Ink, a Layer 2 (L2) constructed on the Optimism Superchain, is now reside on mainnet, embarking on its mission to bridge the hole between customers and the builders engineering the way forward for DeFi by making a seamless, linked ecosystem. Initially deliberate for Q1 2025, Ink has launched forward of schedule after a profitable interval of testnet growth, aiming to fulfill demand from the rising neighborhood of builders who’ve rapidly coalesced across the mission.

Ink can be progressing towards Stage 1 decentralization with permissionless fault proofs to boost accountability in January, 2025. This can allow anybody to contest probably invalid transactions and makes Ink extra accountable to its neighborhood of customers.

Customers can now use SuperchainERC20 to simply transfer tokens to Ink from throughout the Superchain ecosystem to entry and deploy belongings with launch companions throughout a number of software sorts, together with bridging, liquid staking, DEX buying and selling, lending and extra.

We unveiled Ink in October, with plans to ascertain it as probably the most compelling ecosystems in DeFi. Inside weeks of that announcement, Ink’s developer discord surpassed 100,000 members, testnet exercise rapidly rose into the thousands and thousands of transactions, from a whole bunch of hundreds of linked wallets, and greater than a dozen infrastructure companions have built-in with Ink.

Ink echoes our unmatched dedication to creating crypto accessible to everybody, aiming to remove the factors of friction which have traditionally made shifting between centralized and decentralized worlds difficult. This consists of enabling customers to effortlessly have interaction with top-tier DeFi functions, protocols and communities in a single, built-in ecosystem.

Ink is concentrated on constructing on the standout success of Ethereum and L2s as we advance our shared goal to make DeFi extra accessible than ever earlier than and speed up the migration of belongings and exercise onchain.

Get began with Ink!

What Builders can do proper now:

1. Entry assets on the Builder hub: Uncover key documentation, onchain-focused SDK with ready-to-use templates, themes and magical animated parts, and rather more. 
2. Apply to take part in our inaugural Hacker Home occasion: Happening within the days previous to ETH Denver, this can be your first likelihood to sit down down and construct side-by-side with the Ink group. 
3. Be a part of our Discord to collaborate with a rising builder neighborhood.
4. Comply with us on X @inkonchain for the newest updates

What Customers can do proper now:

1. Join your crypto pockets to Ink: Start your journey by connecting on to the Ink community (Want a pockets? Obtain Kraken Pockets right here)
2. Bridge funds: The fuel token on Ink is ETH – bridge funds over to interact with all the good functions. 
3. Discover Ink: Try all the newest functions reside on Ink.
4. Be a part of our Discord to collaborate with a rising DeFi neighborhood.
5. Be a part of our Telegram for the newest updates.
6. Comply with us on X @inkonchain for sturdy meme sport.