Why upgrade if PQ signatures are not yet proven? The dirty secret of efforts to upgrade blockchains to post-quantum cryptography is that no one is sure if any of them work. None of the signatures being considered by major blockchains as quantum-resistant upgrades have been 100% proven to work. Until a quantum computer is invented, we won’t know for certain if they can successfully protect against an attack. Some may fall to an attack even before Q Day using existing computer technology. The National Institute of Standards and Technology tested 69 post-quantum candidate algorithms, and two of them — Rainbow and SIKE — were broken with classical computers during testing. The three digital signature schemes it recommends are its best guess as to which ones are most likely to survive a quantum attack. It selected the lattice-based CRYSTALS-Dilithium (ML-DSA) as the primary scheme, another lattice-based scheme called Falcon (FN-DSA) for use cases that demand smaller signatures an...
Pixels founder says stick with crypto, AI won’t make you rich
Luke Barwikowski, founder of the popular Web3 farming game Pixels, reckons artificial intelligence probably isn’t your golden ticket to millionaire status.
More and more Web3 gaming companies have been banging the AI drum louder than usual.
“Everyone is focused on AI — but there’s very little chance for the public to have significant wealth creation there,” Barwikowski said in an X post.
“You weren’t allowed into the private rounds of OpenAI or Anthropic, VCs were,” he said, emphasizing to his followers not to throw in the towel on crypto, as it is still an area where the everyday battler can get a swing at upside opportunities.
Web3 gaming giant Animoca Brands recently furthered its interest in AI with its Feb. 3 launch of Animoca Minds, a service that allows users to deploy and operate persistent AI agents.
“Animoca Minds provides anyone curious about AI with a streamlined, white‑label experience that simplifies the process of deploying and maintaining AI agents,” Animoca said in a recent statement.
Content creators are also looking to move to the shiny new narrative.
Blockchain gaming YouTuber Web3 Wasley said in a recent video he was pivoting to AI content over Web3 gaming because, in his words, “since the Axie crash, there has been no single game that has captured enough players to make me feel like I want to dive in deep with content.”
“None of them warrant enough of a community in my opinion,” he said. Not everyone is as bearish, however. Gaming content creator “Iceyy” said that crypto gaming is far from dead and that a “handful” of games are seeing success with the risk-to-earn model.
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Axie co-founder steps away from Web3 Gaming industry for ‘defense’
NFT blockchain game Axie Infinity founder Aleksander Larsen is stepping back from the Web3 gaming day-to-day grind and has dropped a slightly cryptic hint about what’s next on his agenda.
“Where I’m putting my energy: Defence,” Larsen said in an X post, after explaining that he will be stepping down from his operational role at Sky Mavis, Axie Infinity and Ronin Network.
“I’m staying on as a shareholder, board member, and long-term advocate,” he added.
It comes not long after fellow co-founder Jeffrey Zirlin (JiHo) declared that Axie Infinity, the poster child for play-to-earn games, is set to take “much larger risks” in 2026.
Larsen linked his decision back to the 2022 Ronin Network hack, a $620 million exploit that shook the Axie Infinity ecosystem and became one of the largest crypto breaches ever.
The attack, which was later blamed on North Korean hackers, sent the Axie Infinity (AXS) token sliding and pushed the company into crisis mode.
“Leading the crisis management of that situation changed me,” he said, adding that he no longer “takes security for granted.”
“It was a stark reminder that some adversaries are more sophisticated, persistent, and well-funded than others. Not all competition is friendly,” he added.
Larsen founded Sky Mavis alongside Jeffrey Zirlin (JiHo), Trung Nguyen, Tu Doan and Andy Ho. Zirlin recently admitted that few expected Axie to “strike back” to its peak during the COVID-19 pandemic, when it reached around 2.8 million daily active users.
Illivium will release Overworld ahead of schedule: Kieran Warwick
The countdown to Illuvium’s open-world adventure Overworld may be shorter than expected, with founder Kieran Warwick saying it’s coming “much sooner than planned.”
“We are targeting December 2026,” Warwick said in an X post. “We can do this by cutting out the things that are massively resource-intensive while keeping the things people love and will love,” he said.
“No more ambiguity on the release dates of 3 years from now.”
“What comes next after launch will be driven by player demand,” Warwick said.
In Overworld, you’re basically a ranger let loose on a planet after a spaceship crash, scrapping for resources, upgrading your gear, and hunting down over 100 Illuvials — each with their own abilities — to use across the rest of the game.
Overworld has gone through a few beta rounds over the years, and Warwick said the feedback from those who have tested the game has been “fantastic and helped us shape the final vision.”
Warwick addressed the current volatile climate of the crypto gaming market, opening his thread with “this is not another gaming shutdown notice, so you can breathe a sigh of relief.”
It was only on Jan. 26 that the developers of Ronin-based pixel art MMORPG, Forgotten Runiverse, announced the game would be closing down until further notice.
Warwick admits it hasn’t been an easy environment to thrive in. “The last six months have been tough, to say the least. Sentiment in crypto is now at an all-time low. And crypto gaming is even lower,” he said.
“Illuvium pushes on. I promised six years ago that we would give it our all, and we are still in a position to come out of this bear market strong, with games that people in both mainstream and crypto want to play,” he added.
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— Registrations are now open for the Sui x EVE Frontier hackathon, kicking off on March 11, with $80,000 in prize money on the table.
— Yield Guild Games has launched a new Web3 puzzle game, WaifuSweeper, on the Abstract blockchain, blending “Minesweeper-style logic with gacha-driven collection.”
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