TL;DR: SOCKET Surge is a month-long initiative to battle-test the throughput and reliability of the upcoming SOCKET chain abstraction protocol. Chain On Top, the first chain-abstracted social strategy game, running on 20+ chains simultaneously via SOCKET, is set to launch in the coming days.

Today, applications need to decide what blockchain to build their application on, how to choose them, how to bring users from all blockchains to their application all while building the core application itself. They also lack flexibility and direct contact with their users as the chains get in the way.

But what if we flipped this dynamic? Instead of chains competing against each other at the expense of applications, what if they worked together to help your application succeed?

That’s what chain abstraction is all about.

Applications built on SOCKET can write verifiable offchain programs that seamlessly coordinate with onchain contracts across any number of chains you want. Moreover, building on SOCKET unlocks abilities for your applications that pure onchain smart-contracts are unable to natively access: Running offchain logic, calling external APIs, reading data from other blockchains — all verifiable onchain.

Now, as we finish development and head towards mainnet, it’s time to do a little showcase, a sneak peek, a little taste of next-level chain abstraction in action.

PowerPuffs, it’s time to surge. 🌊

Introducing SOCKET Surge

SOCKET Surge is a month-long initiative to push the SOCKET protocol to its limits and showcase how powerful chain abstraction can really be.

As a chain abstraction protocol, we’re building for transaction activity that’s going to be higher than anyone has ever seen before — tens of thousands of transactions happening across every chain, abstracted into what feels like just one.

The initiative mainly focuses on just that: testing the protocol’s throughput and reliability.

With SOCKET Surge, we’re giving you a glimpse of what apps without limits can uniquely unlock.

So how are we surging?

Chain On Top, a chain-abstracted social strategy game

We’re surging with Chain On Top — a fully chain-abstracted social strategy game built on SOCKET by @0xRhic, @0xTurboTurt1e, and @SiddakBakshi.

In the game, you and your fellow PowerPuffs coordinate to capture and defend liquidity hubs across multiple chains. You pick a side, back your favorite blockchain, and compete for liquidity to put your chain on top.

Win, and your token rises. Lose and fail to defend your hub, and your chain’s liquidity is looted and migrated to other chains.

Running across 20+ chains, Chain On Top will push SOCKET to its limits — stress-testing throughput and reliability at scale. And we need you, PowerPuffs: play the game, spread the word, and be part of the chain abstraction movement.

Launch is just days away. But no more spoilers. PowerPuffs, go follow Chain On Top on X and turn on notifs for the drop. 👀

The age of chain abstraction is here

SOCKET Surge has begun. The line between onchain and offchain is fading.

PowerPuffs, are you ready? 🌊