Optimism, an <-bsp-bb-link state=”{“bbHref”:”bbg://securities/3382804Z%20US%20Equity”,”_id”:”0000018b-c975-d992-a1df-ed7f36570000″,”_type”:”0000016b-944a-dc2b-ab6b-d57ba1cc0000″}”>Andreessen Horowitz-bsp-bb-link>-backed blockchain startup, has snagged <-bsp-person state=”{“_id”:”0000018b-c975-d992-a1df-ed7f36570001″,”_type”:”00000160-6f41-dae1-adf0-6ff519590003″}”>Ryan Wyatt-bsp-person>, a former head of gaming at YouTube, as its chief growth officer.
Wyatt — who has a long history in e-sports including his eight years at YouTube as its global head of gaming — most recently <-bsp-bb-link state=”{“bbDocId”:”RXFP3JDWX2PS”,”_id”:”0000018b-c975-d992-a1df-ed7f36570002″,”_type”:”0000016b-944a-dc2b-ab6b-d57ba1cc0000″}”>left-bsp-bb-link> another blockchain project, Polygon Labs, in July. He will lead an Optimism team focused on the startup’s efforts to grow its business through partnerships and marketing.
Optimism works on so-called <-bsp-bb-link state=”{“bbDocId”:”R3EAE0DWX2PX”,”_id”:”0000018b-c975-d992-a1df-ed7f36920000″,”_type”:”0000016b-944a-dc2b-ab6b-d57ba1cc0000″}”>layer 2 technologies-bsp-bb-link> in crypto — these systems take transaction data off the Ethereum blockchain, compress it and post it …