Framework

OP Stack

OP Stack is Optimism's open-source, modular framework for building Ethereum layer-2 rollup chains, used by Optimism, Base and other networks.

Known aliases

Optimism OP Stack

Current stories

investConfirmed3 publishers

Scammers used GIWA's reserved chain ID to drain 766 ETH before its mainnet launched

Scammers ran a working copy of Dunamu's unlaunched GIWA network on its reserved chain ID 9134 and drained 766.25 ETH from users. The ID got through an exchange's listing checks, so a matching network ID is now weak evidence that a chain is the real one.

Publishers:cointelegraph.comcrowdfundinsider.comcryptobriefing.com

Perspective Coverage

3 publishers

Builder: Builder 38%
Operator: Operator 40%
Investor: Investor 22%

Reality

Evidence68
Adoption: Insufficient
Hype gap+12
Incentives60
Confidence70

investOne report1 publisher

Derive retires its own chain so other apps can build on its options engine

Derive will move its options exchange onto Ethereum on October 6 pending a vote, carrying about $2 billion of an estimated $40 billion in open interest. The V3 rebuild bets that outside apps will plug into its engine and carry Derive's growth against Deribit.

Publishers:bankless.com

Reality

Evidence45
Adoption35
Hype gap+30
Incentives60
Confidence50

investConfirmed2 publishers

The failed Ethereum-Base account abstraction merge moves the cost onto wallet teams

Talks to reconcile Base's EIP-8130 with Ethereum's EIP-8141 broke down last week. Both chains will now ship their own native smart accounts. Derek Chiang, who co-authored Ethereum's proposal, says wallets carry the burden.

Publishers:cointelegraph.comcrowdfundinsider.com

Reality

Evidence58
Adoption24
Hype gap+12
Incentives62
Confidence66

investOne report1 publisher

Kinetiq's Elysium bets that HyperEVM's block design, not demand, is what ails Hyperliquid DeFi

Hyperliquid's first L2 arrives with a 400x gas spike as its evidence and a 15-month low in spot share as its market. The awkward part is Kinetiq's own contraction.

Publishers:bankless.com

Reality

Evidence34
Adoption12
Hype gap+46
Incentives74
Confidence44

investOne report1 publisher

Optimism hands its Foundation $49M of unairdropped OP, plus discretion over how to spend it

Token holders approved moving 546.9 million OP out of the user airdrop reserve into a fund the Foundation directs. Support was about 62 percent of votes cast.

Publishers:cryptopolitan.com

Reality

Evidence55
Adoption22
Hype gap+12
Incentives74
Confidence46