Excited to announce our $4m initial round!
To celebrate, we are offering a $20,000 USD credit to all game studios that activate with us. Simply send an email to hello
@blockus
.gg!
Accelerated by
@a16zcrypto
CSX23, with major support from
@MapleVCFund
and other amazing funds
Thank you
@SeiNetwork
for the warm introduction and welcome. We look forward to expand our EVM compatible offerings with a hyper community focused network!
🕹️Excited to meet the 521k community members and bring core gaming infra to your home on SEI! 👾
Seilors, Welcome Blockus to the Sei Ecosystem! 🕹️
Gaming on Sei just reached a new level with the introduction of
@helloblockus
, the all-in-one platform for Web3 gaming infra.
Backed by a16z CSS, Blockus offers:
🎮 In game NFT marketplace plugged into Unity & Unreal
🎮 Fiat +
Happy to announce we're officially partnering with
@Mysten_Labs
to build out seamless Web 2.0 player onboarding into Web 3.0 games on the
@suinetwork
!
With Blockus:
💰Seamless player WaaS from email + social login
🛒In-game NFT marketplace with Unity/Unreal support
Excited to announce we’ll be part of a16z Crypto Startup School 2023! Blockus is your complete Web 2.5 economy platform - Set up your own NFT storefront with staking in minutes, complete with payments and wallet management. Let’s buidl it!
@a16zcrypto
#CSS23
#a16zCSS23
We’re excited to share that we’ve finalized the cohort for our upcoming Crypto Startup School!🎉
The program kicks off on March 7th.
We’d like to give a huge thank you to the 8,000+ teams who applied from all over the world.
Details on the incredibly impressive applicant pool:
📣Spotlight: Abyss World. Web 3.0 gaming distribution win! ⭐️📈
1️⃣OpenSea debut.
MetaGame made 💰$1M💰in revenue with this PFP sale.
First loyal Abyss World community established.
2️⃣MagicEden free mint.
Discord ☀️DAU ➕200%☀️, topping Azra Games and My Pet Hooligan. Twitter
⛽️Gasless Transactions now available⛽️
We've shipped production grade gasless transaction support on EVM.
Game studios can now choose if and how much to sponsor player gas costs, specifying a choice by NFT collection, or user group.
🙌🚦Now serving live traffic!🚦🙌
🚢ALL ABOARD 🚢
Check out our Blockus how to video below in comments on the Blockus product suite here for SEI, as seen with SEI’s flagship game
@DoubleJumpWTF
, powered by
@HelloTatami
!
🗓️May🗓️ The Colosseum Awaits.
Thrilled to announce we’re joining forces with
@AbyssWorldHQ
,
#1
ARPG game on
@SuiNetwork
, to bring you the first-ever BvB Web 3.0 gaming tournament stream, live on Mainnet.
LET’S BUIDL IT!
We're hiring a staff-level full time Engineer.
Team is currently 4 people, all engineers other than the CEO. Plan to keep the team navy seal grade.
$200K+ cash & equity > 1%.
Our
@a16zcrypto
Demo Day just wrapped up last night. What an amazing time, what an amazing 3 months. Our founders enjoyed the ongoing guidance from our Partner
@janehk
, as well as the many amazing connections we made that evening.
A genuine thank you, to all the team and staff
📢Special Announcement📢
Here at Blockus, we do not currently have a SAFT that you can invest in directly with USDC.
We have heard of recent phishing attempts. Investors and DAOs, stay safe out there.
💸💡💸
Blockus is excited to share that we have chosen
@AlchemyPlatform
as our service provider for Account Abstraction on EVM chains!
Out of all potential options, we chose Alchemy for its feature rich set of functionalities, enabling seamless user onboarding, transaction batching and
🔦Blockus is live on Polygon and SUI! 🌊
Excited to share the Blockus product suite is now live and available, on
@PolygonGaming
and
@SuiNetwork
.
Exclusively announced with
@BGameAlliance
, on May 26, 2023.
We’re excited to announce our recent partnership with
@pimlicoHQ
and
@zerodev_app
to make AA gaming wallets a reality!
ICYMI, explore our newly launched AA functionalities & discover how we’re helping bring web3 gaming to web2 standards.
