“…The province of Quebec, and particularly its creative hub Montreal (Cohendet, P. & Simon, L., 2008), has been present on the video gaming scene for several decades. Its creative dynamic has been well documented: from the underground with artists and companies producing independent ("indie") games (Rocca, 2013), to the upperground with anchor firms, hardware and software suppliers, consultants and service providers, education and training agencies, game companies, and startups, through the middleground of professional organizations, public organizations, associations and collectives, and others linking the underground and the upperground (Grandadam & al., 2010). Recently, new games that leverage blockchain's ability to create rare digital assets have emerged in the gaming ecosystem.…”