The finalists Uniswap, Polygon, and security auditors OtterSec faced off in a fiercely contested final, with Uniswap coming victorious.
Uniswap won the 0xMonaco: Battle of Titans Web3 dev gaming competition hosted by MatchboxDAO, a Starkware-based on-chain gaming environment. It was a webcast on Twitch and featured teams from web3 firms such as Ledger, Polygon, Uniswap, NEAR, Yield Guild Games, Chainlink, OKX, and Bybit.
Developers raced in a Mario Kart-style racing game that rewarded technical ability, with each team’s cars representing a smart contract. It was characterized by MatchboxDAO as a web3 version of “chess and poker.”
“Since 2016, I’ve been involved in the Ethereum ecosystem. This is my first time playing a web3 game like this “said Daniel Gretzke, Polygon Labs’ technical lead for smart contracts.
While it is common for web3 games to merely have assets on-chain and not the gameplay itself, 0xMonaco is a completely on-chain game.
Before the race, teams must devise a strategy for each car that includes effectively managing resources for accelerating, launching shells, super shells, or purchasing a shield, all of which cost coins. At the start of the game, each player is given 17,500 coins.
Competitors must predict what other players are planning in addition to coding talents.
“I enjoy this type of competition because it allows you to show your skills,” said Jonathan Giamporcaro, a blockchain research and development engineer at Ledger.
However, it is not the only web3 game that allows developers to exercise their coding muscles. Giamporcaro also told The Block that he enjoys Node Guardians, a platform for web3 developers that provides a variety of coding challenges.
The Uniswap team announced plans to open-source its winning code for 0xMonaco.
