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CryptoKitties is a digital goods trading game that lives on the Ethereum blockchain. It lets you purchase, trade, and breed digital kittens. The game has no straightforward "goal" — you can simply buy a digital kitten, and it will eternally be yours due to the nature of blockchain technology.

Jason Bailey of Artnome's blog post: , provides a summary of the connection between Blockchain technology and Digital Art:

A big problem with producing and selling digital art is how easily it can be duplicated and pirated. Once something is copied and replicated for free, the value drops and the prospect of a market disappears. For things to be of value they need to have scarcity. Blockchain helps solve this for digital artists by introducing the idea of "digital scarcity": issuing a limited number of copies and tying them back to unique blocks proving ownership

CryptoKitties: Mashable article
Blockchain and Digital Scarcity will Create a Massive Market for Digital Art and Crypto Collectibles