SkyBridge™ V2 Crash Course

In our previous article, we proudly introduced our new architecture for Aviator SkyBridge™ V2. Redesigning this release around Chainlink CCIP has been a significant undertaking, but we are proud to say that we are almost finished.

As a newer standard, Chainlink CCIP provides substantial benefits over Optimism for users, token holders, and asset issuers.

Wider Network Support

Aviator SkyBridge 2.0 will support seven networks at launch, with regular updates to add more. Out of the box, all of the following networks will be supported:

• Ethereum
• Base
• Avalanche (NEW !)
• BNB Chain (NEW !)
• Sonic (NEW !)
• Arbitrum (NEW !)
• Unichain (NEW !)

This means that all standard digital assets issued on any of these networks can be freely transferred between chains.

Asset Abstraction for All

SkyBridge V2 easily transforms all existing and legacy ERC-20 and ERC-721 tokens into Chainlink CCIP-standard assets, ensuring seamless compatibility with any CCIP bridge, including Chainlink’s own Transporter Bridge. As CCIP adoption grows, SkyBridge advances the vision of Digital Asset Abstraction, allowing users to interact with assets permissionlessly across chains. This is all done with no code required, no permissions to ask for, and no hoops to jump through.

Building upon V1’s goal of a unified Ethereum ecosystem, V2 leverages a more powerful standard to enable unrestricted access to tokens on any chain. Users can transfer any token or NFT from a supported chain and utilize it in any DApp across all supported networks.

One. Unified. Ethereum.

Supersonic Everything

If you recall, Optimism enforces a mandatory 7-day withdrawal delay on all outbound transactions. To overcome this limitation, SkyBridge V1 introduced a liquidity pool system, called Supersonic, that allowed users to bypass this withdrawal delay entirely.

While effective, this system faced fundamental obstacles to scaling:

• Adding support for other tokens requires intense capital contributions.
• Moving tokens from L2 to L1 still requires multiple transactions.
• This system is inherently centralized and requires a secure liquidity pool and bridge protocol.
• Adding additional chains increases transaction cost and complexity exponentially.

These problems have been solved.

Unlike Optimism, Chainlink CCIP uses a decentralized approach to validating its transactions. This process requires no mandatory waiting periods, meaning all transactions for all tokens will be processed immediately. Since CCIP is decentralized, fees remain equal across all source and destination networks, and transactions are verified for authenticity by the validator network.

Lower Fees and a Better User Experience

With SkyBridge V2, bridging tokens between chains is now a single transaction! Users will no longer be required to return hours (or even days) later to perform additional transactions. The days of "Prove" and "Finalize" are over.

If you still want to use the standard Optimism bridge, SkyBridge V2 will offer Legacy Mode, maintaining full compatibility with the centralized Optimism token list.

New Rewards

By transitioning to CCIP, liquidity is no longer required to transfer assets at Supersonic speeds. This enhanced performance allows us to retire our old Unalloyed Liquidity proposal in favor of some upgrades.

Smarter Fees and Robust Rewards

• Bridge AVI, native tokens, NFTs: .001 ETH
• Bridge other tokens: .001 ETH + 0.3% pool fee*

Bridge for a low flat rate! .001 ETH
Supports AVI, ETH, AVAX, BNB, FTM/S, USDC, and all NFTs.

*100% of pool fees are issued to reward pool stakers.

Single-token and LP rewards pools are available for AVI + all tokens that collect a pool fee. 35% of rewards are provided to single-token stakers, while 65% is provided to LP stakers.

Rewards are directly proportional to your stake in each pool.

Automatic Token Buybacks

To boost AVI reward rates, 25% of protocol revenue is being used to automatically buy AVI tokens and distribute them to rewards pools. Deposits are never locked, and single-token farm deposits are always immune to impermanent loss. This means AVI stakers will earn rewards from every transaction on SkyBridge, no matter the asset.

Unlike the competition, SkyBridge V2 allows you to harvest your rewards on any chain. This saves you a step on your way to your favorite DApps.

Rewards Pool Events

Projects across all supported chains can deposit their tokens into rewards pools to boost reward rates. This allows projects, DAOs, and foundations to host their own rewards programs directly on SkyBridge.

As the first to launch, the AVI token will kick off its rewards program with a bang! We will allocate 100% of AVI tokens earned from our primary Uniswap LP to SkyBridge rewards. This ensures that millions of AVI tokens will always be available for stakers to earn over time.

