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In terms of application composition, Arbitrum currently holds an advantage in DeFi depth, with many high-volume protocols choosing it as their primary deployment due to liquidity concentration and user familiarity. Optimism’s competitive strength is more pronounced in consumer-facing and public-goods-oriented applications, supported by its retroactive public goods funding model, which can attract teams focused on long-term ecosystem value rather than short-term liquidity mining.