FCHAIN Launches as an Avalanche Layer 1 to Power Faraway Gaming Ecosystem

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The F Foundation, the entity providing support for protocols powering FCHAIN, today announced the impending launch of FCHAIN, a new Avalanche-powered Layer 1 (L1) blockchain that will fuel Faraway’s growing gaming ecosystem, which includes Shatterline, Villains: Robot Battle Royale, HV-MTL, Legends of the Mara, among other titles.

Faraway, the game developer and publisher founded by Glu Mobile and Scopely veterans, houses an interoperable gaming ecosystem that combines original IP, a robust developer platform, creator and commerce tools, and a portfolio of 9 games spanning a wide audience of players and player-owned content.

The mission of the F Foundation, the entity behind FCHAIN, is to support studios creating the next generation of games with open and interoperable economies. Building on this mission, the vision of creating a truly decentralized, purpose-built, gaming-focused blockchain is fully enabled by Avalanche’s forthcoming largest network upgrade, Avalanche9000.

While most gaming-focused blockchains today are built on Layer 2 (L2) or Layer 3 (L3) blockchains, owning and operating your own Layer 1 provides a significant advantage. The Avalanche9000 upgrade unlocks:

Full control to customize the chain to your needs (staking economics, gas tokens, etc.)
Open and permissionless validator sets to increase decentralization and decrease side effects from other ecosystems
Regulatory compliance built in with geo-restrictions and custom permissions
Scale with any virtual machine to maximize performance for all players regardless of network load

Avalanche L1s have been successfully deployed by Deloitte, DeFi Kingdoms, Gunzilla’s Off The Grid, MapleStory, Shrapnel, SK Planet and more.

Faraway’s support of FCHAIN will not only include integration into its growing portfolio of games, it will also incorporate its set of creator, commerce, and developer tools. These tools consist of its Creator Suite powering Dookey Dash: Unclogged’s Creator Mode, its Developer Platform leveraged by major game studios, and its Faraway Shop, a combined UGC Shop and secondary marketplace. Integration into Faraway’s platform will enable any game studio to quickly deploy on FCHAIN and build web3 functionality into their game without needing specialized blockchain knowledge or experience.

About F Foundation

F Foundation provides support for the development, stewardship, and decentralization of the protocols powering FCHAIN. The FCHAIN community drives the adoption and continued improvement of these protocols.

About Faraway

Founded by veterans from Glu Mobile and Scopely, game developer and publisher Faraway is building the premier interoperable gaming ecosystem that combines original IP, a robust developer platform, and a portfolio of games that spans a wide audience of players and features interoperable player-owned content. Games within the Faraway ecosystem include Mini Royale: Nations, Legends of the Mara, Dookey Dash: Unclogged, HV-MTL, Shatterline, Rebel Skies, Serum City, and more. Faraway is backed by a16z, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Sequoia Capital, Pantera Capital, among other top funds in gaming and crypto.

About Avalanche Blockchain Network

Avalanche is a high-performance blockchain platform designed for builders who need to scale. Engineered with a revolutionary three-part Layer 1 (L1) architecture, Avalanche is anchored by its Avalanche Consensus Mechanism, ensuring near-instant finality for transactions. The platform also features an open-source Layer 0 (L0) framework, enabling the seamless creation of interoperable Layer 1 blockchains with high throughput on both public and private networks.

Supported by a global community of developers and validators, Avalanche offers a fast, low-cost environment for building the next generation of decentralized applications (dApps). With its unique blend of speed, flexibility, and scalability, Avalanche is the preferred choice for innovators pushing the boundaries of blockchain technology.