The popular online video game Fortnite recently added a new skin called “Etheria”. The famous pickaxe of the game’s iconic character would be replaced by the diamond that symbolizes Ethereum. That’s all it took for the crypto community to go wild.
Etheria, goddess of Ethereum or cryptofan’s dream?
Outfits like Etheria’s – commonly referred to as Skins by the community – are cosmetic items that players can purchase in Fortnite.
His name is not the only thing that resembles Ethereum. Indeed, we can easily find the so singular shape of the diamond of the second crypto of the world in the first images that circulate.
This image has been circulating quite a bit on the Ethereum subreddit, which has been watching for the slightest activity around the crypto and has remained very optimistic, despite a drop of almost 61% from its top last month.
” @FortniteGame, with its 650 million players, has been dipping a toe into the crypto-gaming world for a while now and just dropped some hints about Ethereum. “
Alex Saunders’ Twitter post
While crypto-enthusiast Alex Saunders seems to have gotten slightly fired up about Fortnite’s player count – 350 million players for 500 million accounts, according to the latest figures given by Epic Games – it’s still true that the resemblance to the Ethereum logo is striking.
Epic Games, which has a valuation of about $28.7 billion, launched Fortnite in 2017 and continues to grow and according to our information. Epic Games founder Tim Sweeney is reportedly very bullish on NFT.
Epic Games is currently fighting a legal battle against Apple, as the anti-competitive behavior of the Apple brand has prevented alternative payment options. Can we imagine one day being able to pay for Fortnite skins in cryptocurrencies? Regardless, the Fornite gaming community seems to be very active in the crypto sector.
