How to win cryptocurrency by playing Flappy Bird

A developer’s take on Flappy Bird, the fluttering yellow blob that took the world by storm in 2014, lets you earn crypto while playing.

There’s plenty of ways to earn cryptocurrency in this space; you can freelance for it, you can set up a node, you can even walk for cryptocurrency. But none of these are half as satisfying as earning crypto while maneuvering a pudgy, but altogether non-descript, yellow bird around some green pipes.

That’s right folks. Flappy Bird, the obsession-worthy mobile game that stirred up a sensation in 2014, is back. To be clear, it’s not the official Flappy Bird, but it does have one leg up on the original: You can play it to win cryptocurrency. 

“Hello everyone! I’m ecstatic to announce a project that I’ve spent many, many sleepless nights on,” reads the developer’s post in the Nano subreddit. “I present to you, FlappyNano!”

Per the developer, the game is a simple twist on the original. Rather than the aforementioned yellow plumper, the central character is replaced by a blue ghost-like creature.

FlappyNano harnesses a multiplayer feature in which competitors ante up 0.1 nano. The player with the highest score wins the pot. 

To begin, one player sends an invitation via an in-app link. Once the challenge is accepted, a third party escrow address appears as a QR code for players to deposit funds. Once the pair have deposited, it’s game on.

At present, the game works on both desktop and mobile, but the developer suggests installing Natrium, a Nano-based wallet, for the best experience.

This isn’t the first crypto-version of Flappy Bird. But the last one wasn’t so successful.

An EOS iteration of the game—in which top-ranking players earn EOS-based tokens—has pretty much flatlined in terms of usage. According to data from DappRadar, the game hit a peak of 464 users a week after its release in 2019. Since then, there has been virtually no activity at all.

But will FlappyNano fly?