Axie Infinity players can trade again after previous hack

Nft game Axie Infinity can be played normally again, including making transactions. The makers have opened the Ronin Bridge again for this. This connection has been offline for months after a previous hack.

The company behind Axie Infinity, Sky Mavis, reports in a blog post that the Ronin Bridge can be used again, so that users can easily perform transactions with the Ronin Network again. This is the blockchain behind Axie Infinity. The bridge reopening hard fork, which required all validators to update their software, was successfully completed.

The Ronin Bridge, the connection between the Ronin Network and the Ethereum mainnet, was hacked in late March. That resulted in the theft of 173,600 Ethereum and 25.5 million USDC on the Ronin Bridge in the form of two transactions. End of April orphan the company on a spear-phishing attack that affected an employee. The attackers managed to get in. This employee no longer works at Sky Mavis. The hack was previously linked by the American FBI to the North Korean hacking group Lazarus.

According to the makers, the bridge has been subject to an internal investigation and two external investigations and improvements have been made. For example, the bridge now has a circuit-breaker system that can block large, suspicious cash withdrawals in an emergency. Sky Mavis will also compensate the affected players.

The game Axie Infinity revolves around collecting and training Axies. These are small creatures that can be used to breed new Axies. It is also possible to use these creatures in battles against others. Its purpose is to collect Axie Infinity Shards (AXS) and Smoot Love Potions (SLP). These are Ethereum-based cryptocurrencies. Players can cash out these tokens from within Axie Infinity, allowing them to use their in-game assets in the real world. Axie Infinity was a very popular play-to-earn game.