The Ethereum 
$3,892 network has faced scalability issues due to an increasing user base, leading to slower transactions and higher costs. To partially address these issues, the Ethereum community has developed layer-2 solutions, known as rollups, since 2019. Optimism has emerged as one of the first and prominent solutions in the market.
Growth of Optimism
Optimism’s technology has been adopted by major organizations like Kraken, Uniswap, World Network, and Sony’s Blockchain Lab to create their own layer-2 networks by 2024. The OP ($0.36) team successfully convinced some of the largest entities in the crypto world to join its ecosystem, which led to the nomination of founding team leader Jing Wang for CoinDesk’s 2024 Most Influential List.
Founding Team’s Story
The founding team of Optimism consists of experienced members of the Ethereum community, including Jing Wang, Ben Jones, Karl Floersch, Mark Tyneway, Kelvin Fichter, and Kevin Ho. Jing Wang began his journey in the cr...
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