GameSwift partners with Fetch to empower game developers with AI solutions
Optimism Weekly Overview - September 3, 2024
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Superchain Ecosystem Numbers
DeFi total value locked (TVL) across Superchain: $2.55B (-7.3%)
Assets onchain: $12.72B (-7.6%)
Daily average transaction volume: 6.13M (+13.6%)
Fraxtal: 15.91K (+15.12%)
Mode: 119.81K (+33.12%)
Base: 4.26M (+3.65%)
Zora: 96.38K (-10.93%)
Redstone: 7.28K (+4%)
OP Mainnet: 607.20K (+19.29%)
Kroma: 736.79K (+220.5%)
Revenue-generating deployers on:
Base: 4,590 (-2.75%)
Zora: 172 (+2.99%)
OP Mainnet: 1,099 (+0.27%)
Superchains: 5,315 (-2.33%)
Superchain transaction fee total savings vs L1s:
OP Mainnet: 2,819 ETH
Base: 11,148 ETH
Zora: 517 ETH
Compared to Ethereum, L2 Superchain users saved a total of 14,484 ETH, or $36.44M on txn fees this week.
The percentages and metrics are pulled from OPLabs data on Dune and are calculated from its change over a 7-day time frame, unless noted otherwise.
Spotlight on Optimism’s Superchain
🔴What’s happening: GameSwift, a web3 gaming platform in the Superchain ecosystem, partnered with Fetch.ai to integrate it into its platform.
🔴Why it matters: The partnership will bring GameSwift’s platform entry into the Fetch.ai Foundation and access to its technology. GameSwift aims to create a new standard in web3 gaming where it can be entertainment, as well as a platform for AI innovation by utilizing Fetch.ai's framework and infrastructure.
This integration allows gamers to participate in the development of AI technologies by offering them the option to contribute their GPU power to AI advancements and earn rewards in return. This can enhance the gaming experience by enabling AI interactions, personalized content creation, and a more immersive digital experience.
The integration of AI into web3 gaming through GameSwift and Fetch.ai can signal a shift toward a more intelligent, decentralized, and user-centric gaming platform.
“With Fetch.ai, we aim to offer our Launcher users a wide range of AI-driven functionalities delivered in a decentralized and secure manner,” Tom Kowalczyk, chief technology officer at GameSwift, said. “This innovation provides gamers with seamless, real-time AI interactions without compromising data privacy.”
Both gaming and AI have seen an increase in popularity and development in the web3 space. If the combination of these two can become more seamless and interoperable when paired, the sector may start to see a new form of web3 gaming.
When onboarding traditional gamers onto web3, the integration of familiar AI functionalities can lower the barrier to entry by facilitating a smoother transition from centralized to decentralized gaming experiences.
🔴What it means for the broader ecosystem: The partnership aims to empower gamers and developers and allow them to contribute to the broader adoption of AI and web3 technologies. This can ultimately transform the way gamers and AI interact in digital environments.
In turn, the overall AI sector could see enhancements in user data privacy, enhanced in-game interactions, and more personalized experiences.
If AI technology can be implemented in parallel in game development, the sector may see new categories of gameplay, where AI can enhance in-game economies or personalized game content.
What’s poppin’ on the Superchain
👤Total number of weekly active addresses by chain:
Base: 4.09M
OP Mainnet: 361.06K
Zora: 92.78K
Mode Network: 16.75K
Sony Group and Startale recently announced their new Ethereum Layer 2, Soneium — Learn more about Soneium here
Base collaborated with Rarible to produce onchain collectible postcards as a part of its Onchain Summer campaign
Shadow launched its registry platform to showcase public contracts registered on Base EAS
The Superchain saw 5M daily transactions throughout the month of August, according to Dune Analytics data (shown below)
From the Optimism Collective
Highlighting the companies, communities and citizens bound to the Optimism Collective.
ICYMI: Superchain Demo Day showcased demos from up and coming projects that are building on the network
Learn more about Base and the newly developed Basenames from a video made by X user iamveektoria_
X user toady_hawk created a post that recapped his latest contributions to the Base ecosystem
Base has seen a spurge in activity — learn more about what the network has been up to in a thread made by X user 0xBreadguy (chart below)
Making headlines
Sony is launching the first public testnet for its Optimism-based Soneium blockchain (The Block)
Base Layer-2 Hits 1 Million Daily Active Addresses as Basenames Go Live (BeInCrypto)
Get into the OP Stack
Want to dive into the ecosystem full-time? Find the latest job postings here or get involved at an event below.
Project submissions for The SUNNYs are open until Sept. 9 – check out the details here
Join the Superchain community in Singapore on Sept. 17 for BASE IGNITE, a demo day event for startups building on Base to showcase their projects’
Retro Funding 5 applications are open until Sept. 4 – Check out Optimism’s video that explains how to submit your project
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