We’re kicking off Blockus Launch Week by announcing our brand new Account Abstraction (AA) integration!
What does this mean for game studios & developers?
Let’s dive in! ⬇️
GM builders! Our founders have travelled to meet studios in person, our engineering team have been hard at work! Check out our new landing page drop, with full description of our newest feature set!
Unified Web2 + Web3 login, with new integrations!
We’re introducing Unreal Engine Support!
Game creators can now integrate web3 functionalities with tailor-made aesthetics into their games.
Dive in to learn how! 👇
📣 New Team Member 📣
Team Blockus is excited to share Samuel Mao has joined us as Founding Engineer!
@sammycocho
, a NYC native deeply immersed in web3, brings bullish energy and creative problem-solving skills. With 5 years of experience, he's worked at Uniswap and Genie,
We’re kicking off Blockus Launch Week by announcing our brand new Account Abstraction (AA) integration!
What does this mean for game studios & developers?
Let’s dive in! ⬇️
Blockus 🤝 Partnership
@ethxy
went viral and got from $10k to $1M in treasury in 3 hours!
For high interest studios, DM for the opportunity of a 15 min chat with ETH ID founder on how he cracked the web3 native distribution!
A look back on our time spent with Professor
@danboneh
during week 1 of
@a16zcrypto
CSS. An exemplary scholar who can communicate to 6 yr olds and 66 yr olds alike. True craft shines through.
What an exciting time of our lives, seeing advanced cryptographic techniques in
Blockus is excited to share that we have chosen Stripe Onramp as our onramp partner as part of their early access program!
Out of all potential options, we chose
@stripe
for its highly optimized conversion, approach to security and compliance, and the brand’s trusted reputation.
We are thrilled to announce our recent partnership with
@ParticleNtwrk
and the integration of their EOA (Externally Owned Account) wallet service.
Game studios and developers can now allow users to create non-custodial wallets via Blockus using Particle Auth.
GM builders worldwide! Join our newly opened Discord, and hack on our
@erc6551
bounty!
$2000 USDC in prizes to be won. Early submissions due on July 21, Final submission on July 28.
See you onchain!
🇩🇪Come meet Blockus in Cologne
@gamescom
🇩🇪
Our DMs are open! Join us as we unveil some exciting new initiatives in person.
Excited to meet the amazing European game studio community!
Our CTO has worked to the point of exhaustion. Please excuse our pause in continuous deployment. Nap time!
@0Linglong0
take care of yourself and don’t overwork! ❤️
📣 New Team Member 📣
Team Blockus is excited to share Yan Li has joined us as Founding Engineer!
@Yanbears
joins us with 5 years of senior backend experience, from top tier Silicon Valley companies
@stripe
and
@flexport
. With a CS degree from
@UCBerkeley
.
📔Story📔 How Blockus Cofounders Met
1⃣ Linglong and Jess met in 2017 at Airbnb🧳
Worked together on the same team. Remained great friends who travelled together.
2⃣ Michael and Jess met in 2021 in Miami🏖️
Discussed Web3 vision in depth, during the blooming NFT bull market.
🚀 UPDATE 🚀
Blockus introduces Soulbound Token to
@SuiNetwork
and supports all crypto asset management to empower gaming studios and gamers.
Learn more about our work and partnership with
@AmbrusStudio
HERE.
Another great Blockus event with the wonderful GamesCom community! Busy chatting and didn’t take photos of the party goers once again, like at GDC23!
Regardless of how much funding we’ve raised, our culture is “glhf”, and still move your own chairs!
Today, Blockus kicked off our H2 2023 offsite!
Our CPO
@noweiitsmichael
discussed our Vision of “Interconnect the Open Virtual Economy”, and dived into our culture of “glhf”.
Stay tuned for more updates this week!
Traditional game publishing currently suffers from a power imbalance against the developers and studios that create the games we love.
Introducing
@HelloTatami
x Blockus: the game-first publishing solution for the new web.
Week 10 and the team is still having way too much fun!
@a16zcrypto
CSS is a game changer. Every week is a month in the best possible sense. Cannot recommend it enough to all teams out there for the next cohort.
