Bridge details
Est. time
~33m 56s
Depends on Optimism finality
Fees
Gas only
No protocol fee on this transfer
Mechanism
Burn-and-unlock
USDT released from the Ethereum lockbox
30-day volume
$17M
Optimism to Ethereum, last 30 days
How to transfer USDT from Optimism to Ethereum
Optimism runs USDT0, the omnichain form of USDT, while on Ethereum you hold native USDT. Your USDT0 is burned on Optimism and the matching USDT is released from the Ethereum lockbox, secured by LayerZero’s OFT standard. Supply never grows: the same amount simply changes chain.
To transfer, open usdt0.to/transfer, connect any EVM wallet, select Optimism as origin and Ethereum as destination, and confirm. Funds typically arrive in about 33m 56s. There is no protocol fee on this transfer — you pay network gas and the LayerZero messaging fee.