Case Study: Proof of Play scales Pirate Nation with Goldsky Mirror

How Proof of Play rebuilt their infrastructure to handle 25X player growth, achieving 80 Mgas/s throughput while cutting costs by 70%

Proof of Play, a blockchain game studio, faced significant infrastructure challenges as its flagship game Pirate Nation experienced a 25X surge in daily active users. Their previous system, reliant on subgraphs, hit throughput limits that prevented most players from entering the game and required multi-month reindexing for updates. To address this, they partnered with vendor Goldsky and implemented Goldsky Mirror to rebuild their data delivery architecture.

The solution from Goldsky involved a complete rearchitecture of their API layer using Mirror streaming pipelines, migrating to a DynamoDB cluster, and adopting a multichain approach. This implementation resulted in an 80 Mgas/s sustained throughput, 150X faster reindexing, and a 70% reduction in costs. The new infrastructure provided by Goldsky eliminated on-call alarms and deployment anxieties, allowing Proof of Play to seamlessly scale to meet player demand.

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Amitt Mahajan

Chief Executive Officer