As a layer 2 blockchain on top of ethereum, optimism capitalizes on the security of the ethereum network - helping to scale the Ethereum ecosystem with optimism communities aiming to make their code as simple as possible and work directly with existing code bases using ethereum's consensus mechanism.
The founders of Optimism is a non-profit organization called the Optimism Foundation, based on four rules for ecosystem development 1. simplicity 2. pragmatism 3. sustainability, and of course 4. optimism. Similar to ethereum, OP aims to become a fully decentralized public good funded by donations and grants, not stopping there - promising to create its own infra-structure of sustainability and further growth. expanding its potential and the support of the masses of blockchain users as an opportunity to showcase the simplicity and solution of optimality in action.
OP is available on Binance , Huobi , KuCoin , Gate.io , Bybit and Coinbase