{"id":455865,"date":"2022-06-01T05:20:48","date_gmt":"2022-06-01T02:20:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/optimism-airdrop-overwhelmed-by-all-time-high-demand-scaling-is-hard\/"},"modified":"2022-06-01T05:20:48","modified_gmt":"2022-06-01T02:20:48","slug":"optimism-airdrop-overwhelmed-by-all-time-high-demand-scaling-is-hard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/optimism-airdrop-overwhelmed-by-all-time-high-demand-scaling-is-hard\/","title":{"rendered":"# Optimism airdrop overwhelmed by all-time high demand: \u2018Scaling is hard\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a297da1c08dd\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a297da1c08dd\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/optimism-airdrop-overwhelmed-by-all-time-high-demand-scaling-is-hard\/#%E2%80%9D_Optimism_airdrop_overwhelmed_by_all-time_high_demand_%E2%80%98Scaling_is_hard_%E2%80%9C\" >&#8221; Optimism airdrop overwhelmed by all-time high demand: \u2018Scaling is hard\u2019 &#8220;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9D_Optimism_airdrop_overwhelmed_by_all-time_high_demand_%E2%80%98Scaling_is_hard_%E2%80%9C\"><\/span>&#8221; Optimism airdrop overwhelmed by all-time high demand: \u2018Scaling is hard\u2019 &#8220;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.cointelegraph.com\/images\/840_aHR0cHM6Ly9zMy5jb2ludGVsZWdyYXBoLmNvbS91cGxvYWRzLzIwMjItMDUvMjUwMmEyOGEtMzNiNS00MDc1LWFlZDQtMDFkZWY4OWM0NDA1LmpwZw==.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"post-content\" data-v-2a0745c6>Ethereum layer-2 scaling solution Optimism has been overwhelmed with \u201call-time high demand\u201d following the launch of its highly anticipated airdrop\u00a0on Wednesday. <\/p>\n<p>Users racing to collect their tokens were greeted with failed or delayed transactions as the Optimism team raced in the background to add additional capacity to the network. <\/p>\n<p>As previously reported in April, Optimism is\u00a0airdropping the new OP governance token\u00a0\u2014 over multiple phases \u2014 alongside the launch of a decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) dubbed \u201cThe Optimism Collective.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Nearly 250,000 addresses are able to receive the airdrop, with the eligibility set for Optimism early adopters and regular Ethereum users, such as DAO voters, multi-sig signers and bridge users. <\/p>\n<p>According to Optimism Status, the mainnet experienced degraded performance for roughly three and a half hours, with the team \u201cprovisioning more capacity\u201d to solve the issue. As a result, archive node functionality remains temporarily limited until the network load subsides. <\/p>\n<p>Optimism stated on <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a> that it would take the lessons it learned from the first airdrop and <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ly them to the second round, while it will also publish an \u201cextensive retrospective next week\u201d detailing what went down. <\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cWow, what a day. OP Drop #1 had a turbulent launch which we finally stabilized after more than five hours of non-stop work.\u201d <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">There are a lot of lessons we learned from this to apply to Drop #2. We\u2019ll be publishing an extensive retrospective next week. <\/p>\n<p>Iteration is core to the Optimism ethos and we always strive to apply today\u2019s lessons to tomorrow\u2019s problems.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Optimism (\u2728_\u2728) (@optimismPBC) <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/optimismPBC\/status\/1531798287472242688?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 1, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\nTwitter users, such as OlimpioCrypto, were the first to announce the airdrop going live earlier on Tuesday to their 35,400 followers, hours ahead of Optimism officially doing so. <\/p>\n<p>As it stands, OP is available for trade on several centralized exchanges such as Coinbase, OKX, Bybit, Gate.io, MEXC Global, along with popular decentralized exchange Uniswap.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">(\u2728_\u2728) <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%24OP&amp;src=ctag&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">$OP<\/a> AIRDROP IS LIVE <\/p>\n<p>2 minutes ago, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%24OP&amp;src=ctag&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">$OP<\/a> became claimable in <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/optimismPBC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@optimismPBC<\/a>, and tradable on several exchanges<\/p>\n<p>Thread: all you need to know about the so hyped launch <\/p>\n<p>Claim right now:<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 olimpio \u26a1\ufe0f (@OlimpioCrypto) <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/OlimpioCrypto\/status\/1531695015117864960?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 31, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>With users racing to snap up free tokens before the official announcement, the Optimism team <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/optimismPBC\/status\/1531714854901391360\">acknowledged<\/a> that its network was struggling to support the demand:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cSup sleuths\u2014as you might have guessed, OP Drop #1 launches today. We have NOT officially announced yet, but we\u2019re already experiencing an all-time high demand. We knew everyone would be excited, but holy cow\u2014y\u2019all just couldn\u2019t wait for #OPSummer.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re working to heavily provision more capacity before our official announcement\u2014in the meantime the public RPC may respond slowly,\u201d it added. <\/p>\n<p>An RPC (Remote Procedure Call) enables various applications, such as MetaMask or Uniswap, to interact with Optimism and Ethereum and appears to have been a key issue that slowed down OP transactions.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Related: <\/em><\/strong><strong><em>Layer-2 adoption could spur the next crypto turning point<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Commenting on the drop, Martin K\u00f6ppelmann, co-founder of Ethereum Virtual Machine-compatible blockchain Gnosis, stated he thinks Optimism is one of the \u201cleading\u201d projects tackling Ethereum\u2019s scaling issues, but this drop highlighted the point that \u201cscaling is hard.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">And this was certainly not meant to sound negative in any way towards <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/optimismPBC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@optimismPBC<\/a> &#8211; quite the opposite, I consider the project as one of the leading once to tackle scaling and them running into scaling issues right now just shows how hard the problem is.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Martin K\u00f6ppelmann  (@koeppelmann) <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/koeppelmann\/status\/1531756022389424131?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 31, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>According to CoinGecko, OP opened at $1.43 before surging to $2.10; however, the price has since dropped back to roughly $1.92, marking an increase of roughly 34%. 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