Liquidityre-stakingprotocolSwellplanstojoinOptimism’sSuperchainecosystemtolaunchanoptimisticrolluponOPStack.HavingpreviouslyaimedtobuildaLayer2chainusingPolygon’schaindevelopmentkit(CDK),SwellannouncedthatitwillmakeastrategicshifttofocusonOPStack.However,SwellemphasizedthatitremainsconfidentinthecollectiveecosystemthatPolygonhascreated.
Thisproject,whichwillbecarriedoutincollaborationwithOPLabs,willjointheSuperchainecosystem,whichincludesotherLayer2rollupprojectssuchasCoinbase’sBase,Kraken’sInk,Zora,Mode,andSNAXchain.AtestnetisalsoexpectedtobelaunchedsoonfortheLayer2chain,whichisstillindevelopment.
AllchainsintheOptimismSuperchainecosystemuseoptimisticrollupstoreducetransactioncostsonEthereum,providingamorecost-effectiveinfrastructurefordecentralizedapplications.ThisecosystemisgovernedbyaDAOcalledOptimismCollective.
Swell’sOPchainwilluseETHinsteadofrswETHasagastoken.TheprojectwillalsoallocateaportionofitssequencerrevenuestoOptimismCollective,amovethatalignswithplansforallchainsintheSuperchainecosystem.ItisestimatedthatSwellcouldreceiveasignificantgrantfromtheOptimismFoundationforthistransition;Kraken’sInkprojectisalsoknowntohavereceivedasimilargrant.
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