Agora - Optimism's RetroPGF Round 3 Summary

Developer Ecosystem

End User Experience & Adoption

OP Stack

Socket

Project

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socket.tech

Socket is an interoperability bringing seamless connectivity to blockchains.

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46 ballots

Contribution

Socket is an interoperability protocol that powers seamless asset & data transfers for apps across blockchains. 70+ wallets & apps including Metamask, Coinbase Wallet, Bungee, Synthetix, Polynomial, Kwenta, Lyra, Rainbow & Zerion leverage Socket for various cross-chain use cases. Here are our contributions to Optimism: - Enabled onboarding to Optimism right within 30+ wallets, not just from Mainnet but 10+ chains. - Improved cross-chain UX for 10+ Optimism native apps including top options and perp protocols with our open-source 'Socket Plugin' - Refuel, our public good to Optimism enables users to receive gas tokens, with no extra fees - Day 0 bridging support across our 100+ ecosystem for OP-Stack chains like Base, Zora, etc. - Built OP-Stack with Aevo to bring zero-cost L2<>L2 bridging

Contribution links

Bringing bridging to Optimism to millions of wallet users of Metamask

Open-Source bridge widget for developers, used across Synthetix ecosystem

Refuel - public good for free gas top-ups to new users on Optimism

SuperBridge for OP-Stack, launching with Aevo

Day 0 bridging support to Base across 100+ Socket Apps

Impact

Over the last 2 years, Socket has worked to eliminate one of the biggest problems hindering user onboarding and protocol adoption on Optimism. Along with our 100+ ecosystem, we powered seamless cross-chain experiences right within apps, removing any friction to try Optimism. Here is our impact so far: - Bridged $1B+ volume in 2 years across Metamask, Zapper, Zerion, Slingshot, Bungee, Layer3 & 30+ apps - Onboarded 1.5M+ wallets with a simplified 1-click onboarding into Optimism on top OP native apps including Synthetix, Kwenta, Lyra & Polynomial - Facilitated 600K+ gas top-ups to Optimism via our public good Refuel - Facilitated 125K+ transfers to Base & Zora supercharging OP-Stack growth - SuperBridge to Aevo facilitated 10K+ zero-cost transfers, pushing one step closer to Superchain

Impact Metrics

Weekly developer downloads for Plugin

800

Refuel top-ups for gas on Optimism

620K

Wallets using Socket to bridge to OP

1.5M

Bridge TVL locked on SuperBridge to Aevo

990K

Cumulative transfers to OP-Stack Base

80K

Funding sources

Governance fund

Unused by Socket. Directed to users via rebates & 100+ apps enabling OP bridging

500,000.00 OP

Contribution

Impact