Optimism
Secure, decentralized infrastructure for scaling Ethereum
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There is no central office. All members of the team work remotely.
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Optimism

About Optimism

About Optimism
Instant transactions and scalable smart contracts on Ethereum.

What Optimism is building

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We are building the critical infrastructure to address this need. Optimistic Ethereum is an extension to Ethereum that scales both its technology and philosophy.

Technologies used at Optimism

Front-end (5)
Back-end (1)
JavascriptJavascript
ReactReact
HTMLHTML
Node.jsNode.js
TypescriptTypescript

Company culture

OUR PHILOSOPHY

Not only are we writing software that scales Ethereum technology, we are also scaling Ethereum values by creating the rails for highly impactful projects that don’t have a business model to succeed. Read more about how we’re doing that here.

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Funding rounds

Total Funding

Total Funding

$28.5M
Last funding round type

Last funding round type

Series A
Company type

Company type

For Profit

Optimism news and updates

Optimism launched OP token on Apr 1st 22'.

After its competitor Optimism released its OP token in April, Abritrum’s co-founder posted a cryptic tweet that suggested an ARBI token was imminent.

Oct 3, 2022 | capital.com

NodeReal Inc. partners with Optimism

Optimism is a great extension to the Ethereum ecosystem, therefore, as a one-stop infrastructure service provider, NodeReal will collaborate closely with the Optimism community to integrate its flagship product Meganode with Optimism to provide fastest API service.

Sep 8, 2022 | nodereal.io

Optimism launched alpha mainnet on Jan 1st 21'.

By the turn of 2021, Optimism had launched their alpha mainnet.

Aug 25, 2022 | perp.fi

Disclosure: Fixing a critical bug in Optimism’s Geth fork

On February 2nd, the Optimism team was alerted by Jay Freeman (saurik of Cydia and Orchid fame) to the existence of a critical bug in Optimism’s Geth fork. The bug made it possible to create ETH on Optimism by repeatedly triggering the SELFDESTRUCT opcode on a contract that held an ETH balance.

Feb 11, 2022 | Optimism PBC

Optimism receives financing of $150M in funding round

What do you think about the latest $150 million funding round for Optimism?

Jan 1, 2022 | bitcoin.com

Optimism partnered with MakerDAO on Mar 1st 21'.

On March 2021, Optimism has partnered with MakerDAO to create the Optimism DAI Bridge, which allows fast withdrawals of DAI and other tokens back to Layer 1.

Jan 1, 2022 | datadriveninvestor.com

Andreessen Horowitz invested into Optimism in $150M on Mar 5th 22'.

Venture capital firm a16Z and Paradigm led a $150 million Series B funding round for Optimism last month, bringing its valuation to $1.65 billion.

Jan 1, 2022 | blockworks.co

Optimism launches Cannon

Besides, Optimism will launch the alpha for its fault-proof system, Cannon, to safeguard blockchains against accidents like unsynchronized node operators.

Jan 1, 2022 | cryptopotato.com

Ankr Inc. partnered with Optimism on Jun 15th 22'.

Ankr announced today that it’s partnering with Optimism, a layer-2 scaling solution for Ethereum.

Jan 1, 2022 | cryptosrus.com

All Gas, No Brakes

Today marks a very special occasion and another exciting milestone for Optimism and the Ethereum ecosystem at large.

Dec 17, 2021 | Optimism PBC

Optimism announces upgrades enabling ‘one-click’ roll-up deployment

According to a blog post published by Optimism on Sept. 17, the team anticipates Ethereum-native protocols will be able to launch on its network in a single click by the end of October.

Sep 20, 2021 | COINTELEGRAPH
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