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Bridging Your Custom ERC-20 Token Using the Standard Bridge |
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Learn how to bridge your custom ERC-20 token using the standard bridge. |
import { Callout, Steps } from 'nextra/components'
**This tutorial is for developers who want to bridge a new ERC-20 token to an OP Stack chain.** If you want to bridge existing tokens, you can skip to the tutorial on [Bridging ERC-20 tokens with the Optimism SDK](./cross-dom-bridge-erc20).In this tutorial you'll learn how to bridge a custom ERC-20 token from Ethereum to an OP Stack chain using the Standard Bridge system. This tutorial is meant for developers who already have an existing ERC-20 token on Ethereum and want to create a bridged representation of that token on OP Mainnet.
This tutorial explains how you can create a custom token that conforms to the IOptimismMintableERC20 interface so that it can be used with the Standard Bridge system.
A custom token allows you to do things like trigger extra logic whenever a token is deposited.
If you don't need extra functionality like this, consider following the tutorial on Bridging Your Standard ERC-20 Token Using the Standard Bridge instead.
The Standard Bridge system requires that L2 representations of L1 tokens implement the IOptimismMintableERC20 interface.
This interface is a superset of the standard ERC-20 interface and includes functions that allow the bridge to properly verify deposits/withdrawals and mint/burn tokens as needed.
Your L2 token contract must implement this interface in order to be bridged using the Standard Bridge system.
This tutorial will show you how to create a custom token that implements this interface.
This tutorial explains how to create a bridged ERC-20 token on OP Sepolia. You will need to get some ETH on both of these testnets.
You can use [this faucet](https://sepoliafaucet.com/) to get ETH on Sepolia. You can use the [Superchain Faucet](https://app.optimism.io/faucet?utm_source=docs) to get ETH on OP Sepolia.This tutorial uses Remix to deploy contracts. You will need to add the OP Sepolia network to your wallet in order to follow this tutorial. You can use this website to connect your wallet to OP Sepolia.
You will need an L1 ERC-20 token for this tutorial.
If you already have an L1 ERC-20 token deployed on Sepolia, you can skip this step.
Otherwise, you can use the testing token located at 0x5589BB8228C07c4e15558875fAf2B859f678d129 that includes a faucet() function that can be used to mint tokens.
Once you have an L1 ERC-20 token, you can create a corresponding L2 ERC-20 token on OP Sepolia. This tutorial will use Remix so you can easily deploy a token without a framework like Hardhat or Foundry. You can follow the same general process within your favorite framework if you prefer.
In this section, you'll be creating an ERC-20 token that can be deposited but cannot be withdrawn. This is just one example of the endless ways in which you could customize your L2 token.
{
}Navigate to Remix in your browser.
{
}Click the 📄 ("Create new file") button to create a new empty Solidity file. You can name this file whatever you'd like.
{
}Copy the following example contract into your new file:
{
}Take a moment to review the example contract.
It's almost the same as the standard OptimismMintableERC20 contract except that the _burn function has been made to always revert.
Since the bridge needs to burn tokens when users want to withdraw them to L1, this means that users will not be able to withdraw tokens from this contract.
{
}Save the file to automatically compile the contract. If you've disabled auto-compile, you'll need to manually compile the contract by clicking the "Solidity Compiler" tab (this looks like the letter "S") and press the blue "Compile" button.
{
}Open the deployment tab (this looks like an Ethereum logo with an arrow pointing left).
Make sure that your environment is set to "Injected Provider", your wallet is connected to OP Sepolia, and Remix has access to your wallet.
Then, select the MyCustomL2Token contract from the deployment dropdown and deploy it with the following parameters:
_BRIDGE: "0x4200000000000000000000000000000000000007"
_REMOTETOKEN: "<L1 ERC-20 address>"
_NAME: "My Custom L2 Token"
_SYMBOL: "MCL2T"
Now that you have an L2 ERC-20 token, you can bridge some tokens from L1 to L2. Check out the tutorial on Bridging ERC-20 tokens with the Optimism SDK to learn how to bridge your L1 ERC-20 to L2s using the Optimism SDK. Remember that the withdrawal step will not work for the token you just created! This is exactly what this tutorial was meant to demonstrate.
The Superchain Token List is a common list of tokens deployed on chains within the Optimism Superchain. This list is used by services like the Optimism Bridge UI. If you want your OP Mainnet token to be included in this list, take a look at the review process and merge criteria.