OP Mainnet supports a large and growing list of applications. In this article you learn to use one of them, Uniswap, to see it is identical to using the same application on mainnet.
Uniswap
Uniswap lets you swap between assets. It is currently the most commonly used OP Mainnet application, so here are step by step directions to let you see that applications are used the same way they are on mainnet.
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Browse to the Uniswap application.
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Click Connect to a wallet and confirm in the wallet. If necessary, switch the network in the wallet to Optimism.
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Select:
- The token you give
- The token you get back
- Type an amount (of either token)
- The token you give
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Click Swap.
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Click Confirm Swap.
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Confirm the transaction in the wallet.
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After the transaction is executed, browse to Etherscan for Optimism and enter your address. Confirm you now have the correct amount of the new token.