# An Inconvenient Truth


**Published by:** [1039301.eth](https://paragraph.com/@1039301/)
**Published on:** 2023-02-24
**URL:** https://paragraph.com/@1039301/an-inconvenient-truth

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Optimism was built to empower humanity through decentralized blockchain technology that enables unprecedented coordination of human intelligence across the globe, at scale. And there is a lot to celebrate: by our estimation, over the past two years, Optimism Mainnet has cumulatively saved users $2.69 billion in fees, 15.8 years of waiting for transaction confirmations, and currently secures $2.8 billion in onchain value.

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