'Insane' ETH fees delay launch of Aavegotchi NFT game
“Aavegotchi on L2 means no gas fees, faster transaction confirmations, and a great gaming experience," said the project. Decentralized finance project Aavegotchi is pushing back the mainnet launch of its non-fungible token digital collectible game due to high activity on the Ethereum blockchain.According to a Tweet from its team today, Aavegotchi will be postponing the Jan. 4 launch of its game in response to the “insanely high gas costs” and “extreme volatility” on Ethereum. The project also stated it will "most likely" migrate to the Matic Network — a smart-contract platform and layer....
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