Here is the current leading Dapp games on Ethereum. In terms of active users, Etheremon maintained the highest position throughout the second half of 2018, thanks to frequent feature updates and good commitment in community building.

The year of blockchain technology progressing

The second point we must mention is the change of decentralized applications technology over the past year. As we are still early in blockchain’s development, Dapp projects have tested out different approaches to drive user adoption.

We have already heard about significant benefits of blockchain, including greater transparency, enhanced security and improved traceability. However, scalability is still one of the main roadblocks to user adoption of blockchain technology. 2018 observed the first step towards addressing these problems.

One of the first solutions requires changes to be made onto the codebase of the blockchain. The first of these is sharding, a type of database partitioned. Sharding method breaks down the blockchain into smaller and more manageable parts, thereby increasing processing output across the board. Sharding is proposed to be implemented once Ethereum moves to Proof-of-Stake model, most probably in 2020.

The second solution is moving some processes “off chain” to reduce the impact of network congestion. With “off-chain”, that can do some processes the transaction instantly before data is written onto the blockchain. Gaming industry are considered an early adopter of blockchain, also shows initiative and quick-witted on solve the blockchain’s biggest issue.

One of the typical examples is in Jun 2018, Etheremon was announced to bring battle “off-chain” to offer players better experience. For a longer term, Etheremon is exploring scalability solutions in the market to . It announced in July working with the Zilliqa development team to use Zilliqa as a utility chain to eradicate transaction fee.

Besides, more advanced applications of collectible blockchain games were introduced and developed in the past year. From the simple collectible blockchain games about collecting item/monsters to trade and make a profit, players can now enjoy more game features on top of those. For example, in Etheremon, players can do training, PvP battling and send their monsters on adventures to earn rewards.

With incredible progress of Dapp Game last year, 2019 promises more changes and more interesting features intertwined between blockchain tech and gaming. Let’s stay tuned for a promising year of blockchain tech entering more deeply into applications we use daily.

Cheers,

Etheremon Team

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