Wormhole now supports Unichain, the DeFi-native Ethereum L2 built to be the home for liquidity across chains. This integration establishes Wormhole as an interoperability provider for Unichain, enabling seamless asset transfers across blockchain networks.
What is Unichain?
Unichain is a Layer 2 network developed by Uniswap Labs, designed specifically for optimizing DeFi and cross-chain liquidity. Built on the OP Stack and part of the Optimism Superchain, Unchain launched as the first Stage 1 Rollup on day 1 featuring a fully functioning permissionless fault proof system that allows for network-wide trustless security.
Benefits of Unichain
Unichain offers several unique advantages for DeFi users and developers:
- Near-Instant Transactions: One-second block times at launch and eventually reducing to 200-250 milliseconds, significantly improving market efficiency
- Cost-Effective: ~95% reduction in transaction costs through optimized Layer 2 scaling
- Enhanced Decentralization: Soon, Unichain will have full node verification and the Unichain Validation Network for increased security while maintaining efficiency
- MEV Protection: With TEE-based block building coming soon, transparent block building and transaction ordering will help minimize extractable value loss
These innovations are open source, allowing any rollup to adopt and build upon Unichain’s foundation.
How To Transfer Assets To or From Unichain
Users can transfer assets between Unichain and any of Wormhole’s 35+ connected blockchains via Portal:
Head to Portal
Connect your Wallet
Select Unichain as with either the Source or Target chain for your transaction
Complete the transfer process
How to Connect Your App to Unichain
If you are a developer wanting to enable token transfers to and from Unichain, you can achieve this with just three lines of code via Wormhole Connect. Connect allows developers to integrate wrapped and native token transfers directly into their application UIs, enabling seamless transfers across Wormhole’s 35+ connect blockchains, not just Unichain, secured by the Wormhole Guardians.
To start integrating Connect and enabling your application on Unichain, check out the NPM package to get started.
About Wormhole
Wormhole is the leading interoperability platform that powers multichain applications and bridges at scale. Wormhole provides developers access to liquidity and users on over 30 of the leading blockchain networks, enabling use cases that span DeFi, NFTs, governance, and more.
The wider Wormhole network is trusted and used by teams like Circle and Uniswap Labs. To date, the platform has facilitated the transfer of over 40 billion dollars through over 1 billion cross-chain messages. To learn more about Wormhole, follow on Twitter, join the Discord, or read more on the blog.