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Designed around the 4 tenets of simplicity, pragmatism, sustainability and optimism, Optimism uses optimistic rollups to process transactions in batches, reducing gas fees and speeding up transaction time. Optimism is committed to decentralization, right down to the architecture of its own incentive system. With $1M donated thus far, Optimism aims to scale and sustain public goods on Ethereum until it becomes decentralized. Optimism Collective, a new DAO, was recently created to fund public goods and govern the protocol.

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Simple and elegant UX plus limitless Layer 2 development possibilities

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Speed, simplicity and scalability at  it’s best

Infura’s Optimism documentation and blog article on Rollups make getting started easy

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Dive deep into Infura-Optimism resources

Optimism’s bug bounty program pays you to prevent thefts of assets or lost funds using Optimism

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Bug bounty: Cash in on rewards by threat level

The Optimism Goerli Faucet on GitHub provides test ETH and OP for sandbox testing before you dive in

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Get familiar with Optimism before you build

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Simple, sustainable and  radically optimistic

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With EVM-equivalent Optimism, you can start building immediately, with all the Ethereum tools and apps that you’re used to.

Accessible

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With far cheaper gas fees - 129X cheaper than on Ethereum to be exact -  transactions run like lightning and save resources.

Fast and cheap

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Optimism is committed to the long-term success of the Ethereum ecosystem and a trustless,  decentralized future.

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With Optimism, a leading Layer 2 solution with over $800 million total value locked, saved more than $1 billion in gas fees, and donated over $1 million to public goods, doing good work in Web3 has never looked more positive.

The optimistic rollup that lives up to its name

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[Sign up](https://app.infura.io/register) for Infura or [log in](https://app.infura.io/login) to your account.

Join Us

For sandbox testing before you dive in, check out the Optimism Goerli Faucet on GitHub. [Learn more](https://optimismfaucet.xyz/).

Get Crypto

[Log into](https://app.infura.io/login) your Infura account, create a new project under “Web3 API”, select the desired Optimism endpoint from the network page and start building your dream project.

Start Building

Optimism is a pragmatic and exceptionally simple Layer 2 scaling solution, providing the most familiar Ethereum experience for developers at a fraction of the transaction cost.

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Down to earth and built to scale

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Read this [primer on Optimism](https://www.infura.io/blog/post/what-is-optimistic-ethereum) from the team at Infura.

What is Optimism?

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Great things have been happening with Infura-Optimism since we [launched our support](https://www.infura.io/blog/post/infura-launches-support-for-optimistic-ethereum) last year.

Check out the launch blog

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Learn more about [getting started](https://docs.metamask.io/services/reference/optimism/) with Infura or [read about optimistic rollups](https://www.infura.io/blog/post/offchain-protocols-sidechains-and-rollups).

Here are some resources to help you along your way.

Down to earth and built to scale

We chose Infura to access Optimism because of its stability and the best uptime. Infura develops industry-leading features that in turn help us provide the best experience to our users.