What a fun day with Shibby on the course!

Happy Memorial Day weekend!

RISC Zero 🤝 Optimism

We're excited to bring ZK fraud & validity proof development to the OP Stack.

With R0's Zeth, you can provably build and derive Optimism blocks from Ethereum mainnet🔒

Calling Fraxtal builders! Optimism has opened applications for Retro Funding 4. 10 million $OP has been allocated to reward the impact of Onchain Builders.

Check the info below to see if you are eligible and apply before the June 6th 19:00pm UTC deadline.

Today's podcast episode features Optimist Prime, CEO and executive director of the Optimism Foundation, along with our CTO Eddy Lazzarin 🟠🔭 & editor RobertHackett.eth.

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a16zcrypto.com/posts/podcast/…

Fantastic overview by Vitalik on how layer 2s have effectively been like a 'free market' approach to scaling Ethereum.

That's how I've always seen the buildout over the last few years as well, and I think Optimism has adopted the same philosophy.

71 House Democrats. Let that sink in— 71 House Democras just joined Republicans to defeat the scape hosting, fear mongering and ignorance of fellow legislators who refused to legislate. Thank you Congress— FIT21 is real progress.

It’s time to Get Based.
Built on the Superchain with Optimism.

We're featuring creators and special guests dropping pieces on Base 🛡️ on OpenSea and with Frames on Farcaster.

Artworks by jhekub, hun, Base God, Cartyisme, Cryptic Poet, Yiying Lu 🐳 🥟🧋, Subwway and more!

Blockscout is thriving thanks to generous grants from the community! In this post we highlight the virtuous cycle that the @optimism retro-funding grants program brings to our open-source explorer development. 💪🤝 #OpenSource

blog.blockscout.com/how-optimisms-…

the exciting thing about the ETH ETF isn't the price — it's the politics

the message of crypto as a technology for good is breaking through and we must keep building momentum

stand with crypto, call your congressperson, and tell them to support FIT21

standwithcrypto.org

Caldera 🤝 Superchain
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We're excited to support the Optimism Superchain for OP Stack rollup deployments on our RaaS platform.
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Through The Superchain 🔴, developers can leverage shared:
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- Bridging
- Decentralized Governance
- Upgrades
- Communication Layer
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between every

Build on the Superchain with Caldera and deploy with all the infra you need to scale your ecosystem.

The Superchain is for _____

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1/ We have a VERY special installment of Devs on Devs hot off the presses, featuring tdot the core protocol developer of Plasma Mode (and by extension, Redstone), and ✨🔴_🔴✨ Ben Jones, a co-founder of Optimism, the collective behind the OP Stack.
lattice.xyz/blog/op-plasma…

Building on the Superchain = having super power. 🔴✨

In the next two weeks, the House of Representatives will vote on the most important piece of crypto legislation to date: FIT21. We’ve long called for regulatory clarity that protects consumers and innovation and the FIT21 Act will do just that.

Americans have embraced digital

On May 21st, we re-open the stargates to our brutal space survival experience, allowing brave builders to help us shape the future of the EVE Universe!

If you want a chance to join, then sign up here: projectawakening.io

Alright, the plan for this summer is simple

Product ships: permissionless fault proofs, stage 1, custom gas tokens, & [redacted]

Expand the Superchain: more large blockchains building on OP Stack

Onchain Summer: 11M OP is up for grabs for developers to build on the Superchain