Softbank joins Oasys as a validator | coindesk JAPAN | Coindesk Japan

Game-focused blockchain Oasys announced on February 16 that SoftBank will participate as a validator.

Oasys is a blockchain project specializing in games with the concept of “Blockchain for Games”. The initial validators (chain operator) consist of a total of 21 companies, including major game companies such as Bandai Namco Labs, Sega, and Square Enix, and three Web companies, and four additional companies participate as the second group of validators. is decided, and Softbank will be one of them.

Oasys Director Daiki Moriyama commented on the significance of SoftBank’s participation, saying, “In addition to the stability of the Oasys chain and the expansion of the ecosystem, we are also looking at business collaboration as a further development.”

“Oasys’ flexible, user-centric architecture meets the needs of both users and IP content holders,” said Keiichi Makizono, Executive Vice President and CIO of SoftBank. Says.

In the medium term, we plan to consider opening up validator participation to the general public in order to further decentralize the network.

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