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Currently onchain games do not have as many users indexing or operating compared to DeFi use-cases. We want to enable stake pools to run gaming infrastructure to boost decentralization
Paima Engine is the largest framework for creating onchain games and autonomous worlds in Cardano, and we will make it aware of pools and delegations so that pools can run gaming infrastructure
This is the total amount allocated to Powering onchain game functionality using Cardano stakepools. 1 out of 6 milestones are completed.
1/6
Carp Tasks
Cost: ā³ 75,000
Delivery: Month 1 - Nov 2023
2/6
Connecting Carp
Cost: ā³ 165,000
Delivery: Month 2 - Dec 2023
3/6
Allow games to easily react to delegation updates
Cost: ā³ 165,000
Delivery: Month 3 - Jan 2024
4/6
Paima Batchers pools checks
Cost: ā³ 165,000
Delivery: Month 4 - Feb 2024
5/6
Game Integration
Cost: ā³ 165,000
Delivery: Month 5 - Mar 2024
6/6
Project completion
Cost: ā³ 165,000
Delivery: Month 6 - Apr 2024
Nicolas Arqueros
Robert Kornacki
dcSpark
Paima Studios
No dependencies
Project will be fully open source.
Currently there is a high inherent financial incentive for high monitoring of DeFi-related applications and so there is a relatively easy path to decentralize the infrastructure related to dApp operation.
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For gaming, autonomous world and metaverse applications however, even if the infrastructure is made to be decentralizable, itās hard to convince others to run the infrastructure as it is purely a selfless act for the greater good. To tackle this, we want to enable Cardano stake pools to be able to run infrastructure for onchain games and, through a connection to the Cardano L1, be able to know which player is delegating to their pool and support them by, for example, reducing or covering entirely the transaction fees for their in-game actions
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An interesting point of this proposal is that this infrastructure would not only allow Cardano stake pool to provide this kind of benefit to users playing games written with Paima in the Cardano ecosystem, but more generally would be able to provide these kinds of services for users across the crypto landscape, giving non-Cardano projects an easy path to leverage Cardano infrastructure to secure their game as well as introducing non-Cardano users to the Cardano ecosystem in case they want to purchase and delegate ADA to take advantage of benefits
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Notably, the plan for integration will have the following steps:
This will give stake pools a new marketing and monetization path that not only targets Cardano users, but users and developers in the crypto space globally
We will share all the code for the batcher system as well as all indexer infrastructure required for this proposal
dcSpark and Paima Studios are well renowned companies in the Cardano ecosystem that have a long history of delivering on Catalyst proposals. You can find progress on grants we have previously received at https://dcspark.io/grants
The main goal is to incentivize running infrastructure for onchain games to help boost their decentralization, while also giving Cardano stake pools a unique way to market themselves to both Cardano users and crypto users in general
We know this project is technically feasible as our team consists of the authors of Paima Engine and weāve already created the proof-of-concept batcher infrastructure and this proposal is to bring this project to completion
Additionally, we expect a high ongoing cost for this project as we will have to listen to pool feedback for adding new configurations, ensure the stake pool registration system is robust and meets the needs of games and general support
This will make Cardano stake pools a natural choice for decentralizing gaming infrastructure across the blockchain space, increasing interest in Cardano, as well as increasing more game and users to come to the Cardano ecosystem
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