Summary
TLDR: The Ninjalerts team has inscribed a Nintendo 64 emulator on the Bitcoin blockchain, allowing users to play N64 games in their browsers. They used a compression algorithm to reduce file sizes and lower the cost of inscribing the emulator. They have no plans to inscribe newer consoles due to legal concerns around DRM.
Key Points
1. The Ninjalerts team has successfully inscribed a Nintendo 64 (N64) emulator on the Bitcoin blockchain, following their previous project of building a Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES) on the network.
2. The integration of the Brotli compression algorithm by Google has enabled Ninjalerts to reduce file sizes by approximately 80%, making it feasible to inscribe the N64 emulator with fewer Bitcoin blocks.
3. The focus on the N64 console for this project was due to it being the last major console to use cartridges before CDs became standard, and the team does not plan to inscribe games from consoles with DRM due to legal concerns.