Looking at the image, they are instead top performing projects on the Optimism Chain from Q1 to this quarter in 2023. Before such a list would be made, you should know that it took several research before it was they were picked.

How To Use Optimism.

Before we look into the dapps, we will learn how to bridge in and bridge out funds into Optimism Chain using the native bridge and other protocols.

1. Connect to the official Optimism Bridge or other protocols with an Optimism Bridge Feature.

2. Transfer ETH which you can get at Centralized Exchanges, like Binance, OKX and Coinbase amongst others.

3. Proceed by adding Optimism network to your wallet. You can do so by visiting the official Optimism Chain Explorer and scroll right down to see (Add to MetaMask).

4. This is where you access the full DApps on Optimism Ecosystem.

List of Daily Used DApps on Optimism Chain.

Here we will first look into various Decentralized Exchanges (DEX) on Optimism.

1. Uniswap: The first Pioneer of AMM (Automatic Market Maker) Mechanism.

ZipSwap: a gas-efficient native swap on Optimism.

Curve Finance: Curve is a stablecoin and one of the most important stages for swapping stablecoins.

The list is endless, before we come to an end of the list of most important dapps on the chain, here is;

Perpetual Protocol: Perp as fondly referred to is a dex used for trading futures and perpetuals instead of using a CEX.

For the remaining list of Dapps, I will go ahead to list them and also tell you what services they bring and offer on the Optimism Ecosystem.

Bridges

These are the best three bridges so far on the ecosystem.

1. The Official Optimism Bridge.

2. Synapse Bridge.

3. Hop Exchange.

With the few various dapps which can get you started with your day to day trading on the ecosystem, here is a link to all the dapps on the Optimism Ecosystem and all they services they offer and how they secure the chain also.