# PLAY Backgrounder PLAY is a layer 0 protocol that enables AI agents to transact autonomously in games and social apps by bringing web2 games onchain. Any game, any chain, any platform. * PLAY is #1 in its category: turbocharging games with crypto rails, agents, and Telegram distribution. * PLAY is the onramp to blockchain & AI - the easiest way for traditional studios to futureproof their games. * ETFs are onboarding tradfi. PLAY is onboarding trad gaming. The US election changed everything. The great migration has started. * $PLAY is a cultural movement. Agents don't have bank accounts. Gamers want to own their in-game items. Both need games to move onchain. Join the revolution. * The PLAY north star is (3b,3t). The movement doesn’t stop until 3B gamers onchain, 3T agents ingame. (3b,3t) * Autonomous agents and human gamers spend their days in game worlds and social networks. But they remain shackled. * Agents don't have bank accounts. Gamers want to own their in-game items and make payments on crypto rails. Both need games to move onchain. * PLAY is bringing traditional games onchain with a tech stack that enables abstracted in-game wallets, onchain game items, onchain payments, and AI dev tools, which allows agents and gamers to own and transact freely within game worlds. * PLAY allows these onchain games to be played directly within social apps like Telegram, YouTube, and Discord, bringing autonomous agents and transactions into every social network. * PLAY lets agents and humans live freely inside games. Product * Tooling: A turnkey solution to plug blockchain and AI into any game in days, not years * Distribution: ‘pump fun’ for publishing fun onchain games directly in social apps like Telegram, Discord, and YouTube * Launching games on every platform: Apple & Android, Mobile & PC, Unity & Unreal, EVM, SVM & Move * Abstracted everything: wallets, chains, accounts, co-pilots * The only tech stack needed to launch a game economy, monetization, UA, and UGC {% embed url="" %} *** {% embed url="" %} --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://playnetwork.gitbook.io/play/play-backgrounder.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.