Worldcoin, an innovative crypto project led by Sam Altman, recently launched its World App and announced a partnership with Optimism Collective to migrate it from Polygon to the Optimism’s OP Mainnet. With more than 1.6 million beta sign-ups and 500,000+ monthly active users, the migration to Optimism's network is expected to increase access for the users of World App.

The Worldcoin Foundation anfing Tools for Humanity said this collaboration was made possible due to Worldcoin’s alignment with the Optimism ecosystem since December 2020 when the project first started working on Hubble. The World App Beta was first released using Hubble, before its eventual migration to Polygon’s proof-of-stake network.

World App gives its users the ability to manage their own World ID (a tool for proving personhood online) and a range of cryptocurrencies including Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH), Dai (DAI), USDC and Worldcoin’s own token. By migrating to Optimism's OP Mainnet, cost of transactions on layer-2 of Ethereum are expected to reduce by a factor of 10.

Ben Jones, Director at Optimism Foundation, expressed his pleasure and excitement over Worldcoin’s decision to join the Optimism ecosystem with the World App wallet. He further stated that this collaboration will be a key milestone towards decentralized governance and identity.

Optimism’s Superchain is an upcoming network of Layer 2s that share its security and communication layers and the OP Stack. The Superchain will merge its mainnet with a range of other Chains, forming a unified network of OP Chains. This is expected to open up new possibilities for scalable and decentralized computing.

Coinbase recently also played its part in developing the Superchain by contributing it’s Layer-2 network, “Base”. With Worldcoin’s migration to the network and Coinbase’s involvements, Optimism’s Superchain is expected to change the landscape of Ethereum’s scalability landscape significantly.



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