Systems and methods for providing utilities based on blockchain-specific populations of unique digital articles

A method of providing rewards based on blockchain-specific populations of unique digital articles in an online gaming platform, wherein the method is implemented in the online gaming platform, and wherein the online gaming platform includes one or more processors configured by machine-readable instructions, the method comprising:

• executing, within the online gaming platform, an instance of a game to facilitate presentation of the game to users, and implementing in-game actions in the instance of the game in response to action requests for the in-game actions by the users, wherein presentation of the game is based on views of the game that are determined during execution of the instance of the game, wherein the users include a first user;
• managing user accounts associated with the users, wherein the user accounts include account inventories of virtual items, wherein the user accounts include a first user account associated with the first user, wherein the first user account includes a first account inventory of one or more virtual items, wherein the first user controls the one or more virtual items in the first account inventory, wherein the first account inventory includes a first unique digital article that is associated with a first in-game user-controllable character configured to be used in the instance of the game, and wherein the first unique digital article is part of a set of unique digital articles that have common visual characteristics as in-game user-controllable characters;
• receiving, on behalf of the first user, a first recordation request to record ownership of the first unique digital article on a first decentralized ledger, wherein the first decentralized ledger is a private permissioned decentralized ledger;
• determining, by the one or more processors included in the online gaming platform, a size of the set of unique digital articles for which ownership by any of the users has been recorded on either the first decentralized ledger or on a public decentralized ledger;
• determining, by the one or more processors included in the online gaming platform, a fraction of the set of unique digital articles for which ownership is currently recorded on the private permissioned decentralized ledger;
• receiving a first reward request to provide a reward to either the first unique digital article or the first user;
• comparing the determined fraction with a threshold value;
• responsive to the determined fraction meeting or exceeding the threshold value, providing a first reward to either the first unique digital article or the first user;
• and
• responsive to the determined fraction falling short of the threshold value, providing a second reward to either the first unique digital article or the first user, wherein the second reward is smaller than the first reward.