Optimism (OP)

Introducing Privacy Boost: onchain privacy SDK for enterprise. The first privacy offering for @Optimism. Now live on OP Mainnet. Enterprises need regulatory-friendly privacy. https://t.co/GB0JjPDZaQ

Optimism just changed how OP Mainnet orders transactions for the first time since the chain launched. Not a tweak to gas limits. Not a new opcode. The actual rule that decides whose transaction lands first. If you've ever watched a bot front-run your trade and then paid gas on a failed transaction that had zero chance of filling, this is the experiment they're running to fix that. — ➠ The Problem Nobody Liked But Everyone Accepted Right now, @Optimism Mainnet runs on a priority gas auction. You want your transaction included first? Pay more gas than everyone else. Simple. The side effect: the chain has no memory. It doesn't know if you're a market maker who's been providing liquidity for 18 months or a bot that won't exist tomorrow. Every block, everyone competes from zero. So what actually happens? Bots spray dozens of duplicate transactions hoping one lands. Failed transactions pile up and eat block space. And the actors who actually make the chain useful, liquidity providers tightening spreads, h

Optimism just changed how OP Mainnet orders transactions for the first time since the chain launched. Not a tweak to gas limits. Not a new opcode. The actual rule that decides whose transaction lands first. If you've ever watched a bot front-run your trade and then paid gas on a failed transaction that had zero chance of filling, this is the experiment they're running to fix that. — ➠ The Problem Nobody Liked But Everyone Accepted Right now, @Optimism Mainnet runs on a priority gas auction. You want your transaction included first? Pay more gas than everyone else. Simple. The side effect: the chain has no memory. It doesn't know if you're a market maker who's been providing liquidity for 18 months or a bot that won't exist tomorrow. Every block, everyone competes from zero. So what actually happens? Bots spray dozens of duplicate transactions hoping one lands. Failed transactions pile up and eat block space. And the actors who actually make the chain useful, liquidity providers tightening spreads, h

Optimism just changed how OP Mainnet orders transactions for the first time since the chain launched. Not a tweak to gas limits. Not a new opcode. The actual rule that decides whose transaction lands first. If you've ever watched a bot front-run your trade and then paid gas on a failed transaction that had zero chance of filling, this is the experiment they're running to fix that. — ➠ The Problem Nobody Liked But Everyone Accepted Right now, @Optimism Mainnet runs on a priority gas auction. You want your transaction included first? Pay more gas than everyone else. Simple. The side effect: the chain has no memory. It doesn't know if you're a market maker who's been providing liquidity for 18 months or a bot that won't exist tomorrow. Every block, everyone competes from zero. So what actually happens? Bots spray dozens of duplicate transactions hoping one lands. Failed transactions pile up and eat block space. And the actors who actually make the chain useful, liquidity providers tightening spreads, h

We're experimenting with how transactions are ordered on OP Mainnet — for the first time ever. Stake-based transaction ordering is live on Sepolia today. Stake OP, get top-of-block access. Here's what's happening and why 🧵 https://t.co/Zhhny7kkGx

Optimism might make L2 history here. They're testing paid priority access for transactions. Today every tx competes in a priority gas auction. Pay more, get in sooner. The problem Optimism wants to solve is that this creates spam and gas wars, and traders and market makers can't show commitment beyond gas price. Although this will probably mostly incentivize sandwich attackooors (MEV bots) to stake. Kinda smart. So you can stake 100k OP ($13k USD) and get top-of-block access. - No lockups - instant unstaking - time multiplier prevents quick OP borrowing to frontrun liquidations, you need to hold 15+ days for full boost Phase 1 is first come first served. Phase 2 your stake size, duration, and priority gas creates a single ordering score. This probably first L2 token utility that goes beyond fee revenue (which L2s don't have anyway). plus, Although I wonder if this doesn't end up as sequencer centralization? Because staked sequencer is better than the others. In any case, decentralization is luxur