Summary
Blast, the Layer 2 solution behind the NFT marketplace Blur, is facing controversy for allegedly forking Optimism’s open-source codebase without giving credit. Screenshots posted by a user show that Blast made minimal changes to Optimism’s code and removed the license. Blast has not publicly addressed the accusation. Blast previously stirred controversy for its airdrop campaign and has attracted nearly $500 million in deposits. Meanwhile, Optimism announced that it will distribute 30 million OP tokens for its third round of retroactive public goods funding. Optimism’s OP Mainnet is currently the second-largest Layer 2 network with $5.14 billion locked.
Key Points
1. Blast, the Layer 2 platform associated with the NFT marketplace Blur, is facing controversy for allegedly altering the license of Optimism’s open-source codebase without giving credit to the original author.
2. Pop Punk, the founder of Gaslite, posted screenshots comparing the codebase of Optimism and Blast, claiming that Blast made minimal changes to the code in an attempt to pass it off as their own.
3. Blast has not publicly addressed the accusation, and there has been no response from the team regarding the controversy.