Do you remember the grand NFT craze in 2021? At that time, a digital artwork could cost you several ETH in gas fees. This deterred many people, making NFTs seem like a game for the rich. But now, things are changing.
The birth of Mint Blockchain is to change this status quo. As a core component of the Optimism Superchain ecosystem, this innovative L2 network makes the creation and trading of NFTs unprecedentedly simple and inexpensive. It not only inherits the low cost and high efficiency of L2 but also achieves seamless connection with other OP chains. This article will comprehensively analyze the core advantages and development blueprint of Mint Blockchain.
Mint Blockchain: Building a global NFT ecosystem
Mint Blockchain, as an Ethereum-native Layer 2 network, was developed based on the OP Stack technology stack. It started construction in October 2023 and released the testnet in February 2024, with the official mainnet launch of Mint Blockchain in May 2024. So far, the Mint Blockchain ecosystem has over 100 applications, 5 million+ wallet addresses, and over 25 million on-chain transactions.
After the recent six months of development, the Mint ecosystem has completed the infrastructure construction of the blockchain network, with complete developer tools and data service support within the ecosystem. Currently, Web3 developers can easily and efficiently issue new assets on the Mint mainnet, including NFT asset issuance, trading, smart contract deployment, and new application development, significantly lowering the technical threshold for Web3 developers and promoting the popularization of NFT technology.
Built on top of OP Superchain
In April 2024, Mint Blockchain joined the OP Superchain ecosystem, becoming an official member of Superchain. It has already participated in OP governance through the Optimism Superchain governance plan, becoming the first superchain to participate in OP governance through the Chain Delegation Program, obtaining the delegated voting rights of 1 million OP from the Optimism Foundation.
As one of the core members of OP Superchain, Mint also received a strategic investment of 2 million USD from the Optimism Foundation in October of this year. Based on the Optimism technological framework and relying on the powerful governance and scalability of Optimism Superchain, it ensures that while providing high throughput and low transaction costs, it can also achieve a high degree of decentralization. Mint Blockchain not only supports a wide range of DeFi, NFT, and other Web3 applications but also provides a flexible and efficient blockchain platform for developers, users, and brands.
About OP Superchain and OP Interop
OP Superchain is a unified multi-chain network structure integrated from multiple Layer 2 networks built on OP Stack. OP Superchain provides stronger scalability, low latency, and higher transaction throughput, allowing each chain to share the same security model and governance mechanism, achieving low-cost cross-chain communication, asset swapping, and other core interaction functions.
OP Interop is an on-chain interoperability feature based on the OP Stack technological framework, providing the capability to read messages and transfer assets across chains in the super chain through low-latency, secure messaging. Superchain Interop includes protocol layer messaging and Superchain ERC20 token standards. SuperchainERC20 is a cross-chain token interface that enables ERC20 tokens to be interchangeable on the Superchain. With the native Interop protocol, assets can be moved quickly and seamlessly between different chains, promoting real-time cross-chain DeFi and seamless chain-to-chain exchanges, fundamentally changing traditional cross-chain operations. Once Superchain Interop is launched, it will achieve 2-second cross-chain settlement, minimize fragmentation, unify liquidity, and maximize capital efficiency and utility.
Mint ecosystem applications
The Mint Blockchain ecosystem not only includes the construction of infrastructure but also actively promotes the development of native applications, covering multiple fields such as social, DeFi, staking, RWA, meme, etc. The three key directions of the Mint ecosystem include:
1. NFT + Applications:
Mint Blockchain combines NFTs with applications in gaming, DeFi, social, and more, promoting the expansion of NFT applications beyond digital collectibles into consumer fields, aiming to provide users with an immersive consumption experience.
2. On-chain NFT liquidity aggregation:
Mint Blockchain will build the largest NFT liquidity network on-chain by aggregating NFT order data from multiple chains and platforms, enhancing the trading efficiency of NFTs.
3. NFT Developer Platform:
To attract more creators and developers into the NFT field, Mint Blockchain has launched the NIPs Platform, providing one-stop development tools to help creators easily deploy NFT assets, lowering the creative threshold, enriching market content, and promoting diverse creations.
Some core feature applications of the Mint ecosystem:
MintSwap Finance
Decentralized finance protocol that supports DEX and NFT Marketplace features, facilitating asset flow on the Mint chain.
Mint Forest
A blockchain-based nurturing green-themed on-chain interactive points game where users can earn rewards through energy participation in ecological activities, rewarding users with Mint airdrops.
