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Overview

What is Arbitrum One?
Arbitrum One is an L2 smart contract platform for decentralized applications on Ethereum. Arbitrum was founded by Offchain Labs and launched in 2021.
How does Arbitrum One work?
Arbitrum One batches users' transactions and submits them to Ethereum, paying a share of the transaction fees to Ethereum validators (expense).
Who governs Arbitrum One?
ARB tokenholders own and govern the protocol. They currently run the only sequencer and take a cut of the total transaction fees paid by users (revenue). Arbitrum’s investors include Polychain, Alameda Research, Coinbase Ventures, etc.
ExpenseL1 validators' share of fees$80L1 validatorsRevenueArbitrum One's share of fees$100Connects users and L1 validatorsFeesTransaction fees$100Users
The values in this graphic are examples and do not reflect actual values. Treat them as approximations.

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