Celo Blockchain's Core Developer cLabs Proposes Use of OP Stack for Layer2 Development

According to Foresight News, cLabs, the core developer of the Celo blockchain, has proposed using OP Stack for its Layer2 blockchain development. This decision comes after a community-approved governance vote last July, which confirmed Celo's migration from its current Layer1 network to Ethereum Layer2. The team has now decided to develop its Layer2 on OP Stack, a primary toolkit for developing chains in the Optimism ecosystem. Prior to this, the team conducted an eight-month evaluation and testing of various expansion technologies and software packages, including Arbitrum Orbit, ZK Stack of zkSync, and Polygon CDK. The company plans to deploy the Celo Layer 2 testnet in the summer of 2024, following another round of community voting. In its proposal, cLabs stated that Celo's migration to OP Stack-based Layer2 will focus on maintaining the network's unique features while improving its performance. The proposed improvements include reducing the block time from 5 seconds to 2 seconds and increasing throughput by 50%.