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Ronin Goes L2: 20x Inflation Cut, EigenDA & Gaming Chain Economics
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Ronin Network completed its migration from sidechain to Ethereum Layer 2 at block 55,577,490 — slashing RON inflation from 20% to under 1% and unlocking sequencer revenue the old architecture couldn't capture. This episode breaks down the economic reset, EigenDA adoption, Proof of Distribution validators, and what Ronin's move means for every gaming chain still running on an isolated sidechain.
Audio is available on Spreaker — see link below.
Ronin just completed one of the most structurally significant economic resets any gaming chain has attempted. At block fifty-five million, five hundred seventy-seven thousand, four hundred ninety, on May twelfth, Axie Infinity's Ronin network migrated from an independent sidechain to an Ethereum Layer two built on the OP Stack.
RON's annual inflation has been slashed from over twenty percent to under one percent. That's a twenty-times reduction.
Ronin also adopted EigenLayer's EigenDA for data availability. Instead of posting transaction data on-chain to Ethereum, EigenDA stores it off-chain while preserving verifiability.
Governance shifts to token-weighted voting, giving RON holders direct control over buybacks, treasury allocation, and DeFi initiatives. That's a meaningful change from the previous structure.
The migration risks deserve a direct assessment. The ten-hour downtime window is now behind them, but mainnet hard forks carry execution risk regardless of preparation.
The broader pattern is worth stating plainly. Ronin is a template test.
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