OP Stack Brings Optimism Closer To Superchain Dream

Refusing to stay in the Layer 2 array, Optimism is trying to “expand” its power to other blockchains when launching the OP Stack tool to help networks interact and combine into a chain of alliances. Desiring to position itself as a Superchain, OP Stack turns the Optimism mainnet into a modular blockchain, demonstrating diverse solutions.

What is the OP stack?

OP Stack is the code that powers Optimism’s next-generation architecture. It’s a series of modules that form tight, trusted blockchains. Each of these components implements a specific class of the stack.

Each class of the OP Stack is described by a well-defined API, which a module for that class will fill. You can easily modify existing modules or create entirely new modules of your own to meet the needs of whatever application you are building.

Namely, a series of modules that work together to form unified and trusted blockchains. Each of these components implements a specific layer in the stack.

Each layer of the OP Stack is described by a well-defined API and filled with a module for that layer. Users can easily modify existing modules or create completely new modules of their own to meet the needs of any application under construction.

OP Stack makes blockchain building more accessible than ever, helping developers focus on what matters most.

The solution does not “hit hard” on the future of multi-chain or blockchain alone. Instead, the project focuses on a group of highly interoperable and collaborative blockchains to form an emerging, robust structure of the collective, Superchain.

What problems does the OP Stack solve?

Along the way to developing the Optimism Mainnet, the network discovered two themes that remained unchanged: minimization and modularization. According to the company, since giving up OVM in exchange for EVM parity in 2021, simplicity has been a critical driver of Optimism’s design architecture. Optimism’s EVM equivalent update is still valid today.

Optimism has been developing Bedrock, a next-generation modular architecture, for the last year. They say that the magic starts working once it reaches a steady state. The tweet expressed Optimism by claiming that users copied their program and updated it in a way they never imagined.

Optimism is a case study of how Latticexyz turned Bedrock into a crafting-based voxel game, transforming every action into an online transaction presented at Devcon 6. They also describe how a team hacker created a version of Bedrock with a Game Boy emulator that replaced the executable, thus creating the Game Boy Rollup.

The exciting initiatives that Optimism has taken are the result of a long-term bet on beautiful, standardized open-source software. They argue that when one provides individuals with a powerful and flexible set of tools, nearly anything can be built.

The main problem today with modular blockchains is increasing fragmentation as developers make their own design choices and tradeoffs. This fragmentation problem is similar to Web2 walled gardens, except it is random.

OP Stack addresses this gradual fragmentation by taking a build-in-Web3 approach from an open garden philosophy. All OP chains can enjoy atomic cross-chain matching as long as the OP chains voluntarily participate in the same standard set of sequencers, the unique entity that generates the blocks on each OP chain.

The OP thread may want to do something other than run their own sequencer so they can pay to use Optimism’s shared sequencer they trust. This opens up an alternative monetization method for Optimism in addition to dapps on the current Optimism chain. Finally, any user on Ethereum can send transactions from any endpoint of the ecosystem to each other – no more network switching or bridging.

Besides, incorporating multiple proofs into the OP Stack offers many benefits, of which security is the most notable. There is ample evidence that would prevent an error in any of them from becoming a pattern. This is similar to how many L1 client implementations provide better security overall.

How Does It Work?

The proof system in the OP Stack achieves modularity through standardized on-chain APIs and off-chain actors. This allows for mixing and matching of dispute contracts, facilitating easy swapping of proof schemes.

Standardized Onchain APIs

By standardizing on-chain APIs, Bedrock makes it possible to swap proof schemes as long as they implement the standardized API. This means that new proof schemes can be added on the fly and we can even create a m of n scheme where multiple proof schemes are required for operation of the bridge.

Standardized Offchain Actors

Offchain actors, or bots, communicate with the dispute contracts. This system creates a Maximal Extractable Value (MEV) opportunity that incentivizes behavior and secures the system, while maintaining the principle that playing the dispute game should always be honest profitable as an incentive to ensure its constant play. With this model, we are creating an open network of monitoring actors that can step in to resolve to secure the system.

Superchain Vision

Any user on Ethereum can send transactions from any endpoint of the ecosystem to each other. No more network switching or bridging

That vision gave birth to Optimism’s emerging “Super Chain” structure, where hundreds/thousands of OP chains would be fully interoperable on Optimism and connected by the same technical fabric. Rolling out compilations will be no more difficult than spinning ERC20 tokens, accelerating the pace of Web3 experimentation and innovation.

With the increased flexibility in configurations that OP Stack shared modules allow, developers continuously recycle reusable code that previous developers used, thus making for code that is more powerful and more resistant to hacks and bugs.

For instance, when the Lattice team built OPCraft, they designed it with a much higher gas limit per block than Optimism’s own chain. In that different configuration, they found some bugs that were not obvious before.

The Future of OP Stack

OP Stack is the first step in the rapid evolution of highly interoperable Layer 2 and Layer 3. These will be called op-chains in the Optimism ecosystem. By sharing and contributing back to a hard, standardized, and modular codebase, all of these systems can work together to contribute to the future of Ethereum.

It is anticipated that an entirely new emergent structure will arise due to the power of OSS. In addition, they believe that the boundaries between future op chains will disappear thanks to standard communication and sequencing layers, leading to an emerging network of composable sequences that will eventually appear to human end users as a single logic: Superchain.

In the future, the boundaries between op-chains will disappear, forming a single logical Superchain, and opening up collective resources for many different op-chains to be plugged into.

Conclusion

The Bedrock upgrade and its multi-proof support align with Optimism’s vision of a scalable network without disrupting ecosystems, applications, or the ability to work together. As work on the stack continues, it will become easier to plug in and configure the various modules. As the Superchain begins to take shape, the OP Stack can grow, including a messaging infrastructure that allows different chains to work seamlessly. OP Stack becomes what Optimism needs.

As the only L2 ecosystem designed for multi-client, multi-evidence simplicity, Optimism will lead the industry towards a safer, more adaptable, more collaborative, and optimistic future.

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