The Evolution of the Gaming World

If you’re a 90s kid, you’ll probably remember playing Super Mario Kart, NFS, Nintendo, Street Fighter, and many other video games with your friends and siblings.

Back then, the gaming industry was new, and only a few companies released video games and focused on consoles and PC games. Over the past decade, however, the gaming industry has undergone significant technological advancements and changes in consumer behavior. This blog will explore blockchain developments in gaming and how NodeOps’ node orchestration layer and infrastructure play a crucial role.

Blockchain Technology Revolutionizing The Gaming World

Unlike a decade or so ago, gaming is not just a pastime or fun activity anymore, but a means of entertainment and a money-making business. Did you know that one of Forbes' reports states that the global revenue generated by the gaming industry is more significant than that created by the music and cinema industries jointly?

As per one report from 2023, there were 3.2 billion gamers worldwide - predicted to increase to 3.3 billion by the end of 2024! The report also stated that Asia has the highest number of gamers, i.e., 1.48 billion.

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Source | Statistics showing active gamers globally

Blockchain technology is an advanced database system within a business network that prioritizes the secure sharing of transparent information. It organizes sensitive data into blocks linked via a chain to prevent unauthorized access or changes. Nodes are individual entities on the blockchain network that play a crucial role in validating and recording transactions.

NodeOps, as a leading node-as-a-service provider, simplifies all node operations and deployment on our node orchestration layer, enhancing the efficiency and reliability of blockchain gaming. Let us try and understand the importance of nodes in evolving gaming technology.

Types of Nodes In Blockchain Gaming

Blockchain nodes are the backbone of a decentralized network, responsible for maintaining, validating, and providing access to the distributed ledger. The nodes can be divided into three main categories:

• Full nodes
  They maintain a complete copy of the blockchain – transactions, history, and data storage.

• Authority nodes

They involve a moderator to oversee the functioning of the semi-centralized blockchain network.

• **Mining nodes
  **They participate in mining to solve complex issues, add new blocks, incentivize, etc.

We are revolutionizing the blockchain gaming platform with our node orchestration layer and streamlined node operations. In a single-click node deployment, we help our users deploy and manage nodes on our blockchain gaming partner chains, like XAI, HyChain, and CARV.

HyChain is an Ethereum Layer-2 Rollup blockchain and a suite of Web3 infrastructure designed to solve the complexities of Web3 games. It provides effortless gamers’ onboarding, gas-free gaming experiences, developer-friendly games API, wide-ranging game distribution, and scalable infrastructure.

Similarly, CARV Play is a flagship product of CARV Protocol, the largest Web3 gaming distribution and social platform for gamers and game developers. It offers high-quality games, gaming profile development, and exclusive events within the gaming community.

NodeOps empowers gaming protocols to focus on building user-friendly experiences by ensuring security and reliability throughout the blockchain network. Now, let us discuss XAI Games on NodeOps in detail and how it can transform the blockchain gaming community.

Explore XAI Games on NodeOps

XAI is a layer-3 blockchain gaming designed to enhance the gamer experience and scalability. It is built on Arbitrum's Orbit framework, a custom blockchain network. XAI addresses several challenges for gamers, such as high gas fees and complex user boarding. It utilizes Sentry nodes for monitoring and error detection. It is also the first infrastructure to introduce node sales and a unique economic model.

XAI is developing high-performance games like Final Form and LAMOverse through a strategic partnership with Ex Populus, an experienced game studio. Other games include Tarochi and Crypto Unicorn.

The platform offers a node orchestration layer with NodeOps, allowing users to deploy and manage nodes on the XAI network with a single click. This innovative approach simplifies node operations and deployment. It also opens wide opportunities for the audience to participate in the XAI ecosystem by staking their tokens and participating in governance. NodeOps’ streamlined process and remarkable node orchestration layer are redefining the blockchain game space, helping XAI to thrive. Read more about how XAI works.

Easily Run XAI Nodes on NodeOps

1. Visit NodeOps Console

2. Click Deploy Node and select XAI or XAI Premium, whichever is in your interest.

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Source | NodeOps Console and Partner Chains

3. Click on ‘connect wallet’ that holds the Sentry key

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Source | Select wallet for payment

4. Add your details and proceed with the payment.

5. Assign Sentry key and continue further verification

6. After a successful payment, your node status will be active

And just like that, your one-click node deployment for XAI Sentry Nodes through NodeOps’ secure node orchestration layer will be a success, and you will be redirected to NodeFolio.

By leveraging NodeOps and our secure node orchestration layer, users can easily deploy, monitor, and manage XAI nodes with real-time updates. This streamlines the technological intricacies associated with node operations and ensures high uptime and automated updates, making it simpler for those looking to contribute to the XAI network.

NodeOps is the only operator with a unique node orchestration layer that supports almost all of the recent node infrastructures that raised more than 125 million via their Node Sales, including XAI, HyChain, Avail, Zora, and more- with over 25,000 nodes powered by us. We actively support over 35+ chains right now and deliver single-stop node deployment solutions for node infrastructures and relevant communities.

Join NodeOps today and try out one-click node deployment across our supported protocols. Further, for protocol updates, follow NodeOps on X!

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