Optimism (OP)

What Happened to the L2s? @ben_chain and @karl_dot_tech (co-founders of @Optimism ), interviewed by @JasonYanowitz on @theempirepod Summary: The 2 Optimism co-founders discuss the L2 reckoning, and how Optimism pivoted from running a single chain to an enterprise SaaS model selling customized, differentiated block space to institutions. Along the way they cover Optimism's moat, who actually needs their own chain, the state of Ethereum, the experience of having a token, and what defines success in crypto. 1. Hype Meets Reality. The short version of what happened to L2s is hype meeting reality. Crypto moved from speculative blue‑sky ambition to actually delivering value to end users, which requires real product development and product‑market fit. Many chains and hype projects never had those fundamentals, and when you lack fundamentals, the floor can fall out from under you. @ben_chain frames it as crypto finally being taken seriously by people outside the bubble, so a bit of deflation is unsurprising as t

Optimism Co-Founder Karl Floersch shares why Ethereum is a direct competitor to Bitcoin: "Ethereum in my mind is competitive with Bitcoin. That is its primary competitor" "Ethereum needs to compete not just with Bitcoin, it needs to compete with Solana, Hyperliquid, the list goes on" @karl_dot_tech

Recently, zhaozhao, with a year's living expenses, bought spot twice, some friends in private messages asked me what the basis for my moves is? The simplest sentence is: "Projects that have passed Alpha and receive a lot of criticism in the airdrop portion are often more likely to be high-controlled projects." Yesterday while scrolling X, I saw Lang Lao Shi's tweet, Binance is hiring for a Product Marketing Senior Manager position ·The core responsibilities description includes launch plan + post-launch review. ·As a retail investor, the key point I see is moving the product from “launch completed” to “users truly understand, adopt, and generate growth.” If we start to value post-launch data and plan to push towards user understanding and growth, zhaozhao believes this also signifies the return of secondary market opportunities in the crypto space. Recently O and BTW have performed well, and it's uncertain whether there will continue to be profitable opportunities. However, based on more than a year of experience chasing losses, projects that rush to promote may have secondary opportunities, but those opportunities usually come after a pullback. Whereas projects like BTW and O that are not in a hurry to promote have the opportunity right when they launch!

$OP and $ARB were among the projects I trusted the most. Both let me down. ARB might recover, but OP is a long shot. https://t.co/Wy0uJHmI79

$OP and $ARB were among the projects I trusted the most. Both let me down. ARB might recover, but OP is a long shot. https://t.co/Wy0uJHmI79

@DrMemellionaire @QuotableCrypto I am a genius. Yet, I am unfamiliar with this thing you call "optimism." Experiments underway. Will report back with findings.🔬 https://t.co/lKd2zb72OC