Apple’s 2008 App Store proved that friction free distribution plus indie creativity can build a trillion dollar platform. @AbstractChain is replaying that playbook for Web3. 1. Early App Store playbook Open publishing let solo developers reach millions overnight. Simple titles such as Doodle Jump, Angry Birds, and Temple Run drove the first billion downloads. Built-in payments and rankings turned virality directly into revenue with minimal marketing spend. 2. Abstract shows the same signals The portal has already crossed 1.5m monthly users, 3m cumulative wallets, and 97m on-chain actions. More than 70 apps are live (mostly lightweight indie games), and together they have generated over $25m in revenue. Hits are already popping: - @MoodyMights logged 8m plays in its first month. - @deathfungame hit 1.8m plays in its second month. - @onchainheroes sold out 10k nfts instantly, with about 10k ETH in total secondary volume as of Jul 15. - @gacha_game_ wrapped season 1 with 500k users and 4m cards scratched. Average session length is 9min, and roughly 35% of wallets return the following week, engagement levels rarely seen in crypto. Now, @officialmodhaus will bring in 290k users and millions of k-pop fans, while @Treasure_DAO plans to migrate its entire ecosystem. 3. Distribution engine baked into the chain XP quests push every new release to users on day one, giving instant visibility. The AGW offers email login, sponsored gas, and one credential across all apps, removing the usual crypto friction. Leaderboard and referral loops convert discovery into viral growth, so devs begin with a hungry audience rather than marketing spend. 4. XP is the equity the App Store never issued Every play, review, or deploy mints on-chain XP. Project documents signal that XP will map to governance weight, airdrops, or tiered perks. Earning XP now is the closest play to buying early App Store upside in 2008. So if you would have backed the App Store before it dominated mobile, the equivalent move today is to have fun and stack XP, or launch an app on Abstract.