Immutable one of the popular authentication and the gaming marketplace platform is set out to offer the zero fees for the games. This is the chain that has been designed for the NFTs and the game transaction. So basically when games are deployed with such chains, they pass the in game asset, transactions of the in game items and the NFT and digital assets are hosted on the chain.
Now this chain has decided to absorb the fees so that gamers don't have to pay that high Ethereum fees for moving their assets. Just like Arbitrum, op and base chain, here the fees are absorbed and games don't suffer in the due process.
So what are the benefits of the zkEVM chain?
- Reduced asset transfer cost
- Interoperability across Ethereum chains
- NFT staking, sell, buy and other in game improvements
- Security on Chain
As you can see with zkEVM upgrades many chains on Ethereum have been able to offer the low cost, low expense type transactions on chain. Polygon has variety of benefits and any further layer 3 sidechains like the Immutable just make the niche based chains even more better. As the immutable is not a general purpose chain but more suitable for the gaming. And they have covered the use case specific to the NFT and the gaming infrastructure.
Lot of marketplaces are already connected with this chain which includes gamestop, atomichub, blockscout and others. Some of these would make things easier for you to try out if you are planning on making the in game transactions and don't want to lose much out on the Ethereum world. In such case any chain like OP, Immutable, Polygon and Arbitrum are going to keep your funds safe and losing out on the fees won't be an issue there.
