Optimism Schedules for Maintenance on Thursday, Next Week

Optimism, the layer 2 Ethereum scaling solution, has announced network maintenance, a "Public Endpoint Infrastructure Upgrade."

The Maintenance Details

The maintenance details are as follows:

1. 6th June 2022, Thursday

2. 18:00 UTC

3. Duration :1 hour

4. 9:00pm to 10pm

5. Status: Planned

Effects of the Maintenance

The upgrade will affect the Mainnet Public API.

1. The maintenance might cause 30 minutes of downtime in Optimism's accessible public endpoint.

2. Switch to a third-party provider to avoid this.

Importance of Public Endpoint Infrastructure Upgrade

1. The upgrade enhances Optimism's public endpoint infrastructure

2. It supports splitting traffic between multiple providers.

Optimism is the Future

Optimism's upgrade will only take an hour. The early announcement is for early preparation. If you can run your node, well and good. However, for now, stay prepared. Optimism is an efficient protocol with cheap transaction fees. If you have not checked it out, now is your time to.