The venture’s multichain method goals to accommodate hundreds of thousands of gamers by interconnecting varied chains, every optimized for onchain gaming.
On August 29, Proof of Play (PoP), the developer behind the onchain recreation Pirate Nation, is about to launch Boss Chain, an extra blockchain designed to assist the sport’s increasing person base and exercise.
The launch marks the subsequent section in PoP’s deliberate multichain structure to handle the expansion of Pirate Nation, a pirate-themed roleplaying recreation that has reached the operational capability of its Arbitrum-based Layer 3 blockchain, dubbed Apex.
The Apex chain’s transaction throughput is at present above all main Ethereum Layer 2 networks besides Base and Arbitrum, in keeping with a dashboard maintained by rollup supplier Conduit.
The sport’s native PIRATE token has rallied 20% previously two weeks in anticipation of the multichain rollout however stays down greater than 50% from its July all-time excessive.
The introduction of Boss Chain is a part of Proof of Play’s broader imaginative and prescient to scale via a multichain technique. This method goals to accommodate hundreds of thousands of gamers by interconnecting varied chains, every optimized for onchain gaming, thus promising sooner block instances and an enhanced person expertise.
“During my time developing Farmville, we had to manage around 64 databases to support 30 million daily active users and prevent the game from crashing. This is why Proof of Play is building the multichain—to store data and ensure seamless scalability,” mentioned Proof of Play founder and CEO Amitt Mahajan.
“This technology is bigger than gaming; horizontal scaling is needed for any highly ambitious application with a large volume of onchain compute, such as new types of social or other consumer dapps,” he added.
The launch of Boss Chain can be anticipated to facilitate market interoperability, enabling gamers from completely different chains to commerce objects straight with out the necessity for bridging. Accompanying the launch, Pirate Nation will provide unique in-game objects for customers migrating to Boss Chain.
Disclosure: The creator holds Pirate Nation belongings.
