Ethereum L2 zkSync Era mainnet is online. Which ecological projects are worth paying attention to?

(I am the author of the original article, first published on Wu Shuo Blockchain: https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/qa5Ng-LGD3J6BfwmU601MA)
Author: @defioasis
The day after the Arbitrum airdrop, zkSync, another Layer 2 project nicknamed the Four Kings, officially released its V2 network zkSync Era. Although zkSync officially emphasized that the initial release of Era will not come with Tokens and that it may take about a year to achieve decentralization of the network, this has not dampened users' enthusiasm for the potential wealth effects of airdrops. In the days after it was officially opened to users, there was a massive influx of funding into the zkSync Era. According to Dune Analytics data, in less than three days since the zkSync Era was released, more than 64,000 unique wallets and more than 12,000 ETH have been bridged from Ethereum to the zkSync Era. However, as the popularity decreases, the first batch of hair-raising studios have basically completed the first round of interaction, and the opportunity for retail investors to interact has also arrived.
This article will take stock of the dAPPs that have been launched on the zkSync Era mainnet to help everyone better understand the network ecology and achieve interaction.
(Data source: https://dune.com/gm365/era)
Bridge
Orbiter Finance（https://www.orbiter.finance/）
Orbiter Finance is a third-party bridge that supports zkSync network cross-chain and has not yet issued Token. Unlike the official bridge that does not yet support the mutual conversion between zkSync Lite and Era, Orbiter not only supports the cross-chain between Ethereum, zkSync Lite and Era, but also supports dozens of public chains such as Polygon, Arbitrum One/Nova, Loopring and zkSync Era. passed on to each other. When users cross-chain, Orbiter will charge users fees including transaction and withholding gas. However, due to the recent surge in traffic, RPC nodes have been restricted. Orbiter stated that the current cross-chain service of zkSync Era will be given priority to Orbiter-ZK-Pilots users (that is, users who have recently used zkSync Lite for cross-chain). After the network security and stability in the future, Will be open to all users.
DeFi
Mute.io（https://mute.io/）
Mute is one of the first DEX platforms on the zkSync Era and currently has launched MUTE Token. Users can use the platform for trading, liquidity provision, Amplifier, bonds, and DAO governance functions. Currently, Mute already supports the trading and liquidity provision of more than ten assets such as ETH, USDC, MUTE, WETH, and ZKDOGE. Through the income amplifier (Amplifier), users can also re-pledge LP Token to obtain higher income, and the Amplifier APY is mainly motivated by platform fee income, and the LP Pool has is determined by the team and the DAO.
Bonds are an innovative feature of Mute. Drawing on the mechanism of OlympusDAO, users can trade MUTE/ETH LP with Mute DAO to obtain MUTE Token at a discount; through bonds, Mute DAO can increase the liquidity owned by the protocol, and increase income and Liquidity; however, the dMUTE obtained by users has a 7-day lock-in period and will be redeemable for MUTE after the lock-up period. In addition, users need to lock MUTE to participate in DAO governance, and can choose a lock-up period of up to 364 days to obtain different governance shares. Currently, Mute has more than 180,000 MUTE locked, the platform TVL is worth more than $270,000, and the single-day trading volume on March 25 exceeded $7 million.
SyncSwap（https://syncswap.xyz/）
SyncSwap is one of the first DEXs on the zkSync Era. Users can trade and liquidity mine on SyncSwap. It currently supports the trading of multiple assets such as ETH, USDC, WETH, and the liquidity provision of 15 pairs of LPs. The current SyncSwap TVL is over $1.6 million, primarily concentrated in the USDC/ETH Pool, which currently offers over 100% APR. Transaction fees for the Classic pool are 0.1%, of which liquidity providers capture 0.07% and the protocol collects 0.03% as revenue.
