Back to collectionAn Orbit Ambition Takes Shape Behind Closed Doors
Background: The second conversation with Offchain Labs had moved beyond technology to product and market matters, but the team still had no clear public wording for the relationship. Today: For the first time, someone inside the team used the phrase “the first Orbit chain in direct partnership.” Impact and next steps: The phrase gave the partnership discussion a recognizable direction while showing that the wording had to match actual arrangements.
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Background: The second conversation with Offchain Labs had moved beyond technology to product and market matters, but the team still had no clear public wording for the relationship. It was also preparing material for the next day's LAMOverse Q&A and did not want a chain relationship still under discussion to eclipse the game.
Today: For the first time, someone inside the team used the phrase “the first Orbit chain in direct partnership.” It made others pause over its meaning: did it describe a relationship they hoped to establish, or wording ready for public use? They kept it within the internal discussion rather than treating a striking description as an announced fact.
Impact and next steps: The phrase gave the partnership discussion a recognizable direction while showing that the wording had to match actual arrangements. The next day, the team still had concrete game questions to answer for players. The chain's partnership position would have to wait until both sides clarified the scope of support and what could be said publicly.