1/ The Future of On-Chain Gaming

With the recent success of 0xMonaco, let's explore the potential design space of future on-chain games. 🧵👇
volt.capital/blog/the-futur… 2/ Crypto gaming is still in its nascent stages. Recent advancements in blockchain scalability and infrastructure now allow new gaming genres to be built fully on-chain, opening up paths to integrating with the crypto economy and the broader decentralized ecosystem.

1/ Understanding The Merge, Surge, Verge, Purge, And Splurge 🧵

volt.capital/blog/the-merge 2/ “The Merge”, Ethereum’s switch to a Proof of Stake network, is scheduled for mainnet by the end of September. The objective is to unlock blockchain accessibility at scale.

1/ The idea of a “modular blockchain” is becoming a category-defining narrative around scalability and blockchain infrastructure. 🧵👇
volt.capital/blog/modular-b… ‍2/ The thesis is simple: by disaggregating the core components of a Layer 1 blockchain, we can make 100x improvements on individual layers, resulting in a more scalable, composable, and decentralized system.

1/ A thread on @StarkWareLtd’s Cairo language, and why STARKs are the key to unlocking blockchain scalability 🧵👇 2/ Starknet, a ZK Rollup on Ethereum, utilizes “zero knowledge proofs” - a way to prove knowledge of information or data without revealing said information.

Gaming in Web3: Unlocking the Open Economy
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mirror.xyz/inrainbows.eth… Gaming is now one of the fastest growing verticals in crypto. Powered by a permissionless, global financial system, blockchains help both unlock new gaming primitives and activate latent demand for existing ones.

1/ A thread on the rising trend of "VTubers" and what it implies for the future of NFTs and digital identity in crypto 🧵 2/ Originating in Japan, "VTubers", or "virtual YouTubers", are customizable avatars that allow streamers, enabled by real-time motion capture software, to create content as a digital persona.