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Mint Sep 15 · https://t.co/kjtzZNLOzK
quietly @get_optimum solving the most ignored bottleneck in Ethereum
The world is coming onchain at full speed.
Execution layer? Hyped.
Consensus? Hyped.
Networking layer (gossip protocol)? Almost completely ignored.
@FourPillarsFP research nailed it: Optimum is attacking exactly this gap.
What is Optimum?
Universal Data Acceleration Network powered by RLNC (Random Linear Network Coding) invented by MIT professor & CEO Muriel Médard.
Flagship product: mump2p
→ Designed to replace/upgrade GossipSub
→ Runs as a simple sidecar
→ Zero consensus changes, zero new hardware, zero friction
Hard numbers (testnet + research):
• Average block propagation: 2.42x faster than GossipSub (median 2.50x)
• Propagation variance: ~7.88x lower → far more consistent delivery
• Real conditions: ~150ms global average (6–20x faster vs baseline)
• Bandwidth reduction: 90–95%
Validator economics impact (this is the money shot):
Additional 50–150ms usable slot time →
• MEV bid value ↑ 13–16%
• Network head vote accuracy: 98.6% → 98.8–99.1%
• Major operators (36% of total stake): staking rewards ↑ 0.66–1.97%
→ Roughly 6–19 extra ETH per year on a 32,000 ETH stake
Already live with 40+ major validators controlling $24B+ in ETH stake.
This isn’t just faster block
It directly unlocks
• Shorter slot times
• Larger blobs
• Better geographic decentralization
• Stronger Ethereum roadmap (without centralizing anything)
The demand is coming onchain.
The infrastructure finally has to match it.
Optimum is building that foundation.
Read the full @FourPillarsFP report.
Study the numbers.
This is one of the cleanest infra unlocks right
Most people still think you have to choose:
Decentralization or scale.
@get_optimum flips that.
Traditional gossip-based networking gets slower and more expensive as more nodes join. Bigger network equals more redundancy equals performance under load. That’s why many systems end up centralizing to stay fast.
RLNC changes the math.
Of every node flooding the same raw data Optimum encodes it. Any sufficient set of packets reconstructs the original. The network stays efficient even as it grows.
- 6-20x block and blob delivery
- ~90-95% less bandwidth
- No consensus changes required
- Permissionless sidecar integration
You don’t sacrifice decentralization to gain speed.
You use data movement so the network can stay decentralized and perform at scale.
This is what decentralization looks like when it scales.
@get_optimum