Base and Optimism Launch Unified Grants Hub
Base and Optimism Launch Unified Grants Hub
🎯 Show Me The Money
Optimism has launched a centralized platform for discovering grant opportunities across the Superchain ecosystem, including Base.
- The platform serves as a one-stop destination for builders seeking funding
- Over 175 Base builders recently received 9M+ OP tokens in retroactive funding
- Integration aims to streamline access to resources for developers
The initiative reinforces the growing collaboration between Base and Optimism, while making it easier for developers to find and apply for available grants across the network.
Want to build? Visit the grants hub to explore current opportunities.
Build on Base and be rewarded @Optimism has a new one-stop destination to discover every grant opportunity across the Superchain
Optimism has rewarded 500+ builders with 60,815,042 OP since 2022. You can be next. If you build anywhere on the Superchain: @base, @unichain, @soneium, @world_chain_, @inkonchain, @modenetwork, @build_on_bob & more… this is for you ↓
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