More Social Tasks, More Sparks
The more people hear about Portal to Bitcoin, the better. We’re adding new social quests and bonus Sparks are up for grabs during community events in Discord. Keep an eye out! 👀
One Leaderboard to Rule Them All 🏅
This time, we’re running a single general leaderboard where Sparks accumulate over the next four weeks.
All rewards are distributed at the end of the event. More consistency, more fairness.
Leaderboard Reset 🏆
We’re wrapping up Testnet V1 with 5,000 LiteNodes distributed to top participants! 🔥
Check the final rankings: https://t.co/s9gKnVxVcQ
Testnet V2 starts fresh—new leaderboard, new competition, new rewards. 🎯
Superchain was launched with the innovative concept of integrating the Optimism Mainnet network with OP Chains in order to establish a cohesive ecosystem focused on achieving internet-level scalability. All Superchain projects will be implemented on the OP Stack, a range of solutions designed to streamline processes and develop Layer 2 blockchains. This unified ecosystem will include shared communication capabilities, bridges, security structures, governance, and network enhancements. The Optimism Foundation envisions expanding the blockchain ecosystem to create a decentralized web, revolutionizing the internet by disrupting centralized entities with a permissionless protocol. The superchain developed by Optimism is designed to be horizontally scalable, requiring the collaboration of multiple blockchains to achieve synchronization. The traditional design of blockchains poses limitations, as each new chain introduces a new security model, increasing systemic risk.
The groundbreaking Superchain concept enhances scalability for the Optimism network and the OP Chain ecosystem. Similar to Cosmos and Avalanche, Superchain merges Optimism Mainnet with OP Chains to create a unified ecosystem for internet-level scaling. Projects on Superchain will utilize OP Stack for easier deployment of Layer 2 blockchains, sharing communication, security, governance, and network upgrades. The Optimism Foundation aims to expand the blockchain ecosystem into a decentralized web, replacing centralized entities with permissionless protocols.
Blob is a tool created for storing temporary data for Ethereum apps, particularly Rollup. Ethereum originally planned execution sharding but shifted to data sharding for Rollups due to limitations. Data blobs are processed, stored, and verified by consensus nodes, separate from execution nodes. EVM doesn't store data in blobs, benefiting Rollup the most.
A blob is a unique data type created for Ethereum applications, specifically Rollup, to offer temporary data storage. It allows for higher throughput at a lower cost compared to traditional calldata, reducing expenses for Layer 2 projects. The Rollup project spent 15,000 ETH on call data costs before implementing this innovation. Initially, Ethereum planned to focus on execution sharding, but switched to data sharding due to limitations. "Blob" helps scale Rollups for NFT collections with unique staking platforms.
@panteistornito Ethereum's implementation of execution sharding optimizes network efficiency by creating separate areas for different program executions.
@EhhlPaulilloo Ethereum developers chose data sharding for scalability by customizing each shard to process different data instead of different programs.
@EhhlPaulilloo Layer 2 updated systems, with projects like zkSync, Starknet, Arbitrum, Base, and Optimism quickly improving functionality and performance to meet growing demand.
After the successful deployment of the upgraded version of Dencun, Layer 2 projects such as zkSync, Starknet, Arbitrum, Base, and Optimism quickly followed suit with their own updates. These updates resulted in a significant reduction in transaction fees for most projects, particularly in sending ETH, thanks to lower data storage costs. With each execution shard capable of running different programs, Ethereum developers made the decision to focus on data sharding to address scalability issues through the use of "blobs". These data blobs are processed, stored, and verified by consensus nodes independently of execution nodes. This upgrade benefits Rollup groups the most, with data storage space sold in integer units of blobs. While normal transaction fees remain the same, with calldata charges at 16 gas for non-zero bytes and 4 gas for zero bytes, only blob transactions utilize both gas fee markets.
@almajennifer limitations in scalability and complexity, Ethereum has pivoted towards a phased approach focusing on the development of the Beacon Chain for staking and network upgrades.
@Turi64125226 Execution shards allow for running different programs in a controlled environment, while Ethereum developers chose data sharding over Rollups to scale the network effectively.