The OP Mainnet upgrade to the Bedrock release will take place on June 6, 2023 at 16:00 UTC! There will be 2-4 hours of downtime.
See here for additional details. (opens new window)

Networks, Public RPC Endpoints, & APIs


Developer Tip

We recommend using Alchemy (opens new window) for its scalability, reliability, and data accuracy.

Note

Some API calls, such as those in the personal namespace (opens new window) make no sense in a shared environment. Such RPCs are either totally unsupported, or will return nonsensical values.

# Optimism (mainnet)

Pre-Bedrock

We are currently testing the Bedrock release. The mainnet network has still not been updated.

Parameter Value
Network Name Optimism
Description Mainnet
Chain ID 10
Explorer https://explorer.optimism.io (opens new window)
HTTP Endpoint1 We recommend Alchemy (opens new window). Optimism also provides this endpoint: https://mainnet.optimism.io. But it is not for production systems and is rate limited.
L1 Contract Addresses link (opens new window)
L2 Contract Addresses link (opens new window)
chainid.link https://chainid.link/?network=optimism (opens new window)

Developer Tip

If you are seeing rate limit issues when testing with the public end point, or if you need websocket functionality, we recommend signing up for Alchemy's (opens new window) free trial.

(1) Some API calls, such as those in the personal namespace (opens new window) make no sense in a shared environment. Such RPCs are either not supported, or will return nonsensical values.

# API Options:

  1. Get free access to Optimism through Alchemy (opens new window)

  2. For small scale tests, you can use our public API:

You can run a large application for free using Alchemy (opens new window). We’ve done extensive diligence and Alchemy is our recommendation due to reliability, scalability, and data correctness. They're the default API provider and developer platform for top projects like OpenSea and Facebook.

# Optimism Goerli

Purpose

This is our test network. It has already been updated to the Bedrock release.

Parameter Value
Network Name Optimism Goerli
Description Testnet (public)
Chain ID 420
Explorer https://goerli-explorer.optimism.io (opens new window)
HTTP Endpoint https://goerli.optimism.io
chainid.link https://chainid.link/?network=optimism-goerli (opens new window)

# Contract addresses

The authoritative list of contract addresses is in the monorepo (opens new window). They are reproduced here for convenience

Contract name Address
L1CrossDomainMessenger 0x5086d1eEF304eb5284A0f6720f79403b4e9bE294 (opens new window)
L1ERC721Bridge 0x0F9C590b958002E8B10a7431979c1aF882772E88 (opens new window)
L1StandardBridge 0x636Af16bf2f682dD3109e60102b8E1A089FedAa8 (opens new window)
L2OutputOracle 0xE6Dfba0953616Bacab0c9A8ecb3a9BBa77FC15c0 (opens new window)
Lib_AddressManager 0xa6f73589243a6A7a9023b1Fa0651b1d89c177111 (opens new window)
OptimismMintableERC20Factory 0x883dcF8B05364083D849D8bD226bC8Cb4c42F9C5 (opens new window)
OptimismPortal 0x5b47E1A08Ea6d985D6649300584e6722Ec4B1383 (opens new window)
PortalSender 0xe7FACd39531ee3C313330E93B4d7a8B8A3c84Aa4 (opens new window)
ProxyAdmin 0x01d3670863c3F4b24D7b107900f0b75d4BbC6e0d (opens new window)
SystemConfig 0xAe851f927Ee40dE99aaBb7461C00f9622ab91d60 (opens new window)
SystemDictator 0x1f0613A44c9a8ECE7B3A2e0CdBdF0F5B47A50971 (opens new window)
Batch Inbox Address 0xff00000000000000000000000000000000000420 (opens new window)
Additional parameters

These parameters are mostly useful to people responsible for running and administering network nodes.

Parameter Value
L1 Chain ID 5
Rollup Config This network does not require a rollup config. Specify --network=goerli on the command line
Withdrawal period 2 seconds

# API Options

  1. Get free access to Optimism through Alchemy (opens new window)

  2. For small scale tests, you can use our public API:

You can run a large application for free using Alchemy (opens new window). We’ve done extensive diligence and Alchemy is our recommendation due to reliability, scalability, and data correctness. They're the default API provider and developer platform for top projects like OpenSea and Facebook. They also support websocket functionality, which our public endpoint does not.

To see the full list of providers visit Node & API Providers.

# Test ETH

If you already have Goerli ETH, you can bridge it (opens new window). For more faucet options see Network Faucets.

Ignore other networks

Optimism mainnet and Optimism Goerli are, from Optimism's perspective, production networks. This means our Goerli network is something you can rely on for consistent state and uptime. We have other testnets that we use to test our code (such as the Goerli Nightly network) that we use to test new features. These networks are for us to test, and therefore might not have reliable state & uptime.

If you want to test out our new infrastructure before it is stable, or are interested in working on the latest and greatest protocols please check these networks out! If not, they are best ignored. We try to make sure they work and preserve the state. In the months prior to a major release, such as Bedrock, we may have a different network for testing dapps on that release.

However, we also have other networks such as Goerli Nightly (opens new window). These are networks that are used for internal Optimism development. Unless you are working on the Optimism protocol (rather than building things on top of it), ignore these networks.