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Celo Chooses Optimism, Concluding Bake-Off Among Layer 2s

Apr 21, 2024

Last year, the main creator of the Celo blockchain began searching for the ideal technology to build its intended layer-2 network on Ethereum. To his surprise, the selection process transformed into a rigorous competition among top contenders.

On Mondays meeting, the team suggested adopting Optimism’s OP Stack for the upcoming transition. This suggestion is subject to approval through several community discussions and ultimately, a token vote amongst CELO token owners, in accordance with the project’s governance protocol.

CLabs, the development group behind Celo, has been reviewing technical proposals from different layer-2 projects over the past few months to determine which one could be the most suitable addition to their new blockchain. The Celo team believes that they would thrive more in the larger Ethereum blockchain network as a second-layer chain, rather than continuing as a standalone, or first-layer, chain.

Initially, Celo indicated their intention to move to the OP Stack for a layer 2 solution, as proposed by cLabs. However, after careful evaluation of various options, they returned to this choice eight months later.

Rene Reinsberg, co-founder of Celo and president of Celo Foundation, expressed her satisfaction in an interview with CoinDesk, stating, “We’ve learned so much more than we did eight months ago when we began closely examining this. I’m glad we didn’t rush into a decision last year, but instead took the time for thorough research.”

Optimism wins another

In the process of choosing a platform for deployment, CLabs weighed the options between OP Stack from Arbitrum, Orbit, zkSync’s ZK Stack, and Polygon CDK.
In a blog article published on CoinDesk, Celo shares that they found OP Stack to be the ideal solution for their requirements. Additionally, they hinted at the potential compatibility of OP Stack with elements from other layer-2 projects, such as Polygon’s Type 1 prover.

“Some of the knowledge gained from the other projects may prove useful as we construct and roll out the entire system,” Reinsberg shared with CoinDesk.

Over the past few months, the Operational Layer (OPL) Stack has gained significant traction among blockchain initiatives. Notably, Coinbase adopted this technology last August to develop its own layer-2 platform, named Base. Recently, Worldcoin unveiled plans for a similar layer-2 solution, referred to as World Chain, which is also constructed using the OPL Stack.
In an interview with CoinDesk, Ryan Wyatt, Optimism Foundation’s chief growth officer, expressed his excitement: “It’s fantastic to witness Celo’s genuine interest in our OP Stack. They conducted thorough research and examined various chains. There are numerous possibilities in this ‘build-your-own-blockchain’ space. I’m glad they explored it and ended up choosing OP Stack.”

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2024-04-22 16:21