Demonstrating that change continues to comb by way of the blockchain gaming sector, OG sports activities ecosystem Sorare has introduced it’s transferring to the Solana blockchain.
Launched again in 2018, Sorare had all the time been an Ethereum-based venture, initially launching on the Loom Community earlier than transferring to Starknet.
On this method, the transfer from the EVM ecosystem to the non-EVM Solana community is a giant change when it comes to expertise.
Nevertheless, Sorare has clearly been engaged on the transition for a while and says that gamers won’t have to alter something, with the swap occurring routinely for customers.
As for the explanations for the change, Sorare states that the transfer will unlock extra options together with
- broader pockets assist,
- new cost choices (ETH, SOL, and shortly stablecoins),
- exterior marketplaces, and upcoming options like particular promos, gameplay improvements and extra.
In fact, most of those might have been dealt with by remaining inside the EVM world. Solana’s status as a blockchain for degens and memecoins, in addition to its quickest transaction instances, seemingly additionally performed an element within the choice.
When it comes to the timeline, Sorare says that each one gamers’ present ETH balances will probably be migrated to Coinbase’s Base blockchain in “early October”.
By the top of October, all Sorare playing cards will probably be bridged as Solana NFTs whereas preserving their attributes—shortage, serial quantity, season, XP, and metadata.
You may learn extra in regards to the adjustments on Sorare’s weblog.
