{"id":39714,"date":"2021-03-29T09:47:40","date_gmt":"2021-03-29T06:47:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=39714"},"modified":"2025-08-30T10:59:26","modified_gmt":"2025-08-30T07:59:26","slug":"optimism-developers-delay-mainnet-launch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/optimism-developers-delay-mainnet-launch\/","title":{"rendered":"Optimism developers delay mainnet launch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Optimism project, behind the development of the Ethereum Layer 2 solution L2 Optimistic Ethereum (O\u039e), has ruled out launching the mainnet in March.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">A roadmap update for our community \u2764\ufe0f<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qg9giJO4p2\">https:\/\/t.co\/qg9giJO4p2<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Optimism (@Optimism) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Optimism\/status\/1375244500973412354?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 26, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>According to the developers, the initial schedule for deploying the contracts was not workable and caught many projects by surprise.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>&#8220;An uncoordinated leap into L2 without sufficient community preparation is dangerous,&#8221; the blog says.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The team said that the mainnet launch is tentatively planned for July. The final date depends on the stability and readiness of the ecosystem.<\/p>\n<p>Optimism is developing a solution based on [simple_tooltip content=&#8221;The technology bundles several transactions into one, reducing the load on the main Ethereum network&#8221;]Rollups[\/simple_tooltip]. Analysts at Messari believe that the technology<a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/messari-rollup-technology-will-keep-ethereum-out-of-reach-for-rivals\"> will preserve Ethereum&#8217;s edge<\/a> in the transition to ETH2, despite the emergence of promising alternatives.<\/p>\n<p>In February, venture firm Andreessen Horowitz led a funding round for Optimism<a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/andreessen-horowitz-leads-25-million-series-a-for-ethereum-layer-2-solution-optimism\"> worth $25 million<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, the synthetic-asset platform Synthetix carried out<a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/defi-project-synthetix-launches-ethereum-layer-2-solution-optimistic-ethereum\"> a preliminary launch of O\u039e<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In March, the developers of the non-custodial exchange Uniswap <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/uniswap-sets-launch-date-for-third-version-of-protocol\"> promised to implement <\/a> Optimism&#8217;s second-layer solution for scaling shortly after the release of the protocol&#8217;s third version.<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to ForkLog news on <a href=\"https:\/\/vk.com\/forklogcom\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">VK<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Optimism project, behind the development of the Ethereum Layer 2 solution L2 Optimistic Ethereum (O\u039e), has ruled out launching the mainnet in March.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":39715,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"1","news_style_id":"1","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[46,1179,277],"class_list":["post-39714","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-ethereum","tag-layer-2-solutions","tag-scaling"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"19","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"1","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39714","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39714"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39714\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":39716,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39714\/revisions\/39716"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/39715"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39714"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39714"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39714"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}