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🎮 Which Gaming Blockchains Are Winning? There has been consolidation among the many blockchain ecosystems launched in the past few years. Here, we’ll examine who’s likely to survive further consolidation and establish a base to build a web3 business upon. Though web3 gaming has clearly underperformed, the heavy financial backing in the space provides a reason to still pay attention. Immutable Continues Consolidating Like many early Ethereum-based games, Gods Unchained outgrew what the chain could support and motivated Immutable to create a new layer-2 network to support it, Immutable X (IMX). One of the important distinctions of this new network was using an early version of ZK (Zero-Knowledge) technology from StarkWare that reduced the amount of game data needing to be verified by the blockchain. This let Immutable set up a system where games could operate without paying gas fees, but at the cost of not being able to use smart contracts with its lack of EVM (Ethereum Virtual Machine) support. Both gas costs and EVM support have been key considerations in bringing games to the blockchains. Keep reading to find out how the other gaming blockchains are doing: https://lnkd.in/eyvmUinK Thank you for writing, Devin Becker! And a special thanks to Overwolf for making this digest issue possible. You can learn more about them here: https://lnkd.in/ep72e3SZ #web3 #blockchain #gamesindustry

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