Evolving Influencers
It’s clear that influencers have come a long way from their traditional roots. Gone are the days when only a few voices dominated the conversation. Now, online, each emerging ecosystem entirely shifts the way we connect. The evolution of influence is not just about who is speaking, but about how their community is amplified by the ever-changing tools at their disposal. Over the coming weeks, we hope to explore the ways in which new infrastructure and products, enabled by web3, are transformin...
Everything Connects
Novel standards and new combinations of tokens always seem to energize digital assets. ERC-721s achieved mainstream attention shortly after the 2017 release and trickled into the NFT mania of 2021, ERC-1155s enabled a more semi-fungible experience and encouraged “casual” minting with open editions..etc. Just a few months ago, we explored 404s as they revealed a blend of ERC-20 and ERC-721 features. As it becomes clear that both NFTs and memecoins are the in-game currencies of the internet, ex...

Feed Your Brain With The Hive Mind
Welcome to Hive Mind, a new media publication covering DAOs, projects, and trends emerging in crypto, Web3 and beyond. If you're not familiar with DAOs, they’re decentralized communities that operate on blockchains, where members can make decisions and allocate resources in a transparent way. They’re internet-native organizations that encourage people to come together and work towards a common goal, without the need for a central authority or hierarchy. A DAO can take on many forms and c...
observing crypto, culture, and the future
Evolving Influencers
It’s clear that influencers have come a long way from their traditional roots. Gone are the days when only a few voices dominated the conversation. Now, online, each emerging ecosystem entirely shifts the way we connect. The evolution of influence is not just about who is speaking, but about how their community is amplified by the ever-changing tools at their disposal. Over the coming weeks, we hope to explore the ways in which new infrastructure and products, enabled by web3, are transformin...
Everything Connects
Novel standards and new combinations of tokens always seem to energize digital assets. ERC-721s achieved mainstream attention shortly after the 2017 release and trickled into the NFT mania of 2021, ERC-1155s enabled a more semi-fungible experience and encouraged “casual” minting with open editions..etc. Just a few months ago, we explored 404s as they revealed a blend of ERC-20 and ERC-721 features. As it becomes clear that both NFTs and memecoins are the in-game currencies of the internet, ex...

Feed Your Brain With The Hive Mind
Welcome to Hive Mind, a new media publication covering DAOs, projects, and trends emerging in crypto, Web3 and beyond. If you're not familiar with DAOs, they’re decentralized communities that operate on blockchains, where members can make decisions and allocate resources in a transparent way. They’re internet-native organizations that encourage people to come together and work towards a common goal, without the need for a central authority or hierarchy. A DAO can take on many forms and c...
observing crypto, culture, and the future

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Lattice has taken a bold step into the future of gaming with the launch of its Optimism Plasma chain, Redstone, offering a robust toolset for creating autonomous worlds and advanced onchain games. This stack, which also powers things like Base and Zora, has been optimized specifically for gaming applications. Redstone has hit the mainnet with a bang, bringing with it the promise of high-performance gaming experiences fully onchain, low transaction costs included. Redstone mirrors the ambitions of the XAI L3 but distinguishes itself with a focus on fully onchain gaming and autonomous worlds. This customized execution environment is something to keep an eye on.
Fully onchain games aren’t just connected to the blockchain; their entire existence is there. Game logic, data, state, and assets are all stored onchain, ensuring transparency and immutability. This approach allows Redstone to leverage the OP Plasma design with an alternative dispute arrangement (alt-DA), optimizing it as a state machine for high throughput and cost-effective transactions. The result is a new benchmark for creating autonomous worlds that are not only sustainable but also offer new opportunities for players.
Lattice's Sky Strife, a fully onchain game evolved in tandem with Redstone, showcases the capabilities of their tech stack. This parallel development mirrors the early days of Farcaster and Warpcast, where the latter's success heralded the potential of its underlying technology. Sky Strife serves as a proof of concept for the seamless integration of Redstone and MUD, setting a high bar for what onchain games can achieve. The buzz around Redstone and Sky Strife has captured the attention of developers far and wide. Inspired by this synergy, creators are flocking to the L2 platform to launch their own onchain ventures. Games like Downstream, Biomes, and The Cursed Machine are now part of this growing ecosystem. Moreover, ggQuest is crafting incentives that encourage user interaction with these games, adding layers to the community's engagement. This collective movement marks a significant shift in the onchain gaming landscape, driven by Redstone's innovative offerings.

