Unlike most blockchain games today, Dark Forest is decentralized and has some unique properties: - the game is open source and free to fork - because of zero

Unlike most blockchain games today, Dark Forest is decentralized and has some unique properties: - the game is open source and free to fork - because of zero knowledge proofs, no single entity decides on or knows of the secret data. Assuming the protocol is correctly coded, users cannot cheat or crack the game - not even the developers know the planet locations. - because it’s built on a fairly permissionless network, any user can build smart contracts, new game clients, and plugins for the game to modify it. Most online games have to issue API keys for server access to achieve modding; in Dark Forest there is no concept of “centralized server.” So even if the game developers stop maintaining the game, the contracts and on-chain game state is unaffected and will continue to operate normally.