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How can blockchain better model market forces in gaming?

I speculated in my last article that using cryptocurrency in gaming would improve the gaming experience by making allocation of computer resources strategic. By application, each unit of crypto would be "backed," by the plane or tank purchased with it. It is worth speculating about the following complicating factors:  As you mine, and (for example) pay soldiers, you accumulate more currency than materiel. An available decision to add, is whether or not, or possibly at what time to " fork " the cryptocurrency, and stop accepting new coins. Soldier's pay might be lost to the game, if there is no economy for the soldiers to expend it on. If they buy food, it is perishable, but some currency might be preserved by building restaurants, or having service industry staff buy televisions, phones, and stereos. Meanwhile, Soldiers might pay for uniforms, and boots, if they are not provided by their "government."  If I were designing this, I could contrive Rock co