Introduction

Optimism is a Layer 2 solution introduced to increase the scalability of Ethereum. Optimism launched the first tesnet version of its Optimistic Rollup on the 24th of September 2020, while its alpha mainnet didn’t launch until January 2021.

In order to incentivize adoption on the chain, Optimism airdropped its token targeting projects and users in the space (see breakdown below). The Optimism token was launched on the [31st of...