Optimism

What are you going to build?: Storage-proof verifiers that will allow smart contracts deployed on Optimism to access current and historical Ethereum on-chain data in a trustless manner. These codebases would allow anyone to verify any past or current headers, state, and storage values of contracts deployed on Ethereum to other contracts deployed on Layer 2 chains in a trustless manner. Why is what you are going to build going to succeed?: Smart contracts on Optimism do not natively…

What are you building?: Footprint Analytics is a data platform blending web2 and web3 data with abstractions. We help analysts, builders, and investors turn blockchain data into insights with accessible visualization tools and a powerful multi-chain API across 20+ chains for NFTs, GameFi and DeFi. We also provide Footprint Growth Analytics to help with effective growth in GameFi and any web3 projects. Why do you believe what you are building is going to succeed?: Blockchain is still a…

What are you going to build?: DeNotify is a Crypto Alert Engine. It allows users to create custom alerts that monitor blockchains 24/7 and trigger notifications receiving messages on various platforms. Why is what you are going to build going to succeed?: We launched RoboVault, a DeFi product in July 2021 and were one of the first protocols to successfully operate delta neutral strategies that protected against Impermanent Loss. During its active period, RoboVault generated over $2M…

Project Details The solution for token communities to build relationships, work together and vote. Manage members, coordinate tasks, facilitate structured discussions & decisions, and hold each other accountable. What are you going to build?: With thousands of users already using CharmVerse, we want to extend our support to the Optimism ecosystem. Here are a couple of use cases directly applicable to Optimism: Grant submission, voting and post-grant tracking a) Reddit-like forum for…

We will bring a simple dungeon game, Chaintrap, to Optimism Goerli. We are requesting a modest grant to achieve this. After the successful completion of this project, we anticipate to be well-positioned first (1) to deploy Chaintrap to mainnet and then (2) to bring a more ambitious project to Optimism: our ultimate goal is to build a multi-chain game development platform. With this project, we take a modest first step towards that ultimate goal. Why propose a simple game project if our…

Introduction: AirGap is an secure and airgapped self-custody wallet solution which is completely open source and free to use. The solution is comprising of two applications: AirGap Vault, installed on any mobile phone that is disconnected from the network (LTE, NFC, Bluetooth or WLAN) and hence transforms a dedicated or spare mobile device into an airgapped cold wallet. The Vault allows for random private key generation, secret storage, secret recovery and continuous check for connectivity…

Project description (please explain how your project works): Via is a cross-chain liquidity aggregator that aims at solving much of the complexity of living in a multichain world by providing cheap, fast, and seamless any-to-any token swaps with a polished and intuitive interface with all info about built routes in one modal menu. Via Protocol is composed of two products: Via Router, Via SDK. Via Router Via performs any-to-any swaps within 30 seconds after automatically scanning over 70…

Project description (please explain how your project works): The optimistic Series is providing unique content exclusively about the DEFI Optimism Ecosystem that does not exist yet, as far as i know. It will include the following Educational contents: The Optimistic Newsletter: A bi-weekly newsletter covering the following topics: Governance/Technical updates On-chain analysis Project Update Crypto Market review Farming strategy: (being an Interactive community section where i select…

Sonne Finance is an EVM-compatible lending/borrowing protocol that launched on Optimism. Sonne Finance provides peer-to-peer lending solutions that are fully decentralized, transparent, and non-custodial. Similar to (and based on) existing lending platforms, users can lend any supported assets on our platform and use their capital to borrow supported assets. Currently supported assets: DAI USDT USDC WETH OP sUSD WBTC SNX wstETH Sonne aims to be the prime lending platform on…

Project description (please explain how your project works): Parcel is the marketplace for the next generation of gaming, designed to serve anyone seeking interactive virtual experiences. The platform enables users to buy and sell in-game items including rare collectibles, land, and other NFTs that have utility across web3 games and virtual worlds in the metaverse. Our product offering: 1. Marketplace (B2C) — We currently support over 20 games & virtual worlds on ETH, and are in the…

Project description (please explain how your project works): We propose an impartial third-party journalistic approach to improve awareness across the Optimism ecosystem. To do so, we will post a weekly blog and podcast to discuss current updates, active projects, contributions, and goals, as determined by Grants Council and community guidance. Our team will be able to help aggregate and filter information for the wider community by: 1. Concisely presenting new projects that deploy on…

Project description (please explain how your project works): The crypto world suffers from general over-complication and unbearable user experience that dissuade people from getting involved. Nested is a crypto trading/investing platform that breaks that trend by revolutionizing the accessibility to web3 in a way that is unprecedentedly simple, social and safe. We provide a tool that enables people who know about crypto, and those who do not, to make money off each other in a way that is…