Milestone
Ethereum L2
2022
OP Stack Announced
Optimism open-sourced the OP Stack, enabling shared sequencer rollups and multi-chain governance vision.
Event date: 2022-10-18
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Key Facts
Peak metricMultiple L2s building
OutcomeEcosystem adoption
ChainEthereum L2
Year2022
Typemilestone
Tags
l2
infrastructure
governance
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