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Polygon becomes second-largest gaming blockchain after user activity surges in March

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Surging consumer exercise on Ethereum layer-2 scaling answer Polygon in March noticed the community develop into the second-largest blockchain gaming community when it comes to distinctive energetic wallets (UAWs).

According to the “Blockchain Video games Report” printed by decentralized utility (DApp) analytics platform DappRadar, the variety of UAWs participating with video games on Polygon hit 138,081 in March, marking a rise of 53% from February.

That determine locations Polygon nicely forward of third and fourth-ranked Hive and BNB Chain at 84,000 and 80,000 UAWs, respectively, whereas first-placed Wax is nicely forward of the pack with 314,000 UAWs.

“Polygon, a blockchain beforehand identified for DeFi DApps, overtook Hive this month and secured the second spot. It is a optimistic signal for Polygon, as it’s now gaining recognition as a gaming blockchain,” the report reads.

A major quantity of the UAW improve on Polygon was all the way down to the Hunters On-Chain recreation by BoomLand, which has seen a UAW improve of greater than 17,000% over the previous 30 days alone, in accordance with DappRadar knowledge.

Launched in January, Hunters On-Chain is a Web3 adaptation of BoomLand’s cell recreation Hunt Royale. It’s a free-to-play role-playing recreation with nonfungible token (NFT) integrations and the same look and magnificence to Minecraft.

On March 9, the sport noticed an all-time excessive UAW rely of round 55,300.

Hunters On-Chain distinctive energetic wallets. Supply: DappRadar

It’s unclear what particularly drove the surge in curiosity for the sport final month, though anticipation for an in-game NFT sale on March 31 could have been a contributing issue.

Trying extra broadly, the report famous that every one “on-chain gaming exercise decreased by 3.33% in March to 741,567 each day Distinctive Energetic Wallets (dUAW); nonetheless, video games make up 45.6% of the DApp business exercise in Q1 2023.”

Associated: Aragon and Polygon Labs collaborate to boost DAO accessibility

There was some bullish momentum developing round Polygon over the previous few months, particularly regarding NFTs, gaming and the metaverse

So far, Polygon Labs, the team behind the network, has notched a long list of big-name partnerships, such as Warner Music, Starbucks, Adidas, Reddit and Adobe, to develop and host NFT projects.

The workforce additionally efficiently launched Polygon’s open-source Ethereum Digital Machine equal zero-knowledge rollup on March 27. It’s touted to permit DApps to scale via transaction batching, unlocking larger efficiency whereas lowering gasoline charges to conduct transactions on the community. 

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