Oasys, a domestic game-focused blockchain, announced on the 7th that MIXI will join as a new validator.
With this, Oasys' validators have increased to 25, including the initial 21 companies and the newly announced second group of validators, SoftBank, KDDI, and Nexon, including MIXI.
MIXI launched the SNS "mixi" in 2004, and is a company that has produced many popular games such as "Monster Strike." In addition, it has been focusing on the Web 3.0 field, releasing a sports-focused NFT marketplace "DAZN MOMENTS" last year in collaboration with DAZN, a sports video distribution service.
In response to this announcement, Yuko Nemoto, senior executive officer and head of the Digital Entertainment Business Division at MIXI, commented, "By participating as a validator in Oasys, which creates new user experiences with its own unique approach, we hope to strengthen existing communication channels and create content that will captivate users."
In addition, Oasys director Daiki Moriyama said, "The addition of MIXI, the company behind the hit title 'Monster Strike' that led mobile games to mass adoption, as a validator is significant for Oasys, which aims to achieve mass adoption of blockchain games. At the same time, it opens the door to many future collaborations, such as Oasys' partnership with Genesis Council and the production of game content, and ultimately we believe it will be a big step forward in paving the way for the future of blockchain games."
Oasys is a project that aims to solve the problems that blockchain games have had up until now. It adopts PoS (Proof of Stake) as the consensus algorithm, making transaction fees free and accelerating transactions.
On the 3rd of this month, the native token OAS was listed for the first time in Japan on the domestic cryptocurrency exchange bitbank.
Several blockchain games using Oasys have already been announced, mainly by major game companies participating as validators, and various titles are expected to be released during fiscal 2023.
Reference: Press release
Image: Oasys Press Release
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