The Optimism Collective
The Optimism Collective
Scaling Ethereum's Present to provide funding for its future.
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Optimism Goes m̶u̶l̶t̶i̶ Superchain
February 23rd, 2023
Optimism was built to empower humanity through decentralized blockchain technology. And there is a lot to celebrate. But if Ethereum is to rival the goliaths of web2, and take software’s next bite of the world, it needs internet-level scale.
OP Drop #2
February 9th, 2023
Today Optimism is announcing Airdrop #2: 11.7m OP have been distributed to over 300k unique addresses to reward positive-sum governance participation and power users of Optimism Mainnet.
Building Bedrock: The Design Philosophy Behind the First Release of the OP Stack
February 3rd, 2023
The design philosophy that went into crafting the Bedrock upgrade, why it is important, and how it translated into improvements on Optimism Mainnet at a protocol level.
Optimism 2022: Year in Review
December 20th, 2022
Wow. 2022 has been quite the decade.
Introducing the Citizens’ House: 10m OP to Public Goods
December 6th, 2022
Today, Optimism is announcing its second round of Retroactive Public Goods Funding, which dedicates 10m OP tokens to fund public goods. We’re also introducing the first iteration of the Citizens’ House to govern how this funding is allocated.
Introducing the OP Stack
October 17th, 2022
The OP Stack is a modular, open-source blueprint for highly scalable, highly interoperable blockchains of all kinds. Not just rollup. Not just optimistic.
OP Summer Summary
August 23rd, 2022
Earlier this year, we declared a Summer of Optimism heralded by the launch of the Optimism Collective, the OP token, and the distribution of grants to projects aligned with The Optimistic Vision in order to kickstart the growth of the Optimism ecosystem.
Let the claims begin! Officially launching OP Airdrop #1.
May 31st, 2022
OP Airdrop #1 is now live.
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Details below. But first, a quick recap of what’s been an absolute whirlwind of a month.
This Governance Will Self Destruct
May 17th, 2022
// TL;DR: The Optimism Collective is a large-scale experiment in non-plutocratic governance and funding public goods for a more aligned internet. In this post, we explain our agile approach to governance—relentlessly iterating until we form a system which can stand the test of time.