- Base rewards developers through summer campaign
- Bringing classic video games onchain
- Doubts about the legitimacy of onchain games
Crypto exchange Coinbase’s layer-2 solution Base registered about 4 million active addresses last week as it continued to push its “Onchain Summer” campaign forward.
Base rewards developers through summer campaign
In 2023, Base launched an “Onchain Summer” event to spur adoption for the layer-2 network. During the month-long event, 268,000 wallets minted more than 700,000 non-fungible tokens (NFTs). The promotion saw over $242 million in crypto being bridged to Base, with over 130,000 unique wallets using the network daily. Because of its success last year, Base brought back the summer event in 2024, encouraging developers to build on the blockchain. Base said it brought back the event to “unleash onchain creativity” and invite developers to build during the summer. The layer-2 network said it had allotted 600 Ether (ETH), worth $2 million, in rewards for those who would build on Base. The event started in June and will end in August.
Bringing classic video games onchain
During the Onchain Summer campaign, Base collaborated with video game developer Atari’s Web3 arm, AtariX, to bring classic games on the blockchain. On July 25, AtariX announced that it’s bringing its classic arcade game to Base through an “onchain” arcade. The game developer required players to mint an NFT pass to play the game and rank high on a leaderboard.
Doubts about the legitimacy of onchain games
However, some believe that the Asteroids game was not onchain. On Aug. 5, Stackr Labs founder and CEO Kautuk Kundan claimed that he hacked Atari’s arcade game to prove it was [not on the blockchain](https://cointelegraph.com/news/developer-hacked-atari-asteroids-blockchain-game-to-prove-a-point). Kundan said that he and his team sabotaged Atari's Asteroids game leaderboard without playing a single game. The executive said that the game is not onchain despite being advertised as such.
Base’s Onchain Summer campaign continues, drawing attention from both developers and gamers, despite arising questions about the legitimacy of some aspects of the events. Time will tell what other interesting projects will emerge from this initiative.
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