Zora chain
Overview
Zora is a creator platform for onchain media, framed on its own site as a place to post, discover and trade what's next, and built around the idea that creators should not be dependent on centralised platforms. Its stack has several parts: the consumer app for posting and trading content; content coins, the mechanism that turns a creator's posts into tradable tokens; the ZORA token; and Zora Network, its own Ethereum layer 2. That L2 is an OP Stack optimistic rollup that went live on mainnet on 21 June 2023, posting data to Ethereum via blobs since 14 March 2024 and using interactive fraud proofs; as of L2BEAT data read on 22 July 2026 it held $4.68 million in total value secured, and had not yet reached Stage 0 decentralisation, running a centralised sequencer with a forced-transaction escape hatch through L1. For developers, Zora publishes a Coins SDK and Coins Protocol, plus an Agents feature, and offers rewards for building on the coins protocol — the economic hook being that apps built on Zora's protocol share in the fees creator coins generate. Zora began as an NFT marketplace and creator protocol, launched its own OP Stack L2 on 21 June 2023, moved to blob data posting in March 2024, and has since pivoted its consumer product toward content coins with a ZORA token and developer-facing Coins SDK.
Within the DeFi Intel graph, Zora connects to 9 tracked entities, most strongly to Ethereum, Uniswap V4, Uniswap V2.
Relations
Top connections in the DeFi Intel knowledge graph (confidence-weighted, 9 of 9 total).
| Relation | Connected entity | Confidence |
|---|---|---|
settles_to | Ethereum | 95% |
deployed_on | Uniswap V4 | 95% |
deployed_on | Uniswap V2 | 95% |
built_with | OP Stack | 90% |
uses_da | Ethereum 4844 blobs | 90% |
deployed_on | OpenSea | 90% |
sequenced_by | Conduit | 85% |
deployed_on | Seaport | 85% |
deployed_on | Uniswap V3 | 80% |
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Frequently asked questions
What is Zora?
Zora is a layer2 tracked in the DeFi Intel knowledge graph. It is connected to 9 other tracked entities, most strongly to Ethereum, Uniswap V4, Uniswap V2.
What type of entity is Zora?
Zora is classified as a layer2 (chain) in the DeFi Intel knowledge graph.
What is Zora connected to?
In the DeFi Intel knowledge graph, Zora is linked to 9 other tracked entities, most strongly to Ethereum, Uniswap V4, Uniswap V2.
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