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Optimism Mainnet

Optimism Mainnet

Network Discontinued

This network has been discontinued

Due to the low use of the network by the WPSmartContracts user community, we have decided not to continue maintaining this network (s). This is effective starting with WPSmartContracts version 1.3.6. If you wish, you can use it, but you will need to downgrade the plugin to the 1.3.5 version

For general Optimism information:

Go to Optimism Network page

Native Coin

Optimism's native currency is Ether, but Optimism is a Layer 2 network, therefore you must use a bridge to move your Ether from the Ethereum network to Optimism.

Connect to Metamask

To connect to the network you need to have Metamask installed on your browser

Network Name

Optimistic Ethereum Mainnet

RPC URL

https://mainnet.optimism.io

Chain ID

10

Currency Symbol

ETH

Block Explorer URL

https://optimistic.etherscan.io/

You don't need to setup Metamask networks manually. You can switch automagically to any supported network using the plugin

Learn how

Bridge Ether

Here are some ways to get your Ether to Optimism.

The teleporter

A custodial gateway that allows you transfer up to 0.05 ETH

https://portr.xyz/

The Optimism Gateway

The official Optimism Gateway, which costs more but allows for larger transfers

https://gateway.optimism.io/

Hop

An exchange for Optimism Ether

https://app.hop.exchange/send?token=ETH&sourceNetwork=ethereum&destNetwork=optimism

Fiat on ramp

You can also buy Optimism directly with Fiat

Banxa Mt. Pelerin Transak

Smart Contracts Deployment

You can deploy the following contract to Optimism

Matcha: NFT Collection

Smart Contracts Verification

Your contracts will be automatically verified in the optimistic.etherscan.io explorer

Smart Contracts Ownership

If you want to check ownership of your contract please refer to the Ownership Help section.

Optimism Testnet

Native Coin

The coin used for testnet in Optimism is the Kovan Testnet coin, meaning that you need some Kovan Ether to bridge to Optimism.

Kovan

Go to faucet

Connect to Metamask

Network Name

Optimistic Kovan Testnet

RPC URL

https://kovan.optimism.io

Chain ID

69

Currency Symbol

ETH

Block Explorer URL

https://kovan-optimistic.etherscan.io/

You don't need to setup Metamask networks manually. You can switch automagically to any supported network using the plugin

Learn how

Bridge Ether

You can bridge Kovan Ethers to Optimism using the same Official Bridge, but connected to Kovan network.

The Optimism Gateway

The official Optimism Gateway

https://gateway.optimism.io/ Ethereum Classic Arbitrum One