Ink vs Optimism

Ink leads on 1 of 3 shared benchmarks, Optimism on 2. Ink wins on Fastest LayerZero source chain by end-to-end message delivery (56.25 s vs 1.5 min). Optimism wins on Fastest Chainlink CCIP source chain by end-to-end delivery latency (17.5 min vs 24.6 min), Bridged TVL by chain ($1.46B vs $367.76M). Data as of 2026-10-24 UTC.

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Optimistic rollup and the canonical OP Stack reference implementation. 2-second sequencer block time, 7-day fraud-proof window, anchored to Ethereum L1 via batch submissions to the Optimism Portal.

Side by side measurements

Bridged TVL by chain: how much of a chain's capital came from somewhere else

Blockchains
ProviderBridged TVLBridged share7d change7d vs peersNativeCanonicalExternal
Ink$367.76M100.0%-0.50%-$53.87M$313.89M
Optimism$1.46B82.2%--$315.75M$1.14B$313.08M
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Inkn/aOptimismn/a

Bridged TVL is value secured by the chain's bridge, not value locked in its DeFi protocols; a chain can rank high on one and low on the other. The split is L2Beat's: canonical is escrowed on the host chain by the chain's own contracts, external came through a third-party bridge, native was minted here. Rows are the chains L2Beat tracks in its scaling summary; a settled L1 has no row by construction, not by omission. Size is not quality: a large balance says capital came, not that it stayed.

Stablecoin flow by chain: where dollars actually moved over 30 days

Blockchains
Provider30d changeStablecoin floatNet 7d7d change
Ink-$150.80M--
Optimism-$439.37M--
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Inkn/aOptimismn/a

Stablecoin float is where dollars are parked, not what they do. A chain can take in a billion that sits idle, and lose float to a single issuer redeeming. The figure is DefiLlama's chain-wide pegged-USD aggregate, every issuer combined; it does not separate a bridge inflow from a native mint, and a dollar bridged to an L2 counts on both chains, so rows are not additive. Read the net dollars with the percentage beside them: the same $400M is a rounding error on Ethereum and a doubling elsewhere.

Latest value · Net stablecoin flow (30d)Raw JSON

Frequently asked questions

Ink vs Optimism: which one is better?

Ink and Optimism are compared on 5 shared OpenChainBench benchmarks. Ink leads on Fastest LayerZero source chain by end-to-end message delivery. Optimism leads on Fastest Chainlink CCIP source chain by end-to-end delivery latency. See the live table on this page for every metric.

Which is faster on layerzero delivery, Ink or Optimism?

On the Fastest LayerZero source chain by end-to-end message delivery benchmark, Ink leads at 56.25 s (provisional) versus Optimism at 1.5 min. Live measurement is updated continuously by the OpenChainBench harness.

Which is faster on ccip delivery, Ink or Optimism?

On the Fastest Chainlink CCIP source chain by end-to-end delivery latency benchmark, Optimism leads at 17.5 min (provisional) versus Ink at 24.6 min (provisional). Live measurement is updated continuously by the OpenChainBench harness.

How is the Ink vs Optimism comparison measured?

Every benchmark on this page uses the same open methodology, published at https://openchainbench.com/methodology. Data is CC-BY-4.0. Measurement harnesses are MIT-licensed.

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Live data refreshes via ISR within 60 seconds of a new run. Sources are the same Prometheus queries surfaced on the parent benchmark pages.