Portal Research Hub | PORTAL information, history and analysis

The Portal platform makes discovering and playing Web3 games seamless and easy. Via a single account layer, mainstream gamers can finally access the biggest network of web3 games with a frictionless experience. Gamers will be able to play games on all chains without needing to bridge/swap/buy additional tokens to play.

The Portal platform consists of the following core products:

• Cross-Chain Coin: $PORTAL is a cross chain coin, leveraging LayerZero’s messaging protocol and aims to be totally chain agnostic. 
• Discovery: Content rich discovery platform uniting web3 games, users can discover and link out to play the top web3 titles in a single place. 
• Gaming Wallet: Non custodial wallet secured through Web2 auth access  (Twitter/Discord/PSN/Twitch) for seamless account creation. Games can integrate with a simple SDK and allow their games to be played anywhere easily.
• Node Network: A validator network securing the core data of the Portal platform. 
• Stake-To-Access: Stake $PORTAL to access the biggest upcoming drops on the Portal Launchpad.
• Portal Launchpad: Discover and access the hottest upcoming NFT and fungible gaming token launches from within the Portal Network. 

PORTAL is a native coin of the Portal ecosystem, operating on Ethereum according to ERC20 standard, and can be used to: 

• Transactions: Users can use $PORTAL in games on the network to purchase game items and other gameplay experiences. 
• Cross-chain fee token: Users can use $PORTAL to pay for cross-chain transaction fees.
• Staking: Users can stake–to-access Tokens and NFTs from the Portal launchpad.
• Nodes: Users can purchase Portal nodes to assist in the validation of the network.