RareShop
The world's first RWA NFT product sales platform, combining the trading of real assets and digital assets, has collaborated with imKey and Bearbrick to issue RWA NFT products, promoting the development of Web3 e-commerce.
MintRich
Decentralized meme asset launch platform that supports various asset standards, simplifying the issuance process of meme assets, with thousands of meme assets already launched.
CreditOnchain
Decentralized on-chain reputation network that assigns reputation scores to wallet addresses through multi-dimensional data analysis, providing developers with richer user information and ecological reward mechanisms.
ERC7765
Innovative asset protocol launched by Mint Blockchain, allowing users to combine NFT-related rights with actual products or services, promoting the application of NFTs in the real world.
NIPs Platform
NIPs Platform is the NFT development platform launched by Mint Blockchain, providing multiple protocol support and infrastructure tools to help developers deploy and issue NFT assets with a low barrier.
In addition, Mint Blockchain actively promotes cooperation, with strategic partnerships with multiple partners further advancing the diversified development of the NFT and crypto ecosystem. For example, Mint Blockchain collaborated with NFTScan to host the global NFT industry summit NFTCON, successfully held the first NFTCON2024 during Devcon; Mint Blockchain entered into a strategic partnership with Hong Kong compliant crypto payment company RedotPay to jointly promote the establishment of a PayFi ecological network, and more.
Looking ahead to the future of the Mint ecosystem
Mint Blockchain is committed to expanding the diversified application scenarios of NFTs, building a comprehensive ecological system covering digital life, and creating a diversified ecosystem centered on NFTs, deeply integrating NFTs into various fields of life and digital innovation. The application scenarios of NFTs will no longer be limited to digital collections but will widely penetrate into fields such as payment, identity, social, gaming, and asset management, showcasing their infinite possibilities.
NFT+Community
NFT+RWA
NFT+Meme
NFT+Game
NFT+Social
NFT+AI Agent
NFT+Creator
NFT+PayFi
NFT+IP Brand
NFT+Everything
(If your project aligns with the mission of Mint Blockchain, please submit your project information on the official website)
Aggregating on-chain NFT liquidity
Mint Blockchain focuses on solving the problem of fragmented NFT market liquidity by unifying all multi-chain NFT orders on-chain, creating the largest NFT order routing network across the entire network. Through Superchain interop, it achieves multi-chain asset interoperability and seamless cross-chain integration, aggregating NFT orders from different chains and different trading markets onto the Mint chain, forming an on-chain order pool.
This system will handle NFT order registration, broadcasting, and sharing, achieving seamless integration with multiple markets. By providing a powerful framework for data APIs and smart contract calls, Mint Blockchain aims to enhance NFT liquidity, optimize NFT trading efficiency, and promote the development of a more interconnected and efficient cross-chain NFT ecosystem.
Mint ecosystem development roadmap
The future development roadmap of Mint Blockchain showcases its plans to continuously expand the ecosystem and enhance the decentralization level of the network. Key milestones include:
2025 Q1:
Announce the $MINT token economic model and launch community airdrop events. At the same time, based on Superchain's cross-chain interoperability and liquidity-sharing mechanism, Mint will first aggregate liquidity on EVM ecological chains and build the largest on-chain liquidity products for NFTs and FT assets across the entire network.
2025 Q2:
Mint will launch staking and restaking mechanisms, building a community of Staking Nodes and initiating MINT token mining and sorter profit distribution mechanisms. Early Staking Nodes are primarily composed of crypto organizations and communities such as Optimism, NFTScan, ZAN, SNZ, Antalpha, TTT Lab, HC Capital, MintFans, etc. Mint expands the global community and consensus together with all participants, becoming a community of shared interests.
2025 Q3:
Launch of the 'Innovate to Earn' ecological incentive mechanism to encourage and guide developers to innovate asset protocol standards and application innovations on the Mint chain.
2025 Q4:
Launch of the Mint ecosystem super application Mint App, further promoting Web3 application scenarios for global consumers.
The value and significance of Mint Blockchain
Mint Blockchain is not only a decentralized blockchain but also an open co-creation ecosystem dedicated to promoting innovation in NFT asset protocol standards and application innovations, facilitating the global development of the NFT ecosystem.
As a global leading NFT blockchain platform, Mint Blockchain is striving to realize its mission in various ways: to connect global consumers with NFTs, making NFTs a new digital lifestyle for humanity.
