After four years on Ethereum, gaming project Infected’s launch on Base blockchain went south fast. Despite attracting 130,000 signups in 48 hours, sky-high gas fees and technical issues turned the release into a nightmare. Daily gas usage tripled to 145.8 ETH, leaving users fuming. Base blamed traffic while Infected pointed fingers at EVM scaling problems. Now, Infected’s jumping ship to Solana‘s faster, cheaper network. The drama’s just getting started.
While Base blockchain thought it had scored a major win with the game Infected, it’s now watching that victory slip through its digital fingers. After four years of building on Ethereum, Infected’s launch on Base turned into a technical nightmare, with gas prices going haywire and users left frustrated. Not exactly the smooth rollout everyone hoped for.
Base’s big gaming victory turned sour as Infected’s launch spiraled into chaos, leaving users frustrated and gas prices skyrocketing.
The numbers were impressive at first – 130,000 signups in just 48 hours. But when transaction volumes spiked, Base couldn’t handle the heat. Gas fees shot through the roof, and that sweet momentum Infected had built? Gone. Just like that. The daily gas usage skyrocketed from 43.5 ETH to 145.8 ETH during the launch. Now they’re packing their digital bags and heading to Solana, where the grass is apparently greener and the transactions cheaper.
It’s turned into a classic blockchain he-said-she-said situation. Base insists they didn’t crash, just experienced some heavy traffic. Infected’s team isn’t buying it. They’re pointing fingers at what they call fundamental scaling problems with EVM chains. The Base architect Jesse Pollak attempted to clarify that frontend issues were the real culprit. And let’s be real – when your users are screaming for Solana, you listen.
The migration makes sense on paper. Solana’s got those fancy parallel processing capabilities and can handle way more transactions per second than EVM chains. Sure, it’s had its share of reliability hiccups, but those lower fees and faster speeds are pretty tempting. Base might have Ethereum’s security blanket, but Solana’s got the speed demons covered. The shift comes as quantum computing threats loom over traditional blockchain security measures.
The numbers tell an interesting story too. Base is sitting pretty with $3.05 billion in total value locked, despite a recent 4% dip. Solana’s not exactly crushing it either, with a 15% drop to $6.33 billion.
But Infected’s not just thinking about the present – they’re betting big on Solana, planning to develop all their future games there.
It’s a wake-up call for the Ethereum ecosystem. Being visionary is great and all, but users want their games to work without breaking the bank. Sometimes, you’ve got to give the people what they want. And right now, they want Solana.
