OP is the governance token of the Optimism Collective, which oversees the OP Stack — a modular open-source framework for building Ethereum Layer 2 blockchains. Optimism's L2 network uses optimistic rollups to provide fast, cheap Ethereum transactions, and the OP Stack is used to build the Superchain — a network of interoperable L2s including Base, Unichain, and others. OP holders vote on protocol upgrades and treasury allocations.
Optimism uses optimistic rollups: transactions are executed off-chain and posted to Ethereum as calldata; they are assumed valid unless a fraud proof is submitted within a 7-day challenge window. The OP Stack is a modular SDK enabling other projects to launch their own rollup chains (called OP Chains) that share sequencer infrastructure and security. All OP Stack chains contribute fees to the Optimism Collective treasury, which funds public goods via Retroactive Public Goods Funding (RPGF). The governance structure is a bicameral system: Token House (OP holders) handles protocol upgrades; Citizens' House (NFT holders) distributes RPGF grants.
Ethereum mainnet is too expensive for everyday transactions, and the rollup ecosystem was fragmented with incompatible chains. Optimism solves the cost problem through optimistic rollups and solves fragmentation through the Superchain — a network of interoperable OP Stack chains that share a common security model and can communicate seamlessly.
The open-source OP Stack enables any project to launch a customized, interoperable Ethereum L2 that contributes fees back to the Optimism Collective — creating a network of aligned rollups (the Superchain) rather than competing isolated chains.
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