Dopewars is a street culture version take on @lootproject . Think Grand Theft Auto, on-chain. Inspired by a game on TI-83 calculator… school-kid hackers grew up to be, well, hackers. It started with the 8 item NFT card, Gear.

Today there is an #dopewars ecosystem & DAO fuelled by community contribution. Layer 1 Gear NFTS have been distilled into items on #Layer2 @optimismPBC . Buy the gear on @quixotic_io and build hustlers with compose-able contracts that allow gear to move in and out. Neat. /3

Hustlers & their vehicles are cultural / game assets in a permissionless world. The 'roll your own' game engine was created by a community member @eth_worm . And - guess what - they are deploying the game on @StarkWareLtd It seems all Loot roads lead to Starknet! /4

The DAO funded research on the game. It will be CCO & open source, with modular architecture so other games can use hustlers & their vehicles. In a new web3 paradigm, a community owned idea like @TheDopeWars - & @lootproject - literally has a life of it own. It's a trip. /5

@thedopewars has built across @optimismpbc & @starkwareltd , taking advantage of benefits for diff parts of their ecosystem. Interoperability made possible by @0xmarcello & @OilerNetwork , who are so cutting edge on #Layer2 they must need to leave bandages by their keyboards. /6

Excellent first podcast, @starkwhale . Killer insight on on-chain universes& gaming on #Layer2 I hear @LootRealms will be on soon 🕶. @tarrenceva @lordOfAFew @starkwhale all at the @matchbox_dao , which has a 🔥🧨 future in the on-chain gaming space imo 🚀

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