We want to emphasize some points that were not prominent as they should have been in our initial post.
White label support
The interface that’s built within Oku will also be available as a white-labelled option for chains that wish to have their own branded front ends. This has already been requested by a major chain.
Functionality would be the same as that offered within Oku, which makes maintenance and improvements easier, and ensures a chain’s white-labelled UI still gives users a best in class experience.
Grants advocacy
Building a UI won’t be enough. Morpho’s growth needs support from the major stakeholders in the new markets it is entering, whether those are DAO governances, foundation companies, DevCos, or someone else. Typically that kind of support comes in the form of grants.
GFX has served on grants and procurement committees for DAOs across web3. We have reviewed thousands of grants that total into the hundreds of millions of dollars. We have walked many miles in the shoes of those who approve grants, which makes us uniquely suited to understanding how Morpho deployments can secure the best incentives package possible.
Whether a formal or informal grants process, they are typically not short or a small amount of work, particularly over the lifecycle of the grant where you have to report back or hit milestones. But we know how to secure and distribute funds from grants.
Multichain complexity
Indexing a large number of chains is not a small amount of work. A front end requires a back end, and that back end has to be quite robust. Users will need to see real-time numbers from the blockchain and able to execute transactions smoothly and without delay. It is not an accident that Oku supports Uniswap across twice as many chains as the official front end.
Morpho needs to be everywhere. For that to work, someone has to provide users a high quality access point to the protocol, and partner chains to help bootstrap these new markets so they have a depth that makes each one core DeFi infrastructure like Morpho is today on Ethereum and Base.
GFX can help Morpho meet the demand for its product, and meet it quickly before chain partners turn to competitors like Aave, Euler, Compound, or their own local lending protocols.