The Optimism Collective is an attempt to birth a new form of organization, built on the belief that that humans > capital and impact = profit, and committed to tackling the coordination problems which crypto as a whole has yet to solve. Ultimately, Optimism isn’t building a blockchain—it’s building a digital society. But ambitious goals demand equally ambitious infrastructure. Today, we’re proud to introduce the next evolution of Optimism’s scalability architecture: the OP Stack. The OP Stack...

The Optimism Collective is an attempt to birth a new form of organization, built on the belief that that humans > capital and impact = profit, and committed to tackling the coordination problems which crypto as a whole has yet to solve. Ultimately, Optimism isn’t building a blockchain—it’s building a digital society. But ambitious goals demand equally ambitious infrastructure. Today, we’re proud to introduce the next evolution of Optimism’s scalability architecture: the OP Stack. The OP Stack...

Humanity’s defining characteristic is its ability to organize and cooperate. We have devised a number of tools to do this — from language, religion, and legal structures, to rules on the highway — all are systems created to align our actions. Despite these tools, many current attempts to coordinate large-scale action are failing. Planetary health is in rapid decline. Open source software is underfunded. Public and common goods don’t receive the support they need to survive long term. Why is i...

Humanity’s defining characteristic is its ability to organize and cooperate. We have devised a number of tools to do this — from language, religion, and legal structures, to rules on the highway — all are systems created to align our actions. Despite these tools, many current attempts to coordinate large-scale action are failing. Planetary health is in rapid decline. Open source software is underfunded. Public and common goods don’t receive the support they need to survive long term. Why is i...

OP Airdrop #1 is now live. 🔴‿🔴 Details below. But first, a quick recap of what’s been an absolute whirlwind of a month:Not Your Average Token LaunchA little over a month ago, we announced the launch of the Optimism Collective: our large-scale experiment in digital democratic governance, with a mission of realigning the internet with its constituents. The Collective is a band of communities, companies, and citizens united by a mutually beneficial pact to adhere to the axiom of impact=profit ...

OP Airdrop #1 is now live. 🔴‿🔴 Details below. But first, a quick recap of what’s been an absolute whirlwind of a month:Not Your Average Token LaunchA little over a month ago, we announced the launch of the Optimism Collective: our large-scale experiment in digital democratic governance, with a mission of realigning the internet with its constituents. The Collective is a band of communities, companies, and citizens united by a mutually beneficial pact to adhere to the axiom of impact=profit ...

// 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. Last month, we unveiled our vision for Optimism’s governance system. For years leading up to this milestone, people asked us: “when token?” But fewer asked: “why token?” The answer to “why token” is simple, but po...

// 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. Last month, we unveiled our vision for Optimism’s governance system. For years leading up to this milestone, people asked us: “when token?” But fewer asked: “why token?” The answer to “why token” is simple, but po...

Wow. 2022 has been quite the decade. As we prepare to leave it behind us and greet the new year, we thought we'd take a look back on another year of Optimism. In 2022, OP governance was born. In April, we introduced the Optimism Collective, and soon after, the Token House went live. It’s now entering its third Season of iterative governance. They sure grow up fast! RetroPGF 2 will allocate 10m OP to public goods early next year, an early step in applying that same iterative philosophy to...

Wow. 2022 has been quite the decade. As we prepare to leave it behind us and greet the new year, we thought we'd take a look back on another year of Optimism. In 2022, OP governance was born. In April, we introduced the Optimism Collective, and soon after, the Token House went live. It’s now entering its third Season of iterative governance. They sure grow up fast! RetroPGF 2 will allocate 10m OP to public goods early next year, an early step in applying that same iterative philosophy to...

Excitement has been brewing since last week’s announcement of the Optimism Collective. It’s going to be an OP Summer. Over the coming weeks, we’ll be publishing more details on how we plan to scale a sustainable future for the Optimism Collective—starting today with OP Stimpack, the first formal action of the Token House. This activates the Governance Fund (231,928,234 OP) to begin incentivizing growth on Optimism. You can read about our long-term vision for sustainable governance at scale wi...

