On January 17, UXLINK announced the launch of UXLINK ONE Chain, the first Web3 social native and growth-focused chain. The testnet is now online for developers to apply for use: https://sepolia.uxlinkone.com/.
UXLINK ONE is an important component of the Social Growth Layer. It is built on Optimistic Rollup, inheriting its scalability and efficiency, while introducing unique innovative solutions: comprehensive social account abstraction and native cross-chain framework.
UXLINK’s mission to connect Web2 users to the endless possibilities of Web3 fits seamlessly with this transformative concept. UXLINK ONE aims to remove these barriers by unifying access points, enabling cross-chain interoperability, and allowing Dapps to run seamlessly across multiple blockchain ecosystems.
This issue will talk to UXLINK ONE project leaders Rolland Saf and Akiya Hiro to discuss what innovations and changes UXLINK One Chain will bring to the industry?
Q1: UXLINK One is a new generation of blockchain infrastructure. What is your unique position in combining SocialFi and Web3 infrastructure? What are your advantages compared to similar projects?
A: The positioning of UXLINK One can be summarized as a user-oriented chain abstraction public chain. We hope that through chain abstraction and account abstraction technology, users can easily enjoy the convenience and value brought by Web3 applications without having to pay attention to the underlying complexity.
In the SocialFi scenario, the role of chain abstraction is particularly important because on-chain social interaction involves high-frequency interactions and incentive mechanisms, which is the bottleneck of the traditional blockchain experience.
Compared with similar projects, the biggest difference of UXLINK One is that we are not just a high-performance public chain, but a unified entrance to a cross-chain ecosystem.
We hide the complex multi-chain operations at the bottom layer. Users only need one account to complete cross-chain operations without any perception, and directly use UXLINK Token as gas fee. To this end, we proposed the concept of OAOG Protocol. We have found a balance between user experience and developer friendliness, and also provided stronger landing capabilities for SocialFi, PayFi and Dapps.
Q2: UXLINK One mentioned that it is implementing single account multi-chain support and one-click payment, which is OAOG (One Account One Gas) Protocol. What innovative technology stacks have you adopted behind these technologies?
A: In order to realize these functions, we have made many technological innovations.
The first is Account Abstraction, which allows user accounts to no longer be restricted to a specific public chain, but to operate freely between multiple chains.
The second is the universal payment engine, which supports users to use UXLINK Token as Gas fee. Users only need to use UXLINK Token as the payment fee conversion mechanism, and even if the user does not have Gas tokens on the target chain, the transaction can be completed.
In addition, we have also adopted an optimized cross-chain communication protocol to ensure the real-time and security of the flow of assets and data between multiple chains.
Finally, the L2 framework we developed based on the Optimism Stake architecture ensures high performance and low-cost transactions of the chain, while taking into account the scalability and security of the system.
Q3: UXLINK One recently mentioned Chain Abstraction. What is the relationship between the two?
A: Chain Abstraction can be seen as a bridge between users and the complex underlying layer of blockchain. Its core idea is to make the diversity of blockchain transparent to users, that is, no matter which chain the user uses, they can achieve seamless operation through UXLINK One.
In the SocialFi scenario, this capability is particularly critical. For example, when users authorize login, transfer payments, deposit and withdraw funds, and interactively purchase NFTs in a Dapp, traditional blockchain systems require them to understand a series of complex operations such as wallet management, account address management, network switching, and Gas token management. The introduction of chain abstraction makes these operations insensitive.
Users only need to interact socially as naturally as they do on the Web2 platform, and we will handle the underlying cross-chain communication, payment, and settlement. This model not only lowers the user threshold, but also significantly improves the user retention and conversion rate of Dapps.
For Solana ecology, TON ecology, and BTC ecology, through chain abstraction, we can support more than just Ethereum ecological projects. All data on the chain will also fall to UXLINK One, which will make the data on the entire chain transparent and more secure.
Q4: What do you think about the trade-offs between Optimistic Rollup and zkRollup in terms of performance, scalability, and developer-friendliness? Why did UXLINK ultimately choose the former?
A: From a technical architecture perspective, OPStack provides a proven modular framework. It is not only fully compatible with the Ethereum ecosystem, but also allows us to customize the underlying logic of the chain according to business needs. This flexibility means we can create unique features while maintaining compatibility.
