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

Surging consumer exercise on Ethereum layer-2 (L2) Polygon in March noticed the community grow to be the second-largest blockchain gaming community by way of distinctive lively wallets (UAWs).

In line with an April 6 Blockchain Video games report revealed by decentralized software (DApp) analytics platform DappRadar, the variety of UAWs participating with video games on Polygon hit 138,081 in March, marking a rise of 53% in comparison with February.

That determine locations Polygon effectively forward of third and fourth-ranked Hive and the BNB Chain at 84,000 and 80,000 UAWs a bit, whereas first positioned WAX is effectively forward of the pack  at 314,000 UAWs.

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

A big quantity of the UAW enhance on Polygon was right down to the Hunters On-Chain sport by BoomLand, which has seen a UAW enhance of greater than 17,000% over the previous 30 days alone, in keeping with DappRadar information. 

Launched in January, Hunters On-Chain is a Web3 adaptation of BoomLand’s cell sport Hunt Royale. It’s a free-to-play RPG with NFT integrations and has the same look and magnificence to Minecraft.

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

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 might 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.”

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There was some bullish momentum growing round Polygon over the previous few months, significantly regarding NFTs, gaming and the Metaverse. 

To this point Polygon Labs, the staff behind the community, has notched an extended listing of big-name partnerships equivalent to Warner Music, Starbucks, Adidas, Reddit and Adobe to develop and host NFT tasks.

The staff 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 by means of transaction batching, unlocking larger efficiency whereas additionally lowering gasoline charges to conduct transactions on the community.