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 # pessimism
 
+*As of May 28, 2024, Pessimism has been deprecated and is no longer being actively maintained*
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 ## Because you can't always be optimistic
 
 _Pessimism_ is a public good monitoring service that allows for [OP Stack](https://stack.optimism.io/)