OP Mainnet Upgrade Shocking Release! WCT Gas Fees Drop by 90%, DeFi Enters Zero-Cost Era
The WalletConnect Foundation announced today that the WCT underlying network will fully migrate to the Optimism mainnet, achieving a 90% reduction in gas fees and a 50-fold increase in cross-chain speed through zk-Rollup technology. This upgrade is not only a technological iteration but also a paradigm revolution in Web3 infrastructure—developers can quickly deploy multi-chain DApps using the WCT SDK, and user transaction costs will decrease from $1 to $0.01!
Technical Architecture Analysis:
• Layer 2 Expansion: Optimism's OP Stack increases the WCT network throughput from 15 TPS to 3000 TPS, supporting over 100,000 concurrent user interactions.
• Economic Model Optimization: In the future, WCT will introduce a 'Protocol Revenue Sharing Mechanism', where for every $1 fee generated by DApp developers, 50% will be redistributed to WCT holders through a staking pool.
• Security Enhancement: Utilizing **End-to-End Encryption (E2EE)** and a distributed node network, the risk of transaction data leakage is reduced to below 0.001%, far exceeding the industry average.
Ecological Impact:
After the upgrade, WCT has attracted leading DeFi protocols such as Uniswap and Aave. Taking Aave as an example, users can borrow USDC across chains with WCT, with fees reduced from 0.3% to 0.03%, and capital utilization increased to 98%. It is expected that by the end of 2025, the WCT ecosystem will cover 80% of DeFi transaction volume, becoming the 'highway' of the Web3 economy.
