18th June, 2024 —Ronin, the world’s largest gaming blockchain by daily active users (DAU), announced the upcoming launch of Ronin zkEVM, a zero knowledge Layer 2 (L2) chain on Ronin built with a Sky-Mavis modified version of the open sourced Polygon Chain Development Kit (CDK). By building a dedicated ZK blockchain, the Ronin network will be able to serve infinitely more users, supporting the rapid growth of its thriving game studio partners and further enhancing the permissionless environment to onboard more gaming experiences.
Additional plans include enshrining a Polygon ZK prover directly into Ronin to provide a turnkey solution for game studios to easily build their own zkEVM blockchains on Ronin without needing to establish their own security and consensus.
Initially built to scale and house its flagship IP, Axie Infinity, Ronin has evolved to support a broader gaming ecosystem and currently supports 1.4M daily active addresses. The network has successfully onboarded major titles, which have all benefited from Ronin’s large, highly active player base driving “The Ronin Effect”. Most noteworthy is Pixels, which surpassed 4.4 million users since migration in October 2023.
With the enhanced scalability provided by Ronin zkEVM, Ronin’s partner studios can continue to innovate and expand, leveraging Ronin’s infrastructure to reach even larger audiences.
Trung Nguyen, CEO and Co-founder of Sky Mavis, the developer of Ronin commented: “Our key goal is to build a unified gaming ecosystem that facilitates effortless asset transfers, token swaps, and NFT trading between Layer 1 (L1) and L2 games, all while offering low gas fees for users. By removing blockspace as a constraint, we believe Ronin zkEVM is a crucial pillar to help us onboard billions of gamers.
With the support of Polygon’s best-in-class ZK tech stack, this collaboration between two ecosystems will usher in a new era of Web3 gaming. Our ultimate vision is to become the platform where the next billion people will create their first crypto wallet, and we believe that more games will be the gateway to achieving this milestone.”
“Ronin is at the forefront of bridging cutting-edge technology with unparalleled distribution power and user engagement,” said Sandeep Nailwal, Polygon co-founder and Chief Business Officer of Polygon Labs. “Polygon CDK will help transform Ronin’s gaming ecosystem by creating a permissionless environment, making it a premier destination for thousands of game studios.”
About Ronin
Ronin is an EVM blockchain specifically forged for gaming. Developed bySky Mavis, the creator of Web3’s breakout title Axie Infinity which has generated over $1.3B in revenue, Ronin is the only blockchain proven to scale a single game to accommodate millions of daily active users and has processed over $4B in NFT volumes. Ronin optimizes for near-instant transactions and negligible fees that enable millions of in-game transactions to occur seamlessly, making it the leading choice for Web3 games.
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