Optimism

What are you building?: Vesper Finance is a multi-chain yield aggregator offering users secure opportunities to generate yield on their crypto assets in a non-custodial manner. Vesper emphasizes safety and simplicity with 50+ smart contract audits and a sleek, intuitive UI. Why do you believe what you are building is going to succeed?: We believe DeFi as a whole is still in its infancy, but that in the years ahead it will play a pivotal role in global finance. Everything we build is based…

What are you building? tBTC is a decentralized, permissionless, and censorship-resistant Bitcoin bridge. However, Bitcoin holders cannot leverage their BTC in the Optimism ecosystem in a trust-minimized way. With the launch of tBTC v2 3 it’s now possible to bridge Bitcoin to Ethereum in a trust-minimized way. We propose a solution to bridge tBTC to Optimism in the near-term. To make the user experience of bridging tBTC from L1 to Optimism as seamless as possible and to avoid the…

What are you building?: RabbitHole is a token distribution platform that enables users to earn ERC20 tokens for completing on-chain tasks in various protocols. RabbitHole makes it easy for protocols to distribute tokens in quick, ad-hoc quests, all on-chain through its Quest Protocol. Why do you believe what you are building is going to succeed?: We’ve already demonstrated success through Quests, and want to use the grant to supercharge efforts. How many users does your project have…

What are you building?: PayTrie is a stablecoin on/off ramp serving users in Canada. We provide the quickest, easiest and cheapest way to buy/sell stablecoins. We currently support stablecoins on ERC-20, BEP-20, Polygon, Arbitrum and SportX networks. This is the first time that users can buy stablecoins in Canada directly on the network of their choice, without having to jump through hoops/bridging etc. We are looking to make on/off ramping stablecoins onto Optimism just as easy for Canadian…

What are you building?: Optiland NFT series consists of 4 NFT collections - Optimistic Bunnies, Pixel Bunnies, Optiland Citizens, and Sad Bunnies. Optimistic Bunnies NFT was the first NFT collection to deploy on Optimism. The 4 collections have around 9000 holders combined, making it one of the largest NFT communities on Optimism. We also donated more than 6ETH toward Optimism Public Goods Funding. We look to continue our collaboration with other dapp projects in the Optimism…

Metalswap is a decentralized hedging swap protocol that provides a tool for protecting assets from market volatility. This unique financial primitive is built from scratch and is currently unique in the DeFi market. The hedging swap tool is commonly used in centralized commodity markets such as the London Metal Exchange. Metalswap’s mission is to enable businesses to cover themselves from commodity price volatility using a DeFi approach. The tool is also useful for DeFi users who want to hedge…

"What are you building? Fairmint 5 lets founders give their community skin in the game. Using smart-contracts, Fairmint developed a software stack that empowers founders to passively receive investments from their biggest fans and grant equity to anyone that adds value. All this onchain in a fully disintermediated and compliant way. Why do you believe what you are building is going to succeed? Better user experience. Using Fairmint, founders can raise funds using USDC (on top of traditional…

What are you building? dForce is a complete set of DeFi protocols covering assets, lending, and trading, serving as DeFi infrastructure in Web3. Why do you believe what you are building is going to succeed? dForce started off as a stablecoin protocol and developed into a complete ecosystem of DeFi protocols, breaking down the ‘silo’ barriers and allowing us to capitalize on liquidity, which is a much more efficient model than a standalone protocol seeking liquidity from the open…

What are you building?: Bored Town’s mission is “No utilities, no roadmap, just art” and we’ve grown into a thriving community on Optimism. We encourage engagement and contributions from members through quests, town halls, cross-promotions, and giveaways. Our active Discord and Twitter followings help us promote NFT art and support artists and collectors. We’re dedicated to supporting new artists by showcasing their work and providing resources and guidance. Recently, our founder launched the…

What are you going to build?: Another World is a cross-NFT-community open-world game with playable L1/L2 (Optimism) NFTs. In Another World, you can be an NFT avatar to reconnect with web3 friends, hunt treasures, and experiment with how to live inside a digital world. We are currently having small-scale play tests with NFT holders from BAYC, Azuki, CloneX, and OnChainMonkey

What are you going to build?: Our team is currently focused on creating an interoperable domain name for the OP Stack, aiming to enable each deployed chain to deploy its own web3 domain permissionlessly independently. This approach will facilitate seamless user onboarding from the main Optimism chain to the deployed chains. We have spent considerable time designing the domain model, with the primary objective of optimizing benefits for the Optimism community. As a forward-thinking initiative,…

What are you going to build?: Infinity Keys is a platform for fun, DaVinci Code-style challenges that create community engagement. There are 3 “Keys” to the platform. A mystery puzzle game: Secret society-themed challenges, story, and community. Play h ttps://www.infinitykeys.io/puzzle/the-society to advance to level 1 in IK Discord (claim reward NFT on Optimism). This build proposal is to create a number of Infinity Keys core quests that exclusively mint rewardable NFTs on Optimism…