EntitiesProof of Play@ProofOfPlay celebrated 100K players on Shiba Story Go 115 days ago, following its global launch 129 days ago. They also onboarded @Beezie The Claw Machine as a vRNG customer on @Base 198 days ago, signaling ongoing web3 gaming partnerships.
Proof of Play is a blockchain gaming technology company founded by Amitt Mahajan (co-creator of FarmVille) focused on building "fully on-chain" games where all gameplay logic, assets, and state exist transparently on blockchain. The company has raised 33M from investors including a16z and Greenoaks, pioneering scalable infrastructure that enables complex games to operate entirely on-chain with performance rivaling traditional web2 experiences.
Note: playgigaverse was built by Dith (0xDith) and team GLHF on Abstract blockchain. Dith previously worked at Proof of Play as Head of Business Development for Pirate Nation before leaving to build Gigaverse full-time, and Gigaverse leverages some Proof of Play infrastructure technologies.
Pirate Nation is Proof of Play's primary product—a fully on-chain free-to-play pirate-themed RPG featuring:
Pirate Nation runs across multiple custom Layer-3 blockchains (Apex and Boss) built on Arbitrum Orbit, demonstrating Proof of Play's multichain architecture at scale.
Proof of Play positions itself as an end-to-end infrastructure solution for building scalable decentralized applications and games, offering several core technologies:
Multichain Horizontal Scaling: Proof of Play pioneered a system enabling single applications to run across multiple chains simultaneously with shared state. Players on different chains (e.g., Apex vs. Boss) can still trade with each other through automatic bridging—solving the scalability bottleneck that limited previous on-chain games to single-chain capacity.
VRF (Verified Random Number Generator): Battle-tested, hyper-optimized on-chain randomness solution ensuring provably fair outcomes for loot drops, combat, and rewards. Faster, more reliable, and more affordable than alternative solutions.
Gasless Relayer: High-performance system enabling users to interact with blockchain games without directly paying gas fees, providing seamless signless and gasless UX.
Marketplace Infrastructure: Enables in-game peer-to-peer trading that settles on-chain, creating new revenue streams from transaction fees on user economic activity.
Token Mirroring: Allows assets on one chain to be recognized and usable on another without bridging, enabling true cross-chain interoperability.
Database & Indexer (Boss): On-chain horizontally scalable database and off-chain indexer featuring hundreds of modular smart contracts with configurable primitives for games and apps.
Admin Tools: Web-based no-code publishing tools allowing non-technical team members to publish updates directly to users without smart contract deployment expertise.
Proof of Play's infrastructure has achieved remarkable technical milestones:
The multichain architecture mirrors traditional game server sharding, allowing horizontal scaling to millions of users—something previously thought impossible for fully on-chain games.
Amitt Mahajan (CEO & Co-Founder): Creator of FarmVille, one of the most successful social games in history with 300+ million players. His experience scaling FarmVille across 64 sharded databases directly informed Proof of Play's multichain approach.
Matt Van (Head of Engineering): Leads the 500+ smart contract architecture powering Pirate Nation.
The team brings deep expertise from social gaming, blockchain engineering, and scalable systems design.
Dith & Gigaverse: Former Proof of Play Head of Business Development 0xdith left to build playgigaverse full-time after recruiting interest during glhfers NFT launch. Gigaverse uses Proof of Play's VRF and infrastructure technologies while operating independently on Abstract blockchain.
Abstract Chain: Proof of Play technologies (especially VRF) are used by multiple Abstract games including Onchain Heroes, validating the platform's applicability beyond Pirate Nation.
Arbitrum Orbit: Close technical partnership enabling custom Layer-3 chains optimized for gaming workloads.
Proof of Play champions "fully on-chain" game design where:
Recent shifts have seen Proof of Play acknowledge that "while the business rationale for moving on is logical," full on-chain permanence doesn't always align with sustainable game operations—leading to Pirate Nation's eventual wind-down despite technical success.
Proof of Play positions its platform for third-party developers:
The company offers its technology stack as infrastructure-as-a-service, enabling other studios to build on-chain games without reinventing foundational systems.
Proof of Play occupies a unique position in blockchain gaming:
With Pirate Nation's lifecycle coming to an end, Proof of Play's focus shifts toward:
The company's legacy will be proving that complex, performant games CAN run entirely on-chain—even if sustainable business models remain challenging.
This profile was generated using official documentation, founder interviews, technical case studies, and verified ecosystem reporting.
Gigaverse runs on Proof of Play's fully on-chain game infrastructure (the a16z-backed engine behind Pirate Nation) and was the first third-party game to use it; the official Gigaverse bio credits 'pwrd @proofofplay'.
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