The Optimism blockchain has launched its new token with a free giveaway
March 31st marked the day when Optimism launched its OP token. And the friendly people running that network decided that it should reward its OG users with a free giveaway. Read on below to find out what the Optimism blockchain is and if you can claim some free OP tokens.
We’ve written about Optimism before at DappRadar, and we know the power and potential of the network. So when we heard they were giving away their new OP token, for free, we thought we’d tell our community how to get involved.
What is Optimism and OP?
Optimism is a layer 2 EVM-compatible blockchain that is supposed to make Ethereum transactions cheaper and faster than they currently are. The blockchain is an Optimistic Roll-Up (ORU), which means it piggy-backs off the parent blockchain, in this case Ethereum.
Back in March, DappRadar began integrating data from the Optimism blockchain for our one million monthly visitors to…