Geetest partners with Axie Infinity for fake account mitigation

Axie Infinity, the multiplayer NFT video game, has partnered with GeeTest, an advanced CAPTCHA provider, to address fake account creation and account fraud caused by bad bots.

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Axie Infinity is a phenomenal non-fungible token-based online video game released in 2018 by Vietnamese developer Sky Mavis. It exceeded more than 1.5 million DAUs in 2021.

The play-to-earn game now attracts more bots which have an unfair advantage over average players when it comes to buying AXS, the cryptocurrency generated by Axie Infinity.

GeeTest CAPTCHA, a bot mitigation provider, helps prevent bots from entering the Axie Infinity marketplace without compromising users’ gaming experience.

Ho Chi Minh City, July 27, 2022 – Axie Infinity has partnered with GeeTest, an advanced CAPTCHA provider, to address fake account creation and account fraud caused by bad bots. Axie Infinity is a multiplayer video game based on NFTs by Sky Mavis, a Vietnamese company. Users can play, earn tokens, and contribute to the ecosystem by breeding Axies and trading AXS. The number of players and in-game transactions has grown steadily over the past couple of years.

Alarmed by growing scams

In August 2021, Axie Infinity reminded gamers in a Twitter post that they should be more careful when downloading the Ronin Mobile Wallet, the official sidechain wallet for Axie Infinity. As AXS, Axie Infinity’s native cryptocurrency has become the trending coin in the crypto market, its wallet, where the transition is happening, becomes the primary target for attackers.

At that time, Axie Infinity used reCAPTCHA to filter bot accounts to ensure transitions were fair for average gamers. However, reCAPTCHA had issues for it to support all devices. Sometimes the CAPTCHA would not load on client devices, preventing them from logging in.

How GeeTest balances security and user experience

Competition among crypto games is fierce, with bot attacks like account fraud also becoming a key threat, companies like Axie Infinity need a security solution that can balance account security without compromising the user experience to win more customers in the competition.

GeeTest has been in the business of bot management and fraud prevention for almost a decade. CAPTCHA is its flagship product. GeeTest Adaptive CAPTCHA is the fourth generation of the GeeTest CAPTCHA series launched in late 2021. It offers a proactive and adaptive approach to detecting and mitigating threats generated by bots.

1. Proactive approaches

GeeTest CAPTCHA images are generated, styled and updated hourly. It ensures that its CAPTCHA challenges are always fresh. The main advantage of bots is that they can test CAPTCHA answers through massive automated queries. Frequent updates to CAPTCHA answers will reduce the time it takes for bots to test and learn the challenge. It also increases the cost of bot operators to some extent, which will prevent them from investing in more bots.

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2. Adaptive methods

GeeTest Adaptive CAPTCHA has security mechanisms as indirect methods unlike direct methods, which CAPTCHA disputes. Adaptive methods can be adjusted based on unique customer requirements. These are POW (proof of work) to limit high frequency requests, IP types and frequency detectors, web simulator detectors, dynamic tokens, etc. These adaptive methods are invisible to average users, so even if the client chooses not to display CAPTCHA challenges, GeeTest still protects their business and ensures individual users have a smooth experience.

Axie Infinity and GeeTest have partnered to mitigate bot threats and account fraud in-game and through crypto transitions. A representative from Axie Infinity remarked, “Our experience with the GeeTest team has been excellent and our players have been happy with the service.”

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About Axie Infinity

Axie Infinity is an NFT-based online video game developed by Sky Mavis and launched in May 2018. It is known for its “play and win” concept and in-game economy that generates blockchain-based cryptocurrencies (AXS and SLP). Axie Infinity creates a crypto gaming universe where players can breed Axies (NFT game characters) and use them to battle for crypto rewards. The game’s daily active users reached 2.3 million in January 2022.

About GeeTest

GeeTest, a CAPTCHA and bot management provider founded in 2012, protects websites, mobile apps and APIs against automated bot-driven attacks, like ATO, credential stuffing, ticket scalping, etc.

GeeTest has been developing human-bot verification technology since 2012 and has been studying bot traffic and intent ever since. Now, it processes 1.6 billion CAPTCHA requests daily and serves businesses in industries such as blockchain, online gaming, e-commerce, and more. GeeTest CAPTCHA has been recognized by Gartner and Forrester in market reports for three consecutive years since 2020.