Just over three years ago, the Optimism Collective embarked on a large-scale experiment in decentralized governance. From the beginning, we’ve been committed to taking “an agile approach to governance—relentlessly iterating until we establish a system which can stand the test of time.” As we experiment, we learn more about the balance of power and other dynamics within our system, an iterative process that allows the Collective to mature and evolve (see Working Constitution).| optimism.mirror.xyz
Governance-approved, permissionless fault proofs are live on OP Mainnet, and with them the OP Stack arrives at Stage 1. This is a monumental milestone for the Superchain, and soon more OP Stack Chains will upgrade to include this functionality, starting with Base, Metal, Mode, and Zora.| optimism.mirror.xyz
RetroPGF 2 is the Collective’s next experiment in allocating public goods funding. In this round, approximately 70 badgeholders -- early "citizens" voted to allocate 10M OP. The results are in!| optimism.mirror.xyz
The OP Stack was built to be the most forkable, modular scaling infrastructure out there. When we introduced it, we explained that it was our bet on the ingenuity of the entire Ethereum community.| optimism.mirror.xyz
The Optimism Collective is governed by a two-house system. This post provides an overview of the goals, design principles, and problem spaces of Optimism Governance.| optimism.mirror.xyz