Excitement has been brewing since last week’s announcement of the Optimism Collective. It’s going to be an OP Summer. Over the coming weeks, we’ll be publishing more details on how we plan to scale a sustainable future for the Optimism Collective—starting today with OP Stimpack, the first formal action of the Token House. This activates the Governance Fund (231,928,234 OP) to begin incentivizing growth on Optimism. You can read about our long-term vision for sustainable governance at scale wi...

The successful Optimism Goerli Testnet upgrade is behind us, a robust audit competition is putting the Bedrock architecture under a microscope, and voting on the upgrade proposal submitted to the Token House commences February 15. Bedrock is so close to landing on Optimism Mainnet, and we want to take this opportunity to share more details about the vision and technical specifics behind this release. Read on to learn about the design philosophy that went into crafting the Bedrock upgrade, why...

The successful Optimism Goerli Testnet upgrade is behind us, a robust audit competition is putting the Bedrock architecture under a microscope, and voting on the upgrade proposal submitted to the Token House commences February 15. Bedrock is so close to landing on Optimism Mainnet, and we want to take this opportunity to share more details about the vision and technical specifics behind this release. Read on to learn about the design philosophy that went into crafting the Bedrock upgrade, why...

Optimism is many things: a rapidly diversifying economy, a stack of open source modules for scalable blockchains, and a Collective of companies, contributors, and community members working towards common goals. It is an ethos and a vibe. Optimism’s vision is to create a global economy with a profit motive for public goods. To reach this vision, Optimism is pioneering a new model for digital governance – one that both echoes our earliest democracies and learns from our industry’s current patte...

Optimism is many things: a rapidly diversifying economy, a stack of open source modules for scalable blockchains, and a Collective of companies, contributors, and community members working towards common goals. It is an ethos and a vibe. Optimism’s vision is to create a global economy with a profit motive for public goods. To reach this vision, Optimism is pioneering a new model for digital governance – one that both echoes our earliest democracies and learns from our industry’s current patte...

It’s time for a new chapter. As crypto enters its next wave of adoption, the calls for scalability are deafening. This demand is often answered by centralized layer-1 competitors, who abandon Ethereum’s security and values under the guise of cheap fees and a quick buck. We must not recreate Web2 incentives in our quest for Web3 scalability. Web3 offers the opportunity to rebuild the internet to align with the values of its users. Sacrificing this mission is sacrificing the purpose of crypto. ...

It’s time for a new chapter. As crypto enters its next wave of adoption, the calls for scalability are deafening. This demand is often answered by centralized layer-1 competitors, who abandon Ethereum’s security and values under the guise of cheap fees and a quick buck. We must not recreate Web2 incentives in our quest for Web3 scalability. Web3 offers the opportunity to rebuild the internet to align with the values of its users. Sacrificing this mission is sacrificing the purpose of crypto. ...

It’s hard to believe, but Optimism mainnet launched over a year ago. Since then, we’ve:Saved users over $1.1B in gas feesDeployed over 6,800 contractsOn-boarded over 300k unique addressesSecured over $900M of valueFacilitated over $17.4B in transaction volumeGenerated over $24.5M in revenueDonated over $1M to public goods fundingAs a company, we’ve grown right alongside the network. We now have:More than 40 employeesOver $175M in funding led by a16z and ParadigmNumbers may speak for themselve...

It’s hard to believe, but Optimism mainnet launched over a year ago. Since then, we’ve:Saved users over $1.1B in gas feesDeployed over 6,800 contractsOn-boarded over 300k unique addressesSecured over $900M of valueFacilitated over $17.4B in transaction volumeGenerated over $24.5M in revenueDonated over $1M to public goods fundingAs a company, we’ve grown right alongside the network. We now have:More than 40 employeesOver $175M in funding led by a16z and ParadigmNumbers may speak for themselve...

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. Fast forward to the present, and we're beginning to see just that! On-chain transactions are up, with Optimism settling an average of 150k+ transactions per day over the last 30 days—up about 40% versus the prior 90 days.Optimism Transac...

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. Fast forward to the present, and we're beginning to see just that! On-chain transactions are up, with Optimism settling an average of 150k+ transactions per day over the last 30 days—up about 40% versus the prior 90 days.Optimism Transac...