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Optimism, one of the four major Ethereum Layer 2 scaling solutions, will soon be launching a new governance and incentive token, OP, much to the communityâs excitement. This launch, which includes airdrops to early adopters and active users and contributors, has the potential to stir community enthusiasm to new heights, says a new report from Huobi Research Institute.
The report, titled âCould OP make Optimism the next Rollup king?â examines Optimismâs recent performance in the market and concludes its performance has been outstanding in the Layer 2 market. Despite the overall TVL of Layer 2 falling slightly from US$6.47 billion to US$6.33 billion, Optimismâs TVL bucked the market and rose 15%, from 590 million to 868 million (Figure 1)âââalmost the only mainstream Layer 2 project to rise within the period. This scenario is a positive one that facilitates a token launch.
Figure 1: TVL changes of the top 10 Layer 2 projects in the last 7Â days
Source: L2Beat
Data from The Optimistic Ethereum Explorer shows Optimism has seen a significant increase in the total number of addresses, from 327,000 to 350,000 in one week, a 7% increase. The article speculates that a 19 April article released by Optimism, titled âA New Chapterâ, may have fuelled user confidence in the project, leading to this increase. Furthermore, the Optimism network saw a 56% increase in the number of transactions per day, from 45,000 to 70,000, likely due to usersâ hopes for receiving token airdrops. However, Optimisticâs challenge lies in retaining users and subsequently, revenue, not just through airdrops. Activities and project development are needed to support the networkâs future growth.
According to the Huobi Research Institute report, the Optimism network will have no problems withstanding this massive growth in user and transaction numbers, and this rapid growth will not result in higher fees for individual users, due to stable Ethereum gas prices arising from a lack of congestion.
The Huobi Research Institute report suggests users need to be more actively involved in the Optimismâs activities and development in order to increase their chances of receiving airdrops of OP, and such airdrop events will help with Optimismâs user retention.
The Huobi Research Institute report further evaluates the four major platforms associated with OP Rollups, notably Arbitrum, Optimism, Boba and Metis, and noted that Boba and Metis observed rapid TVL expansion following token issuance, but saw TVL reductions later on due to an insufficiently cultivated ecosystem and the lack of established quality projects such as Uniswap, Aave and Curve not being deployed on these networks. Arbitrum, meanwhile, remains in the leader in the space.
âThe question remains surrounding Optimismâs potential to dominate the Rollup space is how the ecosystem can be further developed, following the launch of its OP token,â said Barry Jiang, Researcher at Huobi Research Institute and author of the report. âConsidering Optimism has already had a number of proven infrastructure-type projects deployed on it, the possibility of it taking over Arbitrum as the number one OP Rollup platform exists.
âThe Battle Royale has kicked off. No matter who comes out on top in the end, users will be able to enjoy cheaper services and more applications, and Layer 2 will soar in popularity.â
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