PANews reported on April 8 that according to The Block, the Aavegotchi community, a Web3 game ecosystem based on the Aave protocol, passed a proposal with over 95% support and decided to migrate from the Polygon network to Coinbase's Ethereum Layer 2 network Base. As part of the migration plan, the development company Pixelcraft Studios will terminate the operation of its Layer 3 solution "Geist". All on-chain assets including Aavegotchi character NFTs, wearable devices, badges, etc. will be mapped and cast 1:1 on the Base chain; the complete migration is expected to take 4-6 weeks, including the smart contract audit period; the original Polygon contract will be upgraded to read-only mode, prohibiting asset transfers and status changes. The proposal states: "Since 2022, the TVL of the Polygon PoS chain has continued to stagnate or decline. Although the location of the game deployment should not theoretically affect the experience, actual user traffic always follows liquidity."
Pixelcraft Studios has previously streamlined its team to cope with the market downturn. Aavegotchi founder coderdan emphasized: "Although EVM game projects are currently facing challenges, we are still optimistic about the EVM ecosystem in the long term. The Base chain has the greatest long-term growth potential and will become the ideal home for Aavegotchi."
