Animoca Brands, publisher of Sandbox and Anichess, wants to incorporate LightLink’s gasless technology into its Ethereum games.

• Animoca Brands, an investor in Metaverse and publisher of cryptocurrency games, has partnered with LightLink to integrate gasless transactions into its Ethereum games.
• LightLink, a layer 2 scaling network built on Ethereum, enables developers of decentralised applications to offer instant transactions without gas fees.
• Animoca will support LightLink with tokenomics and marketing strategies and work to integrate LightLink’s fee-free transaction technology into multiple games.
• The goal of the partnership is to increase the popularity of blockchain-based applications and promote their interconnectivity.
• Animoca Brands, publisher of titles such as Anichess, The Sandbox, Wreck League and Mocaverse, has also invested in cryptocurrency companies such as Dapper Labs and OpenSea.

Animoca Brands, investor in Metaverse and publisher of cryptocurrency games, announced on Tuesday that it has partnered with LightLink, an Ethereum scaling protocol, to incorporate gasless transactions into Animoca games.

LightLink is based on Ethereum and is a layer 2 scaling network that allows developers of decentralised applications (dapps) to offer customers instant transactions without paying for gas.

Under the agreement, Animoca will support LightLink in its tokenomics and marketing strategy and work to integrate LightLink’s fee-free transaction technology into various games. Animoca has not yet announced which titles will utilise the technology.

In a statement, Roy Hui, co-founder and CEO of LightLink, said that it is fantastic to be working with Animoca Brands, an industry leader, to make blockchain more useful and accessible to people around the world. This partnership is an important step towards integrating blockchain into the daily lives of millions of people.

Red Village and Grapes, two blockchain-based games, are among the more than 25 companies and projects currently using LightLink, according to a statement. According to Animoca and LightLink, their goal is to increase the popularity of blockchain-based applications and promote greater connectivity.

Animoca Brands is the publisher of titles such as the fantasy chess game Anichess, the metaverse platform The Sandbox, the fighting game NFT Wreck League and the upcoming community Mocaverse. The company has also invested in recognised cryptocurrency companies such as NBA Top Shot maker Dapper Labs and NFT marketplace OpenSea.