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- Ink is an Ethereum Layer 2 blockchain built on the OP Stack and part of the Optimism Superchain, made by the Kraken team.
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- It is aimed at DeFi, with a curated app directory (DEXs, lending, wallets, oracles) and support for standard Ethereum developer tooling.
- Users pay gas in ETH and bridge assets in via Kraken and partner bridges.
- Best for
- Onchain DeFi developers and traders who already use Ethereum tooling and want a low-fee OP Stack deployment and trading environment with Kraken-backed distribution.
More detail
- Kraken users who want to bridge funds to an L2 under a familiar brand.
- Pricing
- Ink is a public blockchain rather than a subscription product, so there is no monthly fee or price list.
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- Each transaction pays two onchain fees in ETH: an execution (L2) fee on Ink and an L1 data fee for publishing to Ethereum, which the docs say is generally the larger of the two.
- App-level costs s
- Main limitation
- Teams that require fully permissionless or decentralized sequencing today, or that need validity (ZK) proofs rather than fraud proofs.
More detail
- Anyone expecting an INK token or airdrop, since no token is confirmed.
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About
- Ink is an Ethereum Layer 2 blockchain built on the OP Stack and part of the Optimism Superchain, made by the Kraken team.
- It is aimed at DeFi, with a curated app directory (DEXs, lending, wallets, oracles) and support for standard Ethereum developer tooling.
- Users pay gas in ETH and bridge assets in via Kraken and partner bridges.
What it helps with
- High Ethereum L1 fees and slow block times make small DeFi activity costly; Ink offers low gas and 1-second blocks as an
- Bridging assets across chains is fragmented; Ink curates bridge partners and a Superchain bridge to simplify onboarding.
- Discovering usable DeFi apps on a new chain is hard; Ink publishes an app directory covering DEXs, lending, wallets, ora
- Onboarding Ethereum developers to a new network adds friction; Ink supports familiar Foundry, Hardhat and Remix workflow
- Moving capital across the Superchain and other networks is awkward; Ink emphasizes interoperability and cross-chain rout
Capabilities
A practical view of what is available and where limitations apply.
| Offering | Available | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| Ethereum L2 on OP Stack | Yes | Ink is an optimistic rollup built on the OP Stack and is a member of the Optimism Superchain. |
| Block times | Yes | 1-second blocks from launch, with sub-second blocks described as planned/coming soon on the official site. |
| Gas token and chain ID | Yes | Gas is paid in ETH; mainnet chain ID is 57073, per official docs. |
| Public RPC endpoints | Yes | Primary HTTPS/WSS RPC plus a secondary endpoint are documented; a subblocks WSS stream is also provided. |
| Subblocks pre-confirmations | Limited | Streamed pre-confirmations are not protocol-final, carry only the sequencer's trust assumption and can be revoked in reorgs. |
| Decentralized sequencer | No | Independent coverage describes a single centralized sequencer operator. |
| Upgrade exit window | No | Independent coverage reports upgrades require Security Council and Foundation approval with no delay, so users cannot exit before an unwanted upgrade. |
| Developer tooling support | Yes | Foundry, Hardhat and Remix are supported, with an rpc_endpoints snippet on the official site. |
| Native token or airdrop | Unknown | The INK token has been announced but not launched; docs state no confirmed token or airdrop information is available. |
| Node running | Yes | A Docker Compose node setup is published in the inkonchain/node GitHub repository. |
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