Protocol Development OP Testnets are migrating from OP Goerli to OP Sepolia. Ethereum's Goerli testnet, and OP Goerli along with it, will be fully decommissioned in January 2024. Migrate to OP Sepolia for any testing and development needs!
Engineering Preparing the ecosystem for multiple chains This blog post shares details about the first code changes that will make the Superchain real. The first establishes as protocol version system, and the second focuses on smart contract upgrades.
Ecosystem Featured Providing Easier Access to Testnet ETH Across the Superchain with the Superchain Faucet Developers need access to testnet tokens so that they can properly deploy, test, and iterate on their contracts in testnet. With this launch of the Superchain Faucet developers will now be able to access testnet ETH for any OP Chain.
Engineering Introducing the Canyon Hardfork On Nov. 14 at 17:00 UTC, Superchain testnets will upgrade to Canyon! This blog post outlines all the changes coming to the Optimism ecosystem in the wake of this protocol upgrade.
Protocol Development The OP Stack’s Fault Proof System is live on OP Goerli This post gives an overview of the OP Stack's first fault proof system, its components, and how they will work together to enhance decentralization in the Optimism ecosystem.
Engineering The game’s afoot: designing modular dispute games for the OP Stack’s Fault Proof System A deep dive into dispute games & the role they will play in fault detection in the OP Stack's first fault proof system.
Engineering Social Decentralization & the OP Stack’s Fault Proof Virtual Machine This blog post explores the principle of social decentralization, how L2 architecture allows Layer 2s to extend this principle to include proof diversity, and how the Optimism Collective is building its fault proof system to leverage this architecture.
protocol Maximizing fault proof modularity with a composable pre-image oracle This blog post explores the modular design of the OP Stack's Fault Proof System, featuring a deep dive into the system’s pre-image oracle.
Ecosystem Using onchain reputation data for testnet funds with the Superchain Faucet The Superchain Faucet will enable builders in the Optimism ecosystem to leverage onchain reputation data to to claim up to 20x the typical amount of testnet ETH.
Ecosystem Building a Fault Proof System worthy of the Superchain An update on technical decentralization and the OP Stack's first Fault Proof System.
Engineering Here’s how you can reproduce OP Mainnet’s migration to Bedrock On June 6, 2023, OP Mainnet upgraded to Bedrock, and the entire migration process was designed to be verifiable and reproducible.
Protocol Development The OP Stack: Modular, Exponential Scalability for L2s The OP Stack's code is EVM-equivalent, secure, performant, and MIT-licensed. The Optimism Ecosystem Contributions Dashboard can help developers get started.
Guest Post Building op-erigon: how Test in Prod joined the Optimism Collective Test in Prod authors this guest post where they share their journey of discovering the OP Stack and building op-erigon.
Community-Driven Development: Introducing OP Stack Mods OP Labs is excited to start highlighting OP Stack Mods, modifications or improvements to the OP Stack created by members of the Optimism and Ethereum communities, for community feedback.
Protocol Development Multi-proof design in the OP Stack With Bedrock, we built a system that can fit many types of proof schemes, providing a more flexible, secure, and future proof OP Stack for builders in the Optimism Ecosystem.
Ecosystem Building a Decentralized Identity Ecosystem, Together The Optimism Collective is building a better economic engine that fuels positive-sum games, and decentralized identity is central to that goal. Decentralized identity not only unlocks democratic governance and innovation, but also empowers individuals to have greater control over their finances and participate in the global economy on their own
Protocol Development Progressing towards decentralization: highlights from the Keys in Mordor summit In February, OP Labs engineers and core developers from the Optimism Collective gathered in person for the Keys in Mordor summit. The goal for this summit? Figure out how to take Optimism’s upgrade keys to Mordor and safely throw them into Mount Doom, rendering the protocol technically decentralized. Attendees
Ecosystem Improving token discoverability and trust through the Superchain Token List The Superchain Token List will simplify the process of bridging tokens between Ethereum and OP Chains built on the OP stack, including OP Mainnet and Base.
Protocol Development Introducing op-erigon: how the Bedrock upgrade unlocks client diversity Test in Prod leveraged the modular and open source OP Stack to develop an alternate execution client, op-erigon, now available to test on OP Goerli.
Engineering Exploring a new RPC endpoint to support ERC-4337 and account abstraction This blog post delves into the intricacies of account abstraction, ERC-4337, and the benefits of a novel RPC endpoint that is being built to make it easier for bundlers to succeed.
Protocol Development Increasing Confidence in the OP Mainnet Bridge with Two-Step Withdrawals The Bedrock upgrade will introduce a new two-step withdrawal process to the Optimism Mainnet bridge that will improve its security & make exploits much more difficult.
Events OP in Denver: Rollup Recap A recap of the super time Optimists from OP Labs and the Optimism Foundation had talking about scaling Ethereum, the Superchain, and RetroPGF at ETHDenver.
Protocol Development Here’s How Bedrock will Bring Significantly Lower Fees to OP Mainnet This post explores how the Bedrock upgrade will bring 47% reduction in protocol costs and security fees to Optimism Mainnet.
Protocol Development Optimism’s Path to Technical Decentralization An update on OP Labs’ goals for advancing Optimism’s technical decentralization.
Protocol Development Bedrock Security Reviews & Audit Competition This article was written in collaboration with Maurelian. With the recent successful migration of the OP Goerli to Bedrock, we are approaching a crucial phase of the Bedrock release: the OP Mainnet upgrade. The size and complexity of Bedrock means that ensuring the security and stability of the system was
