# Accelerated Decentralization Proposal For Optimism **URL:** \ **Category:** ✨ General\ **Created:** [September 17, 2024, 9:59pm UTC](https://gov.optimism.io/t/accelerated-decentralization-proposal-for-optimism/8875 "2024-09-17T21:59:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 4
**Author:** ![system](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/bc41dd/original/2X/3/399c2cdab1be9e0c1ae7481c939f977574c28f5e.svg) [@system](https://gov.optimism.io/u/system)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2024, 7:48pm UTC](https://gov.optimism.io/t/accelerated-decentralization-proposal-for-optimism/8875/4 "2024-09-18T19:48:42Z")
Thank you for raising this conversation. The Collective’s progressive path towards full decentralization is an important topic. Tactically, the Foundation has been working on several initiatives to share more information about this path, accompanied by collaborative conversations to gather input from the community, in the coming weeks and months. The timing of this post coincides closely with several of those initiatives, including: - Publication of a framework outlining the milestones towards Optimism’s progressive decentralization (currently under review by the [Collective Feedback Commission](https://gov.optimism.io/t/introducing-the-collective-feedback-commission/7863) and other advisors), meant to occur over a period of multiple years, as originally outlined in the [Working Constitution](https://gov.optimism.io/t/working-constitution-of-the-optimism-collective/55). - A post outlining how a series of upcoming proposals in Season 6 move us closer to some of these milestones (and interoperability). - The Foundation’s Product Vision, which lays the groundwork for the Collective to be involved in the 2025 planning process starting in November. The hope is that these efforts spur constructive, rather than divisive, conversations that result in a plan that is in the best long term interest of the entire Collective. Ideologically, it is important to remember our original commitment to take a fundamentally different approach towards progressive decentralization, which means drawing direct comparisons to other systems can be counterproductive. Our [Working Constitution](https://gov.optimism.io/t/working-constitution-of-the-optimism-collective/55) outlines that our path towards decentralization will be gradual (over the course of several years), experimental, and iterative. The role of the Foundation in this journey is to bootstrap a sustainable governance system, based heavily on the input of participants, that enables the accomplishment of the key strategic goals of the Collective over the long term. Optimism Governance is uniquely designed to be the system through which the entire Collective will derive security and accomplish strategic goals. This vision is distinct from other ecosystems’ approaches. It requires a fundamentally different approach and a timeline tied to the security, sustainability, and resilience of the system rather than speed. We remain fully committed to gradually and fully decentralizing the system. We hope the upcoming publication of our milestones towards decentralization serves as a tool for the community to hold us accountable in this process. The journey along this path will involve ongoing and collaborative conversations with the community. * * * Below we address @GFXlabs’s specific proposal, line by line: **Phase 1** - Token contract - Governance Contract Ownership - Governance Fund Ownership - ETH Collected on Behalf of Optimism Collective Comes Under Governance Control **Phase 2** - Bridge L1 Escrow Comes Under Governance Control - Sequencer Decentralization Roadmap - Revisions and Re-Ratification of the Law of