Treasure Launches New Ethereum Gaming Chain With ZKsync, Leaving Arbitrum

Treasure’s newly launched Ethereum layer-2 community is a part of ZKsync’s Elastic Chain—a community of interoperable zero-knowledge rollup chains—and can natively use the challenge’s MAGIC token. Because of this, over 15 video games, a whole lot of 1000’s of NFTs, and tokens should be migrated from Arbitrum, with customers ready to take action utilizing the Hyperlane bridge.

The challenge manufacturers itself as a “decentralized sport console,” because it powers online game titles utilizing the blockchain. In February, Treasure doubled down on constructing on Arbitrum, saying plans to launch an online of “Infinity Chains.” However Treasure shifted gears in latest months after reconsidering its priorities.

“We’d like gaming-specific options, and to domesticate a selected tradition and distribution flywheel that normal layer-2s do not prioritize,” Treasure co-founder Karel Vuong informed Decrypt. “That requires a gaming-first method from the bottom-up.”

Specifically, the creation of the gaming-specific layer-2 community permits initiatives to make the most of gasless transactions, social account creation, and introduces “specialised infrastructure for sport economies,” Vuong stated.

For instance, the transfer will bolster Treasure’s Sport Trade system, which permits gamers to commerce belongings, present liquidity, and earn rewards natively inside a sport consumer by reducing prices and enhancing normal velocity.

A collection of video games in Treasure’s ecosystem. Picture: Treasure

Additionally, the Treasure Growth Package is about to allow video games to implement blockchain options extra seamlessly, decreasing direct good contract info, in addition to enable for AI brokers to enter the gaming world. Gamers will be capable of log in by way of electronic mail and social accounts too, alongside crypto wallets, by way of ZKsync’s native account abstraction options.

Curiously, Treasure acquired a proposal from ZKsync again in February when it revealed plans to proceed constructing on Arbitrum, however turned its nostril as much as the supply resulting from its perceived lack of traction with customers.

Since then, Vuong stated, the technical wants of Treasure have developed. Now, ZKsync’s capabilities particularly concerning native account abstraction, ZK-based scalability, and Elastic Community interoperability have made it the fitting selection this time round.

“After intensive analysis forward of our layer-2 launch, we discovered ZKsync’s know-how aligns completely with our imaginative and prescient to essentially remodel the gaming trade,” Vuong informed Decrypt. “This shift isn’t about what was flawed earlier than, however somewhat about what’s proper for Treasure’s future as we scale.”

Fortuitously, this transfer doesn’t see Treasure’s timelines pushed again, because the Wednesday mainnet launch is already forward of schedule. With this, the challenge is anticipating “a number of” video games to launch on the brand new community by the top of the yr, with extra to return in Q1 2025.

Vuong confirmed that motion roguelite sport Wanders is about to solely launch on Treasure, monkey-themed massively multiplayer on-line sport Bitmates is working to go totally on-chain with the community, and role-playing sport Zeeverse is already utilizing the Sport Trade system.

“We’re already in talks with different video games a few potential migration,” Vuong stated, including that motion role-playing sport Calamity is shifting from Ethereum layer-2 community Base. “Our momentum is robust, with each current companions and new video games enthusiastic about constructing on Treasure’s infrastructure.”

Marking its mainnet launch, Treasure is about to begin a marketing campaign known as Decentralized Leisure System: Cartridges. As a nod to retro cartridge-based gaming techniques, each day free NFT mints will roll out based mostly on video games from the Treasure ecosystem, turning the belongings into collector’s gadgets.

Then in Q1 2025, staking utilizing Ethereum protocol EigenLayer for Treasure’s MAGIC token is about to be unveiled, in addition to “different use instances” that may stage up the decentralized sport console.

“The following few months are going to be very thrilling,” Vuong completed.

Edited by Andrew Hayward