MarginCall's Digital Frontier Update Overhauls Crypto and Data Centers

MarginCall's Digital Frontier Update, published by Gmodgoon on 19 August 2026, addresses three long-standing gaps in the game's crypto simulation: anachronistic coin pricing, single-coin mining, and data centers that were little more than abstract number generators.

What changed

Crypto pricing by era

• Coins now open at a price appropriate to the starting year. Begin in a later period and Bitcoin trades in the thousands, Ethereum in the hundreds, and smaller coins in cents.
• Players starting in 1990 still watch every coin launch cheap and appreciate over time, preserving the original progression.

Eight minable coins

• Bitcoin, Litecoin, Dogecoin, Ethereum, Ethereum Classic, Monero, Dash, and Zcash can all be mined via proof-of-work, each appearing in the mining picker after its in-game launch date.
• Mining rewards scale with hash power; rival miners dilute the player's share.
• Early mining of young coins is designed to reward accumulation rather than immediate returns, reflecting how low-value coins historically grew.

Data Centers become physical infrastructure

• A Data Center is now a building stocked with servers rather than a static stat.
• New centers start empty, acquire servers over time to fill racks, and gain hash or hosting capacity as the fleet grows.
• Servers carry a real running cost and create demand for player-produced factory goods.
• Rival companies also grow, list, and compete dynamically over time.

Existing saves are confirmed compatible. For players building industrial or investment empires, the update transforms crypto from a side abstraction into a layered business with meaningful timing decisions and genuine operational costs.