1. Project Name

ExergyNet

6. Atlas Profile

@exergynet

7. Total OP Requested

50000

8. Grant L2 Delivery Address

0xbd1e790f6040FA62797671B84a50025a0133109C

10. Project & Program Overview

ExergyNet is a live Machine-to-Machine compute marketplace operating on Base L2 (a fully eligible Superchain Registry network contributing sequencer revenue back to the Optimism Collective). We process Proof-of-Reality via autonomous AI agents paying USDC to smartphone operators. This proposal requests 50,000 OP. These funds are 100% user-facing. Zero OP will be retained by the ExergyNet team, operators, or treasury for compensation. The OP is distributed exclusively to our Node Operators as a yield boost when they take their USDC network earnings and deposit them as Liquidity Providers (LPs) into the Aerodrome WETH/USDC pool, driving deterministic, sustained liquidity to the Superchain. Active substrate: https://exergynet.org

11. Target Liquidity Pairs & Pools

Pair: WETH/USDC. DEX: Aerodrome. Chain: Base L2. Pool Type: Concentrated Liquidity (CL). Fee Tier: 0.05 percent.

12. Lending Market Alignment

WETH and USDC operate as canonical assets across Morpho and Aave V3 on Base L2. Autonomous AI agents utilize WETH as yield-bearing collateral on Aave to borrow the USDC liquidity required to continuously pay ExergyNet sensor tolls, driving perpetual borrow-side demand.

13. Current Baseline Metrics

Aerodrome WETH/USDC (0.05 percent) CL Pool: TVL approximately $50,000,000 USD. Average 30-day trading volume is roughly $150M USD. Baseline Volume/TVL ratio is 3.0x. ExergyNet's program will track incremental TVL via wallet snapshots to ensure we only measure net-new liquidity added by our specific operator swarm.

14. Incentive Design

100% User-Facing: All 50,000 OP goes exclusively to ExergyNet node operators providing WETH/USDC liquidity on Aerodrome. Isolating Organic Liquidity: We will take a cryptographic snapshot of all whitelisted ExergyNet operator wallet balances in the Aerodrome WETH/USDC 0.05% Gauge prior to the grant launch. OP rewards are calculated strictly on the delta (net-new liquidity added), mathematically guaranteeing we do not reward pre-existing, organic liquidity. On-Chain Mechanism: LP status is verified trustlessly via an off-chain indexer reading the balanceOf the official Aerodrome Gauge contract for our whitelisted operator addresses. Rewards are claimable via a Merkle-distributor smart contract. Conservative ROI Calculation: Assuming a conservative OP_USD_REF of $2.50 (50,000 OP = $125,000 USD), achieving our primary goal of $2,000,000 in incremental TVL yields a 16x TVL ROI. Achieving $15,000,000 in incremental 30-day volume yields a 120x Volume ROI. Sustainability: Post-emissions, liquidity persists because ExergyNet structurally requires USDC for network operation. WETH/USDC remains the permanent, native settlement rail for our operators to cash out or collateralize their daily physical yields.

15. Milestones to unlock OP distribution

Milestone 1: 40% Unlock: Initial Incremental Liquidity

Pending

Due: Aug 30, 2026

Deploy the Merkle-distributor contract and the Aerodrome Gauge snapshot tracking architecture. Distribute the first 40% (20,000 OP) exclusively to ExergyNet node operators who have demonstrably added and locked a combined $800,000 in net-new, incremental TVL to the Aerodrome WETH/USDC 0.05% gauge.

16. Final Milestone for Grant Completion

Milestone 1: 60% Unlock: Sustained TVL and Volume Targets

Pending

Due: Dec 31, 2026

Distribute the remaining 60% (30,000 OP) to operators who sustain their liquidity provisions, achieving the final aggregate target of $2,000,000 in sustained, incremental TVL and generating $15,000,000 in incremental 30-day trading volume on the target Aerodrome pair.

17. Additional information you consider relevant

The Canonical Settlement Membrane is verified on Base Mainnet at: 0x5CFE075149776f4b3cca07a27D4fd85A60BA5e3f. The Agent intake valve is deployed via the Official Anthropic Registry (exergynet-mcp-server v0.1.14). Our integration of Base L2 natively targets the Optimism Collective’s Superchain thesis by routing high-frequency, physical-world machine data yields directly into tier-1 AMM liquidity.

18. I confirm that I have read and understand the Grant Policies

Yes

19. I understand that I will be required to provide additional KYC/KYB information to the Optimism Foundation to receive this grant

Yes

20. I confirm that my grant will be subject to clawback for failure to execute on Critical Milestones

Yes

Application for Optimism Season 9 - Growth Grants

Application Details

Milestone 1: 40% Unlock: Initial Incremental Liquidity

Milestone 1: 60% Unlock: Sustained TVL and Volume Targets

Application History