Adoption
Optimism community proposal seeks to ban OP dumpers from future airdrops
The proposal comes barely a day after the Ethereum scaling solution airdropped its governance tokens to early adopters.
Oluwapelumi Adejumo 3 min read
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Crypto
Optimism airdrops token amid high demand and drama
Some users claimed that they had been interacting with the smart contract before it went live, while some are saying they suddenly became ineligible for the airdrop.
Layer-2
Ethereum L2 solution Optimism to launch new governance model, token via airdrop
The governance system is a unique bicameral model in which two different entities will work together to grow the ecosystem.
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Derivatives
Synthetix to launch perpetual futures on Ethereum scaling solution Optimism
Later this week, the synthetic assets protocol Synthetix will launch its service on Optimism, the optimistic roll-up scaling solution on Ethereum. The launch will imply an upgrade to the protocol, and trading will initially be limited.
Hacks
Critical bug in Ethereum L2 Optimism, $2M bounty paid
Announced today, the Ethereum layer-2 chain Optimism was alerted by a white hat hacker of a critical bug in a smart contract. The bug was fixed and $2 million in bug bounty was paid out to the hacker.
Analysis
3 Reasons for Optimism’s Slow Development
Optimism is a Layer 2 scaling solution based on Optimistic Rollup. The advantage of this solution is that it is easy to integrate with DApps.
Adoption
Layer 2 Ethereum protocol Optimism officially removes Whitelist, will allow devs to deploy directly on its mainnet
Layer 2 optimistic rollup network, Optimism has officially removed the Whitelist feature from its network, enabling developers to deploy arbitrary codes directly on its mainnet.
Technology
Perpetual Protocol v2 launches on Ethereum layer-2 solution Optimism
The launch of Perpetual Protocol v2 (dubbed Curie) to Optimism Mainnet reduces the cost required to place a trade and speeds up trade execution.
