Building for Core Devs How OP Labs Accelerates Protocol Eng.
summary
OP Labs builds a platforms team that treats protocol engineers as customers and ships concrete tools: two predictable DevNet trains — Alphanet (spins up every 4 weeks) and Betanet — plus a DevNet SDK, Curtosis and the optimism package for local full‑node spinups, and OP acceptor acceptance tests that can block a release until load, deposits, crossclient consensus and uptime SLO checks pass. Success is measured with weekly active users and satisfaction surveys, adoption is rising, and release cadence and confidence in hardforks improve.
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chapters (11)
- 0:00OP Labs and platform engineering
- 1:17Launching platforms team
- 2:20Protocol engineers as customers
- 3:44Core pain points in testing
- 4:26Predictable DevNet trains
- 5:51Automating acceptance tests
- 6:34Shifting left with local testing
- 7:16DevNet SDK for testing
- 8:20Success and adoption results
- 8:41Lessons for your org
- 10:29Closing and Q&A
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