##OP

What is Optimism?

Optimism is a Layer 2 scaling solution for Ethereum that can support all Ethereum Dapps. Instead of running all calculations and data on the Ethereum network, Optimism places all transaction data on-chain and runs the calculation off-chain, increasing Ethereum's transactions per second and reducing transaction fees.

The Optimism community explains its mission with the following sentences:

“The Optimism Foundation is a non-profit organization dedicated to growing the Optimism Collective.

We're not just writing software that scales Ethereum technology, we're scaling Ethereum values ​​by building rails for highly impactful projects that don't have a business model to succeed.

‍Until the project is fully decentralized, we will donate all profits from running a centralized sorter to scaling and maintaining public goods.”