), I m still convinced that things couldn t start in a more authentic manner. I, an inexperienced and overconfident man, have been given a huge stack of cash and a warehouse from which I can grow my fledgling startup into a cryptocurrency empire. It s a classic riches to riches story.