Which one of Steam's competitors? Any reason to be cagey about that detail?

Also, Steam points are worthless, so hoping to convert that into cryptocurrency and then into real money is a fantasy, most due to not understanding that Steam Points have no monetary value.

Gems also do not have monetary value. Valve isn't going to provide a way, however roundabout to convert worthless things like points and gems into money.

And finally, there's lots of things other platforms do that Valve isn't interested in (Microsoft GamePass, Epic's free weekly games, etc). The "keeping up with the jones's" argument strategy isn't as compelling as you think.

If points were worth money why waste time converting to crypto only to convert to money. Just cut out the middle and convert to money would waste coding multiple conversion steps.

Points are worth 0 so convert to crypto and you'd get 0 Crypto then convert that to cash value and you'd get 0

Steam points have absolutely no monetary value. Thank god because otherwise people would try even harder to bait and they are already doing this for profile backgrounds lol

Steam points are intended to reward loyalty by buying directly from Steam. Giving them monetary or kickback value changes them into a loss leader for Valve which Valve would have to pay out of their own pocket.

Valve does not need a loss leader to attract more customers. They already are on top.

If you want to have games cheaper, wait for sales.

引用自 Heroico：

Steam, if you didn't know, one of your competitors is accepting games that use cryptocurrencies. These games allow players to sell equipment and pets to obtain cryptocurrencies, which in turn can be exchanged for real money. There are already people playing these games as if it were their profession, surviving solely on the money earned selling in-game items. I was thinking of a way for you to "stay updated" with the world and I had a cool idea. How about being able to buy Solana (which seems to be the most accessible of these cryptocurrencies) with Steam Points or Gems?

Steam has already reapeatedly said they have no desire or interest to deal with Cryptocurrency. Whatever competitor is doing it i can guarantee you they are no concern of steam.

Over HALF of all transactions that were using crypto on Steam turned out to be fraudulent.

So Valve brought the hammer down and said no more.
So Blockchain games and using crypto to purchase anything got removed.

Honestly, crypto is just a scam anyway.
Right now a crypto could be worth $12.35 USD, but in an hour it could be worth $0.03 USD.
All it takes is someone famous saying something good or bad about it and it's value will change.

Considering the uptick of crypto spam I've gotten lately, and the fact that op seems to have played 4 games for a couple minute each just before making this thread, I cannot with good faith see this as a legitimate suggestion.

Lol, "stay updated". Nice way to say "gimme free stuff".