Back to collectionOne contract deployment puts on-chain costs in focus
Background: While preparing its card game, the studio was still looking for a workable on-chain approach. Today: On Sunday, ETH broke above 3,000. Impact and next steps: The unresolved on-chain approach faced another hurdle: it had to be affordable as well as technically possible.
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Background: While preparing its card game, the studio was still looking for a workable on-chain approach. Engineer A-Zhen was assessing the technology and its costs so the demonstration plans would stay within budget.
Today: On Sunday, ETH broke above 3,000. A-Zhen calculated the deployment cost and remarked that deploying one contract would cost enough to cover half a month of the team’s payroll. “Going on-chain” suddenly became a hard budget constraint rather than an abstract direction. She brought the figures back to the team and suggested identifying which parts truly had to be on-chain.
Impact and next steps: The unresolved on-chain approach faced another hurdle: it had to be affordable as well as technically possible. A-Zhen planned to discuss deployment costs and player experience separately, starting with the minimum necessary components. The team still had to decide which card features justified the expense.