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Unpacking Uniswap's Unichain

Uniswap taps the OP Stack for its next big gamble.
Unpacking Uniswap's Unichain
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The Unichain has arrived and could soon become crypto's go-to liquidity hub. Built on the OP Stack, Unichain will enable the highly anticipated UNI fee switch through staking functionality while slashing transaction wait times and tackling the fragmentation challenges imposed by Ethereum's rollup-centric roadmap.

Or at least that's the vision presented by Uniswap founder Hayden Adams and Optimism contributor Karl Floersch when they sat down with Bankless to explain the next evolution of Uniswap and their hopes for an interoperable Ethereum.

Crypto enthusiasts have long speculated about the role application-specific L2s can play in the battle to scale Ethereum while maintaining decentralization, and with today’s unveiling of the Unichain, it's finally time to test how a general-purpose application performs inside of an isolated execution environment.

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Jack Inabinet

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Jack Inabinet is a Senior Analyst with a passion for exploring the bleeding edge of crypto and finance. Prior to joining Bankless, Jack worked as an analyst at HAL Real Estate where he conducted market research and financial analysis for commercial apartment development and acquisition activities in the Seattle region. He graduated from the University of Washington’s Michael G. Foster School of Business.

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