Optimism Struggles to Handle Surge for OP Token

A step-by-step guide to claiming Optimism's $OP airdrop.

Crypto users are speculating that Optimism could drop its OP token as early as tomorrow.

Web3 blog platform Mirror now lets writers sell their essays as NFTs. Mirror, a kind of Medium meets Web3, lets bloggers publish essays on the Ethereum blockchain, then vote on the best ones with the platform’s governance token.  Upstart writers could already sell NFTs on the platform and hold crowdsales – they’ve raised $15.36M since…

17,000 addresses have been disqualified from the Optimism airdrop with 14M OP tokens reallocated.

Ethereum scaling solution Optimism today announced Bedrock, an upgrade that improves speeds and cuts costs for those that trade on the L2. Optimism is a rollup: a Layer 2 scaling solution that batches transactions on another blockchain, then feeds them back to Ethereum as a single transaction. Rollups enjoy the security of Ethereum’s mainnet while…

Ethereum Layer-2 Optimism is launching its $OP governance token with an airdrop for early adopters.

Aave Arc inked deals with Layer 2s Optimism and Arbitrum as part of its strategy to attract institutional investors.

Curve gave Layer 2s a boost by joining Optimism.

Optimism., the Layer 2 rollup network, is removing its whitelist and opening the door to devs.