A great wrap to a successful GamesCom 2023! Exchanged and learned so much, from the many game content creators we met through this week.
Seeing the passion and dedication from studio owners to their craft, we loved every second of it. Keep building, game studio friends!
The product suite of Blockus Onboarding Platform is live on
@0xPolygonLabs
and
@SuiNetwork
! More great ecosystems in the pipeline. Stay tuned.
Shipped as always with a strong focus on security and compliance, learn more by reaching out for our docs and demo.
Excited to share
@HelloBlockus
has partnered with
@ShinamiCorp
for our WaaS solution on the
@SuiNetwork
! We chose Shinami for its enterprise grade node service, and gas station functionalities to easily abstract gas fees from your user experience by sponsoring them.
Looking
On Friday,
@Yanbears
, our newest founding engineer, delivered a product demo highlighting our latest suite of features: direct payment integration, a whitelabel NFT marketplace solution, and upcoming chain integrations.
Stay tuned as we prepare for the alpha release!
GM Monday, gaming builders!
Throughout the current macro environment, game studios remain the most active and dedicated group, planning and launching tokens, including our client and partners, with
@AbyssWorldHQ
and
@HelloTatami
publicly announcing plans.
Most effective token models will have elements unique to their objective, but most flawed token designs share a number of common pitfalls.
So here’s a list of instructive tips to avoid the most common failure modes.
From
@guywuolletjr
GM, Twitter fam.
We regret to share that our cofounder CPO, Michael Wei, has departed the company due to vision misalignment.
We wish him all the best in his future endeavours, and we look forward to see what he’s up to next!
🚀 Onwards and upwards! 🚀
🚀 Exciting news! Blockus is partnering w
@TheYuliverse
to expand our ecosystem and enhance your seamless web3 gaming experience.
Together, we're bringing more innovation and opportunities to the metaverse🌐
Stay tuned for updates! 🎮
#web3
#gaming
#partnership
Come meet our team in person, at our GamesCom event!
Are you web3 curious? Are you a game studio looking for investments in the 100k - 500k USD range? Join us for a mixer event to hone in on funding, distribution, and player engagement!
We’re thrilled to announce our improved all-in-one in-game payment solution!
Game studios & developers can now maximize game revenue in a fast, secure, and fully compliant manner.
Learn how! 🔽
We’re with
@eddylazzarin
who just gave a great talk on protocol design. Great thoughts & sets us up on a decentralized, interoperable, and permission-less value creating path.
Our very own
@noweiitsmichael
, enjoying the GLHF culture
@riotgames
LA campus. Wonderful memorabilia for us in the Console room, and inviting gaming decor overall! Thanks again for hosting us. The LA community has been nothing short of amazing.
🔊 Excited to announce our partnership with DeGame, the premier Web3 gaming community! 🔊
With over 1 million registered users and 50,000+ daily active users,
@degame_l2y
is revolutionizing the gaming landscape. Together, we're connecting gaming communities and empowering users
📣 New Team Member 📣
Dmytro Korol, Founding Economist
Dmytro joins us with 10 years of experience in web2+web3 finance. Part of the foundational data team at Coinbase from 2018 - 2022, Dmytro brings a unique macroeconomic lens.
Beyond excited to build the future of gaming
Account Abstraction (AA) has been hot lately with its potential to reshape the web3 gaming experience.
From simplifying lengthy onboarding processes, to eliminating high gas fees, read our latest piece on how AA can pave the way for onboarding the next 1 billion users!
Introducing BlockusDAO - the Web3 Gaming Ecosystem.
Our Vision doc just dropped
@viamirror
. Inside it links to our V0 White paper.
We've been brewing this for a while - excited for what's ahead!
It's no secret that in-game NFT asset adoption is hindered by challenges like infrastructure gaps & poor UX.
White-label NFT marketplaces are here to fix this with their scalability, cost-efficiency, and full customizability.
Discover more in our latest piece!
There’s a wrap to GDC!
Our team had a great time in San Francisco, connecting with game devs from all over the world.
Thank you for everyone who made time to meet us and come to our launch party! 🎉 🎈🎊🥳🙌🍾
The rise in activated Token Bound Accounts has us excited about their potential in gameplay innovation.