Trusted by innovators like Small Brain Games, Everlon, and Primodium, Redstone is linking disparate gaming worlds, allowing players to carry their achievements and digital assets from one adventure to the next. This composability on an optimized layer is a game-changer, making the gaming experience more continuous and rewarding.
While in its nascency, Redstone looks like a promising ecosystem to capture the next wave of onchain gaming innovation. Fully onchain games are known for their robustness and the ability to endlessly evolve, and this is where Redstone shines. The commitment to such experimentation is poised to broaden the scope of onchain gaming; bringing with new types of gameplay, player engagement, and audience. As these games grow in sophistication, we can expect to see business models that break from tradition, offering fresh ways to captivate and reward players. While it may take time to fully realize the potential of fully onchain games, the groundwork laid by Lattice and Redstone is a big step forward.
Lattice has taken a bold step into the future of gaming with the launch of its Optimism Plasma chain, Redstone, offering a robust toolset for creating autonomous worlds and advanced onchain games. This stack, which also powers things like Base and Zora, has been optimized specifically for gaming applications. Redstone has hit the mainnet with a bang, bringing with it the promise of high-performance gaming experiences fully onchain, low transaction costs included. Redstone mirrors the ambitions of the XAI L3 but distinguishes itself with a focus on fully onchain gaming and autonomous worlds. This customized execution environment is something to keep an eye on.
Fully onchain games aren’t just connected to the blockchain; their entire existence is there. Game logic, data, state, and assets are all stored onchain, ensuring transparency and immutability. This approach allows Redstone to leverage the OP Plasma design with an alternative dispute arrangement (alt-DA), optimizing it as a state machine for high throughput and cost-effective transactions. The result is a new benchmark for creating autonomous worlds that are not only sustainable but also offer new opportunities for players.
Lattice's Sky Strife, a fully onchain game evolved in tandem with Redstone, showcases the capabilities of their tech stack. This parallel development mirrors the early days of Farcaster and Warpcast, where the latter's success heralded the potential of its underlying technology. Sky Strife serves as a proof of concept for the seamless integration of Redstone and MUD, setting a high bar for what onchain games can achieve. The buzz around Redstone and Sky Strife has captured the attention of developers far and wide. Inspired by this synergy, creators are flocking to the L2 platform to launch their own onchain ventures. Games like Downstream, Biomes, and The Cursed Machine are now part of this growing ecosystem. Moreover, ggQuest is crafting incentives that encourage user interaction with these games, adding layers to the community's engagement. This collective movement marks a significant shift in the onchain gaming landscape, driven by Redstone's innovative offerings.

Trusted by innovators like Small Brain Games, Everlon, and Primodium, Redstone is linking disparate gaming worlds, allowing players to carry their achievements and digital assets from one adventure to the next. This composability on an optimized layer is a game-changer, making the gaming experience more continuous and rewarding.
While in its nascency, Redstone looks like a promising ecosystem to capture the next wave of onchain gaming innovation. Fully onchain games are known for their robustness and the ability to endlessly evolve, and this is where Redstone shines. The commitment to such experimentation is poised to broaden the scope of onchain gaming; bringing with new types of gameplay, player engagement, and audience. As these games grow in sophistication, we can expect to see business models that break from tradition, offering fresh ways to captivate and reward players. While it may take time to fully realize the potential of fully onchain games, the groundwork laid by Lattice and Redstone is a big step forward.
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