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Introduction

What Makes Optimism Unique?

• Optimism is designed around four core tenets:

  1. Simplicity
  2. Pragmatism
  3. Sustainability
  4. Optimism

• Optimism aims for the minimum number of moving parts while building a layer-two solution for Ethereum. In practice, this means using proven Ethereum code and infrastructure when possible. Optimism thus aims to keep its code as simple as possible and work directly with existing codebases.

• The ecosystem further emphasizes pragmatism and is driven by the real-world needs and constraints of its own team and the users engaging with the ecosystem. Hence, Optimism aims to build iteratively and implement features like EVM equivalence gradually.

• Optimism's design process is built around the idea of long-term sustainability and not taking shortcuts to scalability. That is why it uses optimistic rollups and takes advantage of the consensus mechanism of Ethereum to scale the network. Blocks are constructed and executed on the L2 (Optimism), while user transactions are batched up and submitted to the L1 (Ethereum). The L2 has no mempool, and transactions are immediately accepted or rejected. This guarantees a smooth user experience while ensuring security through the Ethereum consensus mechanism. (Source)

Methodology

Conclusion

• 27.34k unique wallets transferred a total of 70.2k ETH on the Optimism Bridge. This means that on average each 0.67 ETH wallet is deposited in ZKSync.

• The trend in the number of unique daily wallets can be said to be very similar to the trend in the amount of ETH deposits deposited daily.

• Most ETH transfers and the number of unique daily wallets are both subject to June 1st.

• On May 2, the lowest amount of ETH was deposited in one day (106 ETH).

• On May 12, the minimum number of separate wallets was deposited in one day (37 wallets).