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Optimism

Ethereum has proven itself to be an extremely popular computing platform, with both developer and user demand growing dr...

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What they do

Problem

Ethereum’s base layer has limited throughput and high fees that constrain application usage and growth.

Solution

Optimism provides an Ethereum Layer-2 scaling network using optimistic rollups to increase transaction capacity and reduce costs while inheriting Ethereum security.

Who it's for

Ethereum developers and users who run and transact with decentralized applications (dApps).

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