Application for Optimism Season 9 - Growth Grants

superchain-guard — The Security Frontier for Interoperable Intents

@optimist-0f9e85c2

32000

0xaE6EAd7e192ea83D8c90DE85a7354063Daf6bAF0

> **superchain-guard** is an offline intent decoder and concurrent pre-flight simulator built natively in Rust. Our program focuses on **increasing large-scale TVL deposits and transaction success rates in priority collateral-borrow pools** (e.g., WETH/USDC on Base and OP Mainnet). > > High-capital LPs and yield aggregators currently face two massive friction points: > 1. **DNS/Frontend Hijack Risks:** Fear of signing compromised cross-chain payloads (post-cow.fi incident). > 2. **Target Chain Reversions:** Dynamic slippage and gas spikes on the target chain cause a 5-8% reversion rate, locking up capital and losing fees. > > `superchain-guard` runs concurrent local forks of Base and OP Mainnet to simulate slippage, gas, and settlement *before* signing. This gives LPs 99.5% execution certainty, giving them the confidence to deposit and route high-TVL trades through the Superchain.

> We will target the highest priority collateral-borrow pools on the Superchain: > 1. **WETH / USDC** on **Uniswap v3** (OP Mainnet, Concentrated Liquidity, 0.05% fee tier) > 2. **WETH / USDC** on **Velodrome SlipStream** (OP Mainnet, Concentrated Liquidity, 0.05% fee tier) > 3. **WETH / USDC** on **Aerodrome SlipStream** (Base, Concentrated Liquidity, 0.05% fee tier) > 4. **wstETH / WETH** on **Velodrome SlipStream** (OP Mainnet, Concentrated Liquidity, 0.01% fee tier)

> * **WETH / USDC:** WETH is used as primary collateral on **Aave v3** and **Morpho** (on OP Mainnet and Base), and USDC is the primary borrowed asset for leverage or hedging. > * **wstETH / WETH:** wstETH is used as collateral on **Aave v3**, and WETH is borrowed against it to execute leveraged staking loops.

> * **Aerodrome WETH/USDC (Base):** ~$80M TVL | ~$25M average 30-day daily volume | ~0.31 Daily Volume/TVL. > * **Velodrome WETH/USDC (OP Mainnet):** ~$35M TVL | ~$10M average 30-day daily volume | ~0.28 Daily Volume/TVL. > * **Velodrome wstETH/WETH (OP Mainnet):** ~$20M TVL | ~$3M average 30-day daily volume | ~0.15 Daily Volume/TVL.

> Instead of distributing OP as standard yield farming (which attracts mercenary liquidity that dumps the token and leaves), we will use the **32,000 OP** as **Reconciliation & Gas Rebates** for users and automated vault keepers who execute native cross-chain intents routed through the `superchain-guard` engine. > > * **Who receives incentives:** Large traders, yield aggregators, and multisig keepers executing trades in the priority pools listed above. > * **Distribution Structure:** Active for 12 weeks post-launch, rebating a portion of the cross-chain gas fees only for transactions verified and executed via our local pre-flight simulator. > * **Discouraging Wash Trading & Mercenary Flow:** Because rebates are tied strictly to *successful, simulated cross-chain settlements* on target lending pools, wash traders cannot exploit the system. LPs are incentivized by the **security and zero-reversion guarantees** of the tool. Once they experience a safe, fail-proof environment, they keep their organic TVL deposited permanently in the Superchain registry.

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