From the perspective of development efficiency, OPStack has achieved an ideal balance between technical complexity and performance. Compared with the large amount of computing resources and complex proof generation process required by zk-Rollup solutions, OPStack is more suitable for our current technical investment. Its architecture is more mature and simple, which can help us quickly launch and verify products and adapt to the needs of the current business stage.
Currently, the highly-anticipated projects such as Sonic (S), Worldcoin (WLD) and Unichain have chosen to build on OP Superchain. These successful cases for consumer applications fully demonstrate the markets recognition of the stability and maturity of OPStack technology.
More importantly, OPStack leaves plenty of room for future technological evolution. Its modular design enables us to seamlessly integrate innovative solutions such as ZK technology in the future, ensuring that our technical architecture has the potential for sustainable development.
This solution that balances current needs and future expansion is the ideal choice for our technology selection. It can support us to quickly verify the business model without restricting the future technology upgrade path.
Q 5: In the blockchain industry, the designs of many public chains tend to be developer-centric, while UXLINK One chooses to design the chain architecture from the perspective of C-end users. What is the reason behind this idea?
A: We always believe that the ultimate value of Web3 technology lies in serving users, rather than staying at the technology itself. If developers are the core driving force of ecological construction, then users are the key to determining whether the entire ecosystem can develop sustainably in the long term.
The design idea from the perspective of C-end users allows us to focus more on solving user pain points, such as the cumbersome multi-chain switching, the opaque gas fees, and the high operation threshold. We hope to completely change the way users interact with blockchain through chain abstraction technology, so that the user experience of Web3 can truly be comparable to or even surpass Web2.
This user-first approach also helps us attract more developers who are willing to serve the mass market. These developers can not only build Dapps faster, but also directly benefit from the high conversion rate and long life cycle brought by the optimization of user experience. We can even make an effort for countries and cities with underdeveloped payment fields, and bring inclusive finance to more people through web3.
Q 6: At present, there are many consumer-oriented chains in the industry, such as Abstraction Chain. What is the difference between UXLINK One and these chains? What are your unique advantages?
A: The biggest difference between UXLINK One and other consumer-oriented chains is that we are not designed for a single scenario, but hope to provide services for the entire multi-chain ecosystem.
Chains such as Abstraction Chain are indeed exploring the direction of account abstraction and user-friendliness, but they usually only focus on a certain chain or specific scenarios. For example, they use ZKStake and pay more attention to data privacy. We start from the perspective of the entire chain to create a true multi-chain entrance.
Our chain abstraction technology is not only applicable to SocialFi, but also supports multiple high-frequency usage scenarios such as payment, NFT transactions, DeFi, etc. At the same time, our One Gas payment function and One Account system also provide greater convenience for users and developers.
It can be said that UXLINK One is not only a consumer-friendly chain, but also a developer-friendly chain. Through our tool chain, developers can quickly build applications instead of reinventing the wheel.
Q 7: In the field of blockchain, how to provide a user-friendly interactive experience while ensuring chain performance and security is a huge challenge. How does UXLINK One achieve a balance in this regard?
A: Balancing consumer experience, chain performance and security is one of our core goals in designing UXLINK One. We started from the following aspects:
The first is high-performance architecture.
The first is the high-performance architecture. UXLINK One is developed based on Optimism Stake, which not only gives us high-throughput and low-latency transaction capabilities, but also ensures the scalability of the chain. This architecture allows us to provide a smooth user experience for high-frequency interaction scenarios while significantly reducing Gas costs.
Secondly, we have a multi-level scalability design. We use a strict verification mechanism for cross-chain communication and a multi-layer protection strategy for smart contracts to reduce potential security risks. In addition, we have introduced a real-time monitoring and dynamic risk control system on the chain, which can quickly detect and respond to abnormal behaviors and ensure the security of the entire ecosystem.
Finally, we optimize the user experience. Through chain abstraction and account abstraction, we hide complex blockchain operations at the bottom layer, so that users do not need to switch networks or manage Gas tokens on different chains. Even the fact that users have wallet addresses does not need to be known. All users see is the intuitive one-click operation, while the complex processes behind cross-chain payment, data transmission, etc. are automatically handled by the system. Under the premise of ensuring the stability of the underlying technology, this seamless interaction provides users with a smooth experience comparable to Web2.
We believe that through the coordinated design of architecture performance, security mechanism and user experience, UXLINK One can bring more comprehensive and higher-quality blockchain services to users and developers.
