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# 3.8. Benefits

The deployment of a decentralized blockchain-based metaverse platform provides several advantages over current non-blockchain systems, as shown in the table below.

| WITH BLOCKCHAIN                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  | WITHOUT BLOCKCHAIN                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |
| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| <p><strong>True Ownership</strong></p><p>● Assets stored in player wallets through tokenization of UGC</p><p>● User retention of copyright in</p><p>perpetuity</p><p>● Ownership not tied to a game</p><p>● Creative authorship is immutable</p> | <p><strong>Limited Ownership</strong></p><p>● Assets stored in game systems</p><p>● Copyright limited and items can be</p><p>modified by third parties</p><p>● Ownership is tied to the game</p><p>● Creative authorship is hard to prove</p> |
| <p><strong>Secure</strong></p><p>● Less fraud possibility thanks to blockchain’s record keeping technology</p>                                                                                                                                   | <p><strong>Insecure</strong></p><p>● Server-based transactions</p><p>● High possibility of fraud (13%average)</p>                                                                                                                             |
| <p><strong>Fair Revenue Share</strong></p><p>● Creators will receive 100% of the sellingprice they set for their creations</p><p>● Multiple creators can automatically share payments and revenue</p>                                            | <p><strong>Limited Revenue Share</strong></p><p>● Creators receive partial payment for items they sell</p><p>● Ownership limited to one player entity</p>                                                                                     |
| <p><strong>Decentralized Trading</strong></p><p>● Blockchain allows assets to be shared between users for collaboration</p><p>● Peer-to-peer trading</p>                                                                                         | <p><strong>Centralized Trading</strong></p><p>● Centralized system limits collaboration</p><p>● All trades are controlled by 3rd parties</p>                                                                                                  |