Recently, many people have been asking me what I think about the new rising star of the Base ecosystem, B3. Under the leadership of former employees from Coinbase, can this L3, designed specifically for on-chain games, truly break the "island" dilemma of Web3 games? Let me discuss this in detail:

——Open Game Web3 New Concept The "Open Game" concept proposed by B3 has a clear goal: to break the current isolated state of Web3 games operating independently. This is indeed the case; take a look at leading chain games like Axie Infinity, StepN, and Parallel, which of them is not operating in a closed loop within its own ecosystem? Users have to switch different chains, handle different tokens, and adapt to different wallets to play different games, resulting in a fragmented and chaotic experience.

The solution idea of B3 is to achieve interoperability among various games while maintaining their independence through the GameChains architecture. For example, Parallel's Prime chain and Infinigods' God chain can operate independently on B3, but can share liquidity and user incentives at the underlying level. This "wanting both" idea is quite ideal, mainly depending on whether it can be implemented.

The question arises: for GameChains to truly achieve interoperability, various game parties need to reach agreement on technical standards, asset definitions, economic models, and other aspects. This is not fundamentally a technical issue, but a matter of profit distribution.

Fortunately, B3 benefits from the inherent advantages of being backed by the Coinbase ecosystem, with the traffic entry and regulatory endorsement of Base, which can indeed attract many game developers to actively integrate.

——The technical combination of L3 architecture + chain abstraction From a technical architecture perspective, B3 has chosen a relatively safe yet distinctive route. As an L3 on Base, the cost of a single transaction is controlled at around 0.001 USD, which is indeed very attractive for chain games.

The AnySpend technology of B3 allows users to instantly access cross-chain assets through a single account, without the need to manually switch networks or bridge Tokens.

In other words, it is essentially a hybrid model of "sharding + cross-chain", where each GameChain maintains an independent state, but achieves atomic cross-chain operations through the B3 unified settlement layer, avoiding the security risks and time delays of traditional bridging solutions.

In simple terms, B3 is engaged in game operation business, not the infrastructure business of selling shovels.

However, the competition in the L3 track is fierce. You have the Base ecosystem, while others have Arbitrum's Orbit and Polygon's CDK. The differentiated moat of B3 may lie in its deep understanding of game scenarios and a unified entry point.http://BSMNT.funOperation services.

——Tokenomics design and business model The token distribution of B3 is relatively balanced: 34.2% is allocated to the community ecosystem, with only 19% released at TGE, and the remaining portion has a 4-year lock-up plan to avoid short-term selling pressure.

The application scenarios of $B3 include staking to earn GameChains rewards, funding game projects, paying transaction fees, etc., with a relatively complete logic.

From a business model perspective, B3 adopts the "platform economy + network effect" model. Unlike traditional game publishers who take a 30-70% cut, B3 attracts ecosystem participants through a lower transaction fee rate (0.5%) and Token incentives.

The key value flywheel lies in: more games integrated → more players gathered → stronger network effects → higher $B3 demand → more resources invested in the ecosystem.

What I'm more concerned about is B3's positioning as the "main circulating token of the whole chain game ecosystem." Currently, most blockchain games have their own token economies. How does B3 persuade these projects to accept $B3 as a universal currency? From a valuation perspective, B3 is more like the "game version of the App Store," with value coming not only from technical fees but also from the ecological scale effect.

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The biggest highlight of the B3 project lies not in technological innovation, but in its systematic attempt to address the structural problems of the Web3 gaming industry. From the perspective of team background and resource integration capabilities, the Coinbase affiliated team, Base ecosystem support, and $21 million in financing are all tangible advantages. With 6 million active wallet users, over 80 integrated games, and 300 million cumulative transactions, it shows that B3 indeed has a strategy for user acquisition and ecosystem building.

The differentiation of B3 lies in the "middle path of neither fully relying on a single game IP nor purely doing technical infrastructure," which theoretically has greater imaginative space, but also faces the risk of being "unsupported on both ends."

Of course, the Web3 gaming track is still in the early exploration stage. Whether B3 can truly bring the vision of "open gaming" to fruition hinges on its ability to continuously attract high-quality game content and real users. After all, no matter how good the infrastructure is, its value ultimately relies on the prosperity of the application ecosystem.

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