Web3 expert Chris shares entrepreneurial experiences and industry insights

Chris is an experienced entrepreneur in the Web3 space, whose career began at ByteDance, and later joined a team focused on the intersection of AI and Web3. While exploring the combination of emerging technologies such as AI, NFTs, and cryptocurrencies, Chris was drawn to decentralized innovative business models, leading him to fully dedicate himself to the Web3 field.

After founding the Mirror World project, Chris and his team gradually realized the volatility of market demand. They found that simply issuing game assets through NFT collections could no longer meet the long-term needs of the market. Especially during market downturns, project parties tend to focus on addressing core infrastructure issues. In addition, Chris also observed problems such as insufficient computing resources and network congestion on the Solana chain.

To address these challenges, the Chris team collaborated with the Solana Foundation to propose the development of a dedicated gaming chain called Sonic. Sonic aims to solve the scalability issues within the Solana ecosystem, providing game developers with more specialized and efficient infrastructure support.

Chris emphasized that Solana's scaling strategy is very different from Ethereum's. While Ethereum primarily focuses on increasing transaction speed and reducing costs, Solana pays more attention to providing dedicated chains for different domains to ensure that each domain has independent economic effects and computing resources. This approach not only alleviates the load on the mainnet but also provides more specialized services for various fields.

Sonic's expansion plan Hypergrid is an innovative framework designed to create proprietary SVM environments for specific fields such as gaming. Chris anticipates that in the future, not only in the gaming sector but also in other areas like DeFi and AI, proprietary chains may emerge, providing customized expansion services across various domains.

When discussing the future of Web3 games, Chris expressed great confidence. He believes that the current quality of game content and users' willingness to pay has reached a quite high level. Although the current price performance of Web3 game tokens is not satisfactory, games like Big Time have shown great potential in terms of user activity and revenue.

Chris predicts that with technological advancements, future game design will place more logic on the chain. He believes that fully on-chain games will become possible, and the first true blockbuster may emerge. The Sonic team is also working in this direction, although currently focusing mainly on games with assets on-chain, they will invest more in the development of fully on-chain games in the future.

Overall, Chris's experiences and insights provide us with a unique perspective on the development of the Web3 gaming industry. His entrepreneurial journey not only showcases the rapid changes in the industry but also reflects a hopeful attitude towards the future. With continuous technological advancements, Web3 games are expected to make groundbreaking progress in gameplay and asset innovation.