Bison Trails Now Supports 'Flow' Blockchain From CryptoKitties Maker Dapper Labs

Blockchain infrastructure-as-a-service firm Bison Trails now allows users to build upon the Flow network from CryptoKitties creator Dapper Labs.Announced Tuesday, Bison clients will be able be able to tap into Flow's "Multi-role" blockchain architecture, which aims to offer a scalable platform as the foundation for future games, apps and digital assets.

Unusually, Flow has five specialized node types that perform specific roles within the ecosystem across "Collection," "Execution," "Consensus," "Verification" and "Access."

Bison Trails users on Flow will be able to take part in the validation of block transactions associated with the network.

Users delegating to Bison Trails' enterprise validators on Flow can also divide their stake equally among four types of participation nodes.

This will make it easier to earn staking rewards regardless of inflation rates on the different node types, Bison Trails said.

Joe Lallouz, Bison Trails CEO, said Flow's multi-role architecture and resource-oriented programming would "Be an asset to the industry at large."

Dapper Labs is best known for developing the popular CryptoKitties, a crypto collectibles app in which users breed and trade digital pets, and more recently the basketball-themed NBA Top Shot.Top Shot, currently in private beta, recently raised $12 million in a funding round led by National Basketball Association stars Spencer Dinwiddie and Andre Iguodala, among others.

Dapper Labs previously used Ethereum but pivoted over scalability issues experienced as CryptoKitties' popularity soared.

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