The use of digital currency integration with e-sports has been rather popular. As a result, a particularly interesting concept has become increasingly promising: the creation of in-game careers which provide real world salaries.
When one considers that over 40% of the world makes between $2 and $10 per day, opportunities such as HunterCoin or NeverDie Coin become incredibly enticing.
HunterCoin:
One of the original and more simple iterations of this model is HunterCoin (HUC) which is currently testing one of its largest update releases to date. HunterCoin is a blockchain-based world in which users explore and combat elements in the environment to gain HunterCoins.
Current Version:
Update Set to Release in the Coming Weeks:
At their current value of $0.11 per coin, HunterCoin is already a strong opportunity for in-game salary. However, unlike most fiat currencies, in-game coins such as HunterCoin also serve as an investment. Leading up to this update, HunterCoin is currently trading on Poloniex with a market cap of just $2 million dollars leaving room for tremendous growth as the rise of in-game careers continues.
NeverDie Coin:
Taking things a bit further, is NeverDie Coin (NDC). NeverDie, is a game coin started by John Jacob, the world's first video game millionaire and owner of multi-hundred thousand dollar virtual properties on the game Entropia Universe (yes real money for virtual properties).
NDC has set out to offer a minimum wage of $0.25 per hour for it's virtual occupations, a number higher than the salaries seen in many countries, with government positions and higher-wage virtual jobs paying far more. While this project is incredibly new, it's relatively small market cap of ~$7 million offers the same investment promise to it's users as HunterCoin.
All this being said, we very well may see an upswing in global, minimum wage jobs transitioning from conventional occupations to virtual careers, with upward mobility through a virtual career ladder of sorts.