Interpretation of OP Stack's latest route: Application demands force technological change

Today, Optimism issued an announcement announcing that L3 built using OP Stack can now join the Superchain. L3 can be built on OP Stack and share revenue with Optimism Collective, thereby accessing the Superchain builder network and qualifying for Retro funding, airdrops, growth events, and more. Odaily will analyze this change and the story behind it in this article.

Interpretation of Development Plan

Basic Concepts and Announcement Analysis

First of all, What is OP Stack? OP Stack is an open standard code base that supports super chain development. It is not limited to L2 chain and DApp developers (well-known cases include Base, Zora Network, etc.), and the L3 ecosystem can also be used.

Another important question, What is a Superchain? Hyperchain is a major vision of Optimism, conceived as a network of multiple decentralized L2 chains (now also including L3) that share security, communication layers and open source technology OP Stack. These chains have standardized features and interchangeable network resources to enhance chain interoperability and enable developers to create DApps targeting the entire super chain.

The latest announcement from Optimism can be understood as saying that developers who use OP Stack to build L3 can also join Optimism’s super chain development map and enjoy the benefits of overall ecological development. For these L3s, direct benefits include Retro funding, airdrops, and growth activities, and these joining L3s will return part of their income to Optimism Collective.

However, it should be noted that the current OP Stack technology for L3 is not fully mature, especially in terms of interoperability, which still needs to be improved.

Are application demands forcing technological changes?

Why did Optimism make this change? The official announcement lays out the technology and vision at length, but what may actually be most important is this:

L3 can provide chain and DApp developers with a new, more cost-effective way to build. We're already seeing this trend with Base, which is rapidly expanding support for L3 on top of its original base.

It is not difficult to see that what this point points to should be the L3 Degen on the Base chain. The story behind this can be traced back to a story that happened on Warpcast a month ago: Binji Pande, the head of

Optimism NFT, posted a message asking: "Why does DEGEN L3 use Arbitrum Orbit technology instead of OP Stack." (Note : Arbitrum Orbit is a chain development tool launched by the Arbitrum team)

Degen co-developer Syndicate replied at the bottom of the article: "The ability to support custom Gas tokens is a big advantage!" (OP Stack does not support custom Gas tokens, so we don’t use them)

Then OP Labs product director Zain Bacchus replied: “Custom Gas tokens will be launched this quarter. . “

Any updates?

This update includes custom Gas tokens and Plasma mode.

First, OP Stack will support L3 custom Gas tokens. Projects that have built communities around existing L2 native tokens can now leverage their tokens as Gas tokens to develop their communities into L3 ecosystems. This also reduces the entry cost for new users. There is no need to deposit Gas tokens into L2 through expensive L1 operations, and then enter L3. They only need to perform low-cost L2 deposit operations in L3.

The optionality of the Data Availability (DA) layer is another key building block for developers to build low-cost chains. The Plasma model allows all developers to choose their own DA layer based on the use of OP Stack to reduce transaction costs while minimizing security challenges and management costs. OP Stack will successively integrate multiple data availability layers.

Looking forward, this opens a framework for L3 developers to participate in the hyperchain ecosystem and help shape the future of scalability, while also benefiting from the contributions of other builders.

Conclusion

Now that various chains are blowing out, whether L1, L2 or L3 are no longer scarce. When there are too many "gold diggers", it becomes a "shovel seller". On the contrary, it is the most stable and effective way of doing business. It can be seen from the latest announcement that Optimism is actively adapting to market demand and aims to build OP Stack into the ultimate weapon to realize the super chain vision.

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