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The Case for Building a Game Chain

Background: Ex Populus had just committed to building a chain for games. Today: The team archived its list of public blockchains it had evaluated. Impact and next steps: The project now had a reasoned answer to why it could not simply adopt an existing public blockchain.

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Background: Ex Populus had just committed to building a chain for games. The chain team, including A-Zhen, still had a practical question to answer: could an existing public blockchain meet a game's needs, or would the studio have to build one itself?

Today: The team archived its list of public blockchains it had evaluated. Reviewing it, A-Zhen saw useful ideas in each, but none had been built for games. She proposed separating reusable technology from game requirements they could not sidestep. The conclusion remained: build their own chain.

Impact and next steps: The project now had a reasoned answer to why it could not simply adopt an existing public blockchain. The direction was clear, while the technical choices still needed discussion and testing. A-Zhen planned to bring the list to the following week's technical meeting.