SpaceFi （https://www.spacefi.io/）
SpaceFi is a cross-chain Web3 platform connecting the Cosmos and Ethereum Layer2 ecosystems. It has released SPACE Token and currently integrates the Evmos and ZkSync networks. On zkSync Era, users can trade ETH, USDC, WETH and other assets on SpaceFi and provide liquidity. When using SpaceSwap to trade, you need to pay a transaction fee of 0.3%, and officials said that incentives will be given to users who participate in the Genesis LP pool. In addition to basic DEX functions, SpaceFi also includes FARM, NFT, SpaceBase, SpaceBridge, Launchpad and many other unreleased functions, and said it will be operational as early as March 27.
rhino.fi（https://rhino.fi/）
rhino.fi is a multi-chain one-stop DeFi platform that provides order book trading, DEX, yield strategies, liquidity provision, internal gas-free transfers, and cross-chain functions. Users can deposit ETH to the platform for use through the zkSync Era network, which supports a total of 6 public chains including Arbitrum and Polygon. At present, rhino.fi has launched DVF Token to participate in staking and governance. The governance module covers a wide range of things, ranging from transaction fees, transfer fees, liquidity rewards, etc., to upgrading smart contracts, allocating funds from the treasury, casting new DVF Token, etc. .
NFT Marketplace
Mint Square（https://mintsquare.io/）
Mint Square is an NFT trading market based on Ethereum L2 ZK Rollups and has integrated StarkNet and zkSync Era networks. Users can upload mint, buy, sell and auction NFTs in Mint Square. As of March 26, the top three NFT projects on Mint Square by total transaction volume are: zkApe, Mint Square Storefront, and zkSync Name Service.
NFT
zkApe（https://zkape.io/#/）
zkApes is a metaverse project built on the zkSync Era, and its NFT has been released recently. The total amount of the zkApes NFT series is 9,999 pieces, with a total of 8,000 pieces publicly minted. The minting price is 0.08 ETH (limit 30 per wallet), of which whitelisting and private sales are free of charge. As of March 26, nearly 3,400 zkApes NFTs have been minted.
zkApes has also established an Ecosystem Security Fund (ESF) of at least 100 ETH. When the zkApes NFT floor price falls below 0.08ETH, the buyback mechanism will be initiated. The current floor price of zkApes NFT on Mint Squaer is 0.078ETH, which is slightly lower than this level. According to official documents, zkApes NFT holders can obtain zkSync future Tokens, zkSync Name Service (ZNS) airdrops, dynamic NFT (dNFT) airdrops, DEX (ApeX) revenue dividends, and zkApes DeFi system ( ApesBank) collateral, zkApes arcade discounts, and more. However, zkApe has not yet launched the ecosystem functions mentioned. In addition, in addition to DeFi modules, the team will also develop multiple metaverse-related projects such as the games Arena and PTE.
It is not difficult to see that zkApe is quite ambitious and intends to build a full ecosystem on zkSync Era. However, in terms of the current quality of NFT images, there is a long way to go.
ZKBoredApes（https://zkboredapes.com/）
ZKBoredApes is a community-driven ZKSync pixelated NFT project inspired by BAYC. The total number of this NFT series is 10,000 pieces, with a total of 150 attributes and more than 1 million combination possibilities. However, ZKBoredApes is not currently open for public casting. According to Mint Square data, there are currently 190 ZKBoredApes in circulation, with a floor price of 0.098 ETH. According to the official roadmap, ZKBoredApes will launch BORED Token and NFT staking functions in the future.
domain name
zkSync Name Service（https://zkns.domains/）
zkSync Name Service, also known as zkSync ID, is a domain name service created by Star Protocol on the zkSync network to help users build their own on-chain DID on zkSync. Currently, zkSync Name Service only opens domain name registrations with four-digit and above lengths. The one-year registration fee (including gas) for a four-digit domain name is about 0.0571 ETH (about $102), and the one-year registration fee for a five-digit domain name is 0.0043 ETH. As of March 26, zkSync Name Service has more than 9,400 domain names registered.
At present, zkSync Era still has many high-quality projects ready to go on the test network. It is foreseeable that in the near future, the ecology on the zkSync Era chain will also flourish, and will not be inferior to today's Arbitrum and Optimism.