I wonder if this was initiated by all of the steam and itch.io content getting removed due to payment processor rules. If I remember correctly steam used stripe (at least at one point in time) so it might be trying to get back into that market without being limited by the payment processors above them.

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etempleton 6 days ago | parent [-]

I imagine this has been in the works much longer than that, but it it has helped provide a real life case study of why this could be a viable product offering.

	▲	Cieric 6 days ago \| parent [-]
		True, I think getting a block chain setup in a month is possible. But at the same time I don't think they would try and rush something like this out, stuff breaking would be much worse PR after what has already happened. I do think it's possible they put more money/talent onto the problem after it happened though.