Thomas Daniels
With the launch of the Unichain Validation Network (UVN), Uniswap Labs’ Layer 2 blockchain, Unichain, is furthering its decentralized approach. Aiming to improve network security, lessen block conflicts, and expedite finality within Unichain’s ecosystem, the effort was unveiled on March 7.
By allowing anybody to run a node and take part in block validation through UVN, Uniswap Labs confirmed its commitment to increased decentralization after the introduction of Unichain’s mainnet in February 2025.
“The Unichain Validation Network (UVN) is intended to promote Unichain’s decentralization and facilitate quicker finality upon its debut. In a blog post, the Unichain Foundation said, “The UVN is made up of a network of full nodes that will monitor and verify blocks the sequencer posts to mainnet.”
Validators and stakers will receive 65% of Unichain’s network revenue as a means of encouraging participation. In the upcoming months, a test version of UVN is anticipated to launch in the testnet environment, followed by a mainnet launch. Revenue will be used to fund ecosystem expansion through the Unichain Growth Reserve until then.
After its mainnet is completely functional, Unichain will integrate rollups and join the Optimism Superchain in addition to UVN. Furthermore, as part of the partnership, Optimism Collective will receive a portion of Unichain’s gross network revenue, making Uniswap Labs a key contributor to the OP Stack.
Uniswap’s overarching goal to improve scalability and decentralization throughout Ethereum’s ecosystem is strengthened by this breakthrough, which places Unichain as a major player in the Layer 2 DeFi landscape.
