B3 (B3): Powering On-Chain Games With L3 Technology
Gaming and GameFi applications on blockchain are a significant growth area, with countless games introduced on web3 platforms every day. Consequently, solutions aiming to act as central hubs for on-chain games are also emerging at the same breathtaking pace. Under intense competition, new platforms in this quickly saturating niche can succeed only if they provide tangible, distinct value to developers, gamers and app operators.
Among the most intriguing solutions in this area is B3, an on-chain gaming hub that utilizes a unique architectural concept and provides unparalleled cost and efficiency benefits to all of the parties involved in blockchain gaming. Operating as a Layer 3 (L3) gaming-focused platform on the Base Layer 2 (L2) chain, B3 features great scalability, low costs and customized functionality for on-chain games.
Since the platform's launch in August 2024, B3 has achieved spectacular growth rates over its six months on the market, with 6 million wallets and 95 games hosted on its L3 Superchain.
Key Takeaways:
B3 is an L3 decentralized network that acts as a hub for on-chain games of various genres.
It boasts low transaction costs and high scalability, and uses the underlying Base L2 network for settlement.
B3 is the platform’s native utility token. It’s used for multiple purposes, including staking, governance and rewards. B3 can be traded on Bybit as a USDT Spot pair or as USDT Perpetual contract.
What Is B3 Crypto?
B3 (B3) is an L3 gaming chain operating on the Base L2 network. The platform is designed specifically for web3 gaming, offering developers and users an environment with low transaction costs and great scalability.
B3 was developed by NPC Labs, a development studio founded by three former members of the Coinbase team involved in implementing the Base L2 chain: Viktoriya Hying, Daryl Xu and Sean Geng. The platform was launched on the Base mainnet in August 2024, and introduced its own token, also called B3, in February 2025. As of the time of this writing in mid-February 2025, the gaming hub features around 6 million users and 95 blockchain games.
B3 offers developers a flexible and streamlined process for launching on-chain games. The majority of blockchain-specific procedures, such as wallet setups, connectivity and asset issuance, are handled automatically or through easily implementable modules.
B3 aims to become a leading hub for web3 gaming, with a wide variety of game genres. These include games and mini games in genres as diverse as action, adventure, sports, puzzle, casual and many more.
B3 offers a plethora of games through its dedicated gaming arcade, Basement (or BSMNT). Developers can port their games into the arcade, taking advantage of the seamless transition between the traditional Web 2.0 and web3 gaming environments offered by the platform.
Some of the most popular games in the arcade include the roulette-style Spin the Wheel and Ribbit, which features adventures using your own pixelated frog.
Improved Cost and Scalability
Operating as an L3 chain offers B3 the ability to achieve scalability and cost efficiencies that typically cannot be matched even by many L2 environments. While L2 chains improve the scalability and costs of transactions, compared to their underlying Layer 1 (L1) networks, they’re typically not optimized for application-specific use cases.
This is where L3 technology comes into the picture. L3 chains are built for specific applications, offering customizability and functional optimization for specialized use cases. They settle transactions on the underlying L2, but provide functionality that may not be natively available on the L2 network. With their app-specific customizations, L3 chains can achieve greater performance efficiencies.
In the case of B3, the platform uses the underlying Base network as its L2, but handles the game-specific functions on its own L3 level. The performance and cost improvements achieved by B3’s unique architectural approach are evident. As reported in the B3 white paper in July 2024, Base was able to cut transaction costs from Ethereum (ETH)’s $3 average down to about half a cent ($0.005). B3’s typical costs were about ⅕ of Base’s, averaging around $0.001.
How Does B3 Work?
B3 operates as an L3 Superchain that connects individual, game-specific chains called GameChains. Each GameChain is tailored to a specific game. The platform features a functionality that makes GameChains fully interoperable with each other, which helps to achieve benefits such as shared liquidity, a key advantage that can help cross-game adoption and use.
Moving crypto assets in and out of the B3 ecosystem is possible via several bridging solutions that support the chain's connectivity with the major Ethereum virtual machine (EVM)–compatible chains. The platform's native bridging solution, Basement Bridge, can be used for deposits, withdrawals and swap operations between B3 and networks like Base, Ethereum, Polygon (POL), Optimism (OP), Avalanche (AVAX) and even a major non-EVM chain — Solana (SOL).
Once funds are moved into the B3 environment, which usually takes less than a minute, they can be utilized across B3 games for in-game purchases and other crypto gaming operations, thanks to the shared liquidity mechanism.
B3 For Developers
Game developers are given an extensive tool kit in addition to in-built functions, which makes the launch of their games onto the Superchain as smooth as possible. They can save game states to the InterPlanetary File System (IPFS), issue NFTs and ERC-20 fungible assets for their games, create leaderboards and set up tournaments for their user base, among other functions.
To streamline the integration of games into the B3 platform, game creators can use the BSMNT game launcher to quickly load their games, authorize players and trigger transactions based on players' actions. Loading a game via the BSMNT launcher is as easy as specifying the game's URL, appended by an authorization token code provided by B3, e.g., https://yourgame.com?token=authorization_code.
Using APIs provided by the platform, developers can handle user authorizations — such as wallets and logins — and trigger actions based on users' inputs in the game.
XP vs. Builder Points (BP)
B3 runs two points programs to reward its ecosystem users. The XP program awards points to gamers who demonstrate dedication and achievements in games hosted by B3. On the other hand, Builder Points (BPs) are designed to reward developers who contribute to the growth of B3's environment by creating and launching games on its platform. BP points earned by game creators may then be distributed by them to their players.
What Is the B3 Token?
The platform's native token, B3, is an ERC-20 asset issued on the Base L2 chain. It’s used for staking, governance, referral reward payouts, eligibility for future airdrops and access to early games and features on the Superchain. The token also facilitates payments to fund and publish games on the platform. Additionally, developers can apply to receive funding for their gaming initiatives from the platform in B3 tokens.
B3 has a total and maximum supply of 100 billion. Its supply allocation shares are specified in the image below.
Source: docs.b3.fun
Where to Buy B3 Crypto Tokens
The B3 token is available as a Spot swap pair with USDT (B3/USDT) or as a Perpetual contract (B3USDT). You can also take advantage of the B3 Token Splash campaign to grab a share of the 140 million B3 prize pool.
Under the terms of the campaign, new users who complete basic identity verification can earn B3 rewards by accumulating a deposit volume of at least 20,000 B3, or by depositing 100 USDT and trading 100 USDT worth of B3 via their first Spot trade. Existing users can also qualify for rewards by trading at least 500 USDT worth of B3 on the Spot market. The campaign is valid through Feb 25, 2025, 9 AM UTC.
Closing Thoughts
The web3-based gaming industry is experiencing a significant boom, with game studios rushing to introduce more games to satisfy the insatiable appetite of crypto gaming enthusiasts. B3's dedicated network for on-chain games is a key development in this area. The platform's open gaming ecosystem leverages a unique L3-based model that provides its users with customizability, stellar scalability, extremely low costs and an unmatched gaming experience.
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