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Epico is of significant importance to Dot Play because our key goal is to onboard the masses to Polkadot native games and entertainment activity, and having Ethereum wallet compatibility layer for the Polkadot SDK will speed up this goal. One of the largest barriers to mainstream adoption for Polkadot-based chains has been the unfamiliarity users face when interacting with Substrate-native accounts and wallets. I have worked closely with Gautam since the launch of Polkadot, and I observed him lead the flawless migration of Mythical from Ethereum to Polkadot. The communities around applications are what allows applications to access the masses, and Epico will enable Polkadot to build a native base of social activity.
A key pillar of the Dot Play strategy is to bring Mythical and Frequency together and Epico will accelerate it.
Gaming and social media are inextricable as we are seeing social media behavior in games. Mythical and Frequency are more powerful together - Mythical can tap into the incredible base of social media users, while Frequency can tap into Mythical’s millions of players of NFL Rivals, FIFA Rivals, Pudgy Party and others. Also, Polkadot is in need of an easy interface to the playground of all of the entertainment activities that are happening in Polkadot.
In addition to onboarding the masses to Polkadot game and entertainment content, our strategy has included the creation of an Experience Exchange, now referred to as The Polkadot Playground, which will be a backdrop or landing page for games to arrive into the Polkadot community. This will include Mythical Pulse as an interface, which can also be accessed by Frequency’s millions of social media users, allowing social media users to easily onboard to games and players to easily onboard to Frequency social media apps.
Side note: While our commitment to Mythical is clear, we are also passionate about the ethos of Project Liberty. We entered the crypto space on the back of Cambridge Analytica in search of better internet infrastructure that protects individuals. With AI, we are seeing an acceleration of the trend toward inauthenticity, which web3 can reverse. In gaming, connecting to players and building real community is of tantamount importance. At the same time, it is increasingly difficult for independent game developers to build and access real communities.
Let’s support tech like Epico that can bring Mythical and Frequency together as seamlessly as possible so that we can build a Polkadot-native social graph!
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“At Mythos, our mission is to lower the barriers to Web3 adoption starting with gaming, but extending to the broader ecosystem. A key part of that is meeting users where they already are. By enabling Ethereum RPC compatibility via Epico, on the Mythos parachain, we make it possible for millions of users to interact using wallets they already trust, while still benefiting from the throughput improvements of Substrate. This would significantly reduce friction and open up seamless access to the MYTH token, whether on Ethereum or within our parachain.” - Cameron Thacker, VP, Mythical Games
“The Frequency core contributors support this proposal. We believe there is a requirement for interoperability with the Ethereum community for the success and expansion of the Polkadot ecosystem. We also see this as a perfect pairing with the ongoing work on Pallet Revive. Epico has the chance to accelerate the rollout of Ethereum RPC compatibility for Frequency, a major goal for us this year. We have previously had great experiences with BlockDeep, including the code reviews they did for Frequency, and have confidence in BlockDeep’s ability to deliver the work for this proposal.” - Harry Evans, CTO, Project Liberty