Liquidity Mining

New to SkyBridge V2 are rewards pools for Uniswap V4 LP positions. With our implementation of V4's new Subscribers feature, users can earn additional rewards from Skybridge on top of their Uniswap LP rewards.

Available for all tokens, our V4 pools reward 65% of all pool fees generated by SkyBridge directly to LP token stakers. Because SkyBridge supports all tokens on all supported networks, our liquidity mining program automatically incentivizes existing projects to participate and earn yield as users transmit their tokens across chains to use in applications on other networks.

This also encourages deeper liquidity for trading on new chains and helps to alleviate issues with multichain liquidity where other prior solutions have failed: liquidity fragmentation, decreased pool size after multichain access, and increased price volatility across all chains.

Updated Documentation

We will soon begin updating our documentation website with our new SkyBridge V2 technical info. Check back frequently for updates!

Okay, so wen ??

We’re excited to announce that private alpha testing for SkyBridge V2 is already underway! Over the upcoming weeks, we will be inviting top community members to participate in private A/B testing of our UI for feedback.

In addition, we will be hosting a holders-only Beta on testnet. To join, you must hold at least 1 million AVI tokens. We will be rewarding testnet users up to 100k AVI tokens just for participating!

We are still targeting a public release in Q2 of this year, and we will keep you updated if anything changes.

Aviator Arcade Beta Launch!!

In case you missed it, Aviator Arcade Beta is live! Last week, we had the honor of headlining the first-ever official Base Game Night event in the Base Discord server, and it was an incredible experience! Both developers and users were captivated by our approach to bringing Web2 games onchain. Be sure to keep an eye out for a recording of our presentation!

Second Annual Aviator Arcade Game Jam Results

We received over 40 entries, our highest turnout yet! With so many excellent games to choose from, it was hard for our judges to pick our winners. Below is a list of all winning games and links to try them out now!

You will need AVI and ETH on Base to play. Need funds? Try SkyBridge.

Best Overall Experience

1. GHOULS! by Frogjuice Studio - $1,000
2. PongUP! by Flyber - $700
3. Click Dash by Teezaboo - $500

Most Innovative Scoring System

1. BREADALT by Threadloop - $350
2. Canyon Cruiser by bigmambo - $250
3. Minita by Symbio Studio - $100

Best Artistic Design

1. Save Earth 3D by Cael Games, ITDeveloper, and B.dot-Studios - $350
2. 5n3k by WayfarerGames and Albertaberto - $250
3. Bridge 'Em by Alex Roper - $100

Most Addictive Gameplay

1. DogeBounce by Makeitjuicy - $350
2. Carrom Mayhem by NeoStar Games - $250
3. Slide Emperor by Jooz - $100

Aviator Community Favorites

1. Taiko! by Cali98 - $350
2. Beat the Bricks by Kuona - $250
3. Atlas Avalon by Chicken Coop Games, Kingzonas, and Kingzustin - $100

Honorable Mentions: $25 Humble Bundle Codes

• E-TRACK by Beaurittogames
• Uploading by VanessaE2003, Vexpher, Zhatiras, and Yuliana Medina
• The Crypt by Tombason
• Input Smasher by Garnacha69
• Quanta by AKAmaestro

Links

Website: https://aviator.ac/

Documentation: https://docs.aviator.ac/

X/Twitter: https://twitter.com/aviator_ac

Telegram: https://t.me/aviator_ac

Discord: https://aviator.ac/discord

Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/DecentralizedAviators/

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@aviator_ac

Warpcast: https://warpcast.com/aviator-ac

Aviator DAO: https://snapshot.box/#/s:aviator-dao.eth

CoinMarketCap: https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/aviator

CoinGecko: https://www.coingecko.com/en/coins/aviator

Etherscan: https://etherscan.io/token/0xd2bdaaf2b9cc6981fd273dcb7c04023bfbe0a7fe

Basescan: https://basescan.org/token/0x3203856eac03d343f9d5245ba2f39861838a7b36

DEXTools: https://www.dextools.io/app/en/ether/pair-explorer/0x46077fccd46bc963d32456f931c13324786f8bab

Uniswap: https://app.uniswap.org/#/swap?outputCurrency=0xd2bdaaf2b9cc6981fd273dcb7c04023bfbe0a7fe

CoW Swap: https://swap.cow.fi/#/1/swap/ETH/AVI

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