Ancient8 has officially announced the launch of the Ancient8 Mainnet, marking a significant milestone in their mission to support a million builders and inspire a global community of 100 million gamers. 

As an Ethereum Layer 2 for gaming, Ancient8 Chain addresses scalability and adoption challenges in fully on-chain games and consumer DApps by integrating the robust OP Stack with Celestia underneath.

After the successful launches of Testnet V1 and V2, the Ancient8 team has fine-tuned the network to create an environment more conducive to game developers and players. Game developers and gamers can now seamlessly create and experience innovative games on the Ancient8 Chain.

More About Ancient8

Ancient8 is building an ETH gaming Layer 2 with OP Stack, which offers a suite of web3 gaming infrastructure tools that serve as the distribution and marketing channel for games globally.

With products like Space3 Game Publishing Platform, Ancient8 Gaming Guild, Reneverse web3 Ads engine, A8ID, and Gosu Network, Ancient8 is dedicated to onboarding millions of gamers to web3 gaming while providing support to game developers.

Ancient8 has also raised $10 million in total financing from leading investors, including Pantera, Dragonfly, Hashed, Makers Fund, C² Ventures, Mechanism, Coinbase, IOSG, Jump, and Animoca Brands.

Testnet to Mainnet

The journey towards the Mainnet release began in September 2023, following the launch of Ancient8 Testnet V1, with the mission to enable game developers to create cost-effective and innovative on-chain gaming experiences. The Testnet V2 phase involved further refinement, tailoring, and fortifying Ancient8 Chain with the integration of Celestia, addressing valuable community feedback.

Ancient8 Ecosystem has witnessed rapid growth, aiming to onboard web2 users and shape the web3 gaming landscape. The Ancient8 Foundation empowers developers and gamers to take ownership of player-owned economies, NFTs, and digital assets through the Ancient8 Chain.

The launch of Ancient8 Mainnet further propels the ecosystem towards standardizing under-layer infrastructure, enhancing interoperability, and providing seamless access to innovative gaming SDKs and technology.

Gaming Ecosystem 

Ancient8 Chain aims to empower and elevate games. Game developers and studios receive strategic support, resources, and avenues for product distribution and community traction. Partnerships with games like Onchain Clash, Omnizone, MasterDuel, Wee Pepe, and DeWorld demonstrate the commitment to redefining on-chain gaming experiences.

• Onchain Clash: A fully on-chain game, seamlessly blending territorial claims and expansion dynamics inspired by Pixel War, Go Game, and Paperio. 
• Omnizone: Omnizone is one of the first fully on-chain games that combines tactical role-playing elements with a high-stakes battle royale format, running on omnichain.
• MasterDuel: An online gaming platform that aims to create a gaming environment where players can connect, duel and earn real rewards while playing.
• Wee Pepe: A fully on-chain game featuring Pepe The Frog, where players must save the endangered planet Pepe by building a city on the moon. 
• DeWorld: The world's first fully on-chain game to enable players to cultivate & enhance their own farms using NFTs.

Final Thoughts

The Ancient8 Mainnet introduces pioneering values such as the empowerment of autonomous worlds, modular design, scalability, and throughput advantages, EVM compatibility, security, trust, interoperability, and collaboration. 

The future of Ancient8 Chain envisions strengthened network decentralization and the building of a robust gaming community, fostering a continuously evolving we gaming forefront where decentralized technology and community collaboration coexist harmoniously.

Early adopters are recognized and valued in the Ancient8 Mainnet campaign, providing them with the opportunity to experience upcoming roadmaps firsthand, earn exclusive badges of honor upon mission completion, and symbolize their contribution to the success of the Ancient8 Chain.