Create a Token on Optimism — No Code
Optimism is an Ethereum optimistic rollup and the originator of the OP Stack — the framework that also powers Base and the broader Superchain. It delivers low-cost, EVM-equivalent execution with a strong public-goods funding culture.
Gas & cost on Optimism
Optimism pays gas in ETH at rollup prices, so a token deploy typically costs cents rather than the dollars it would on mainnet. Like other OP Stack chains, it compresses transaction data before posting to Ethereum to keep fees down. You only need a small ETH balance bridged to Optimism to cover everything from deploy to first transfers.
Native gas token: ETH
Why launch on Optimism
Optimism is built around the idea of retroactive public-goods funding and a shared Superchain vision. Because the OP Stack underpins Base, Zora, Mode and others, a token deployed on Optimism sits inside an interoperable family of chains with shared standards and bridges. The ecosystem leans toward governance, DeFi and infrastructure projects that value Optimism's collective-funding ethos and its first-mover position among OP Stack rollups.
Key facts about Optimism
Optimism pioneered the OP Stack, the open-source rollup framework later adopted by Base, Zora, Mode and the wider Superchain.
Its Retroactive Public Goods Funding (RetroPGF) rounds have distributed tens of millions of dollars to ecosystem contributors.
The OP token governs the Optimism Collective, but gas itself is paid in ETH, so you do not need OP to deploy a contract.
How to create a ERC-20 token on Optimism
- 1
Bridge ETH to Optimism
Move a small amount of ETH onto Optimism to pay for gas.
- 2
Select Optimism
Connect your wallet to Swap.Day and choose Optimism (chain ID 10).
- 3
Define your ERC-20
Set name, symbol and supply, then pick Standard, Mintable + Burnable or Tax.
- 4
Deploy and verify
Sign the deploy and confirm the contract on Optimistic Etherscan.
Ready to deploy on Optimism?
Create a ERC-20 token in one transaction — non-custodial, no code, and you keep full ownership. Your wallet signs the deploy and you can verify the contract on Optimistic Etherscan.
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