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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