We recently hosted a bounty challenge to explore creative TBA applications, and are proud to announce our winner
@SantiCammi
.
Stay tuned for the upcoming write up, showing
@AbyssWorldHQ
Alpha Test Phase 1 is coming🚨
Today, we're launching the
#Staking
event to obtain the Alpha Test Game Pass👏
Staking period: 6/20 12 PM UTC - 6/22 12 PM UTC
1️⃣Stake 10,000 $AWT to receive an Abyss World Alpha Test Game Pass.
2️⃣Each Polygon address is eligible
🚨Amazon is Coming to Blockus! 🚨
We are thrilled to announce on Monday we will be going live with
@amazongames
as a platform partner for their Web 3.0 gaming on-boarding. All Prime members will receive a pack of ramen through
@amazonprimenow
when they play their first game!
Following our bounty challenge winner announcement, we're delighted to share the specifics of
@SantiCammi
's submission!
Discover how this innovation offers a smarter approach to bridging TBA assets for low-latency applications.
Read on for the details!
Heard directly from the top taste maker in the Sports blockchain space from
@roham
at
@dapperlabs
. Can’t wait to see what is rolled out next. We’re keeping our eyes peeled for
@flow_blockchain
!
🚀 Introducing FusyFox token ($FOX): Our platform's in-game currency with a max supply of 1B! Forge your path & earn in epic battles in our intergalactic shooter game.
Use $FOX token to fight in our Arena, where multiple Web3 IPs, communities and projects, will clash for
Join us this week as our team takes part in
@gstar_official_
2023 in the lively city of Busan, South Korea!
Connect with our Chief Product Officer,
@noweiitsmichael
, on November 16-17 to explore the latest in web3 gaming.
Please join us at NPC (ERC 6551) Meetup, at ETH CC!
Builders welcomed! For anyone who’s interested in discussing the technical implications of ERC 6551, and practical applications in gaming, DeFi and beyond.
Light coffee and snacks will be provided!
Big day at
#ETHDenver2024
!
Our team demo-d 2 of our partner studio’s games
@YakuCorp
and
@fusyfox
.
Meet us at our event supporting Linea tomorrow, Thursday Feb 29 at 5:30pm!
Come meet our CEO
@jessziyuezhang
at the SAGA Multiverse Summit along with Web3 gaming heavy hitters, in Cologne, Germany at
@gamescom
!
VIP tickets are officially sold out. But fear not, you can always engage with us 1:1 at our side event, to be announced tomorrow!
🇧🇪Team Blockus has landed
@EthCC
and we're excited to be partnering with
@harpieio
🧡to bring our communities together at happy hour this week! 🥂
Packed schedule? We know the feeling! Hope to see you there🔜
Our team just landed in Seoul! Come say hi to us IRL, through different events this week! You can also always DM us for some private 1:1 time.
GM, Seoul!
🤠 Howdy from Day 2
#Consensus2024
! TY to everyone who came out yesterday to join us at the Blockus Poolside Gathering! ICYMI here's where you can find us next... 🧵
Our team had a successful H1 2024 Onsite/Offsite in NYC! 🍎
We heard from our in-house experts on: game design, sales, tokenomics design, composable NFT protocol, and product management.
All cultivated to a team walk in central park.
What a great way to kick off H2 2024! 🚀
It’s a wrap! Thank you
@3XPgg
for an amazing conference - the inaugural run of the premier Web3 gaming conference. Thanks
@MagicEden
,
@Stardust
and
@Mysten_Labs
for the invite and the amazing closing party 🎮🔥👾
Check out our latest new coverage from Refresh Miami, from a brand new angle with fresh content!
Read on about our:
- zkPI
- people plans
- Miami Hackerhouse!
Team Blockus, cooking up cool things in Miami!
🎮 Don't miss out on unlocking the future of gaming! 🎮
Swing by our booth
@SuiNetwork
’s Play Beyond Summit at GDC. Explore how Blockus empowers game studios to streamline development, cut costs, and prioritize gameplay.
Join us on Tuesday from 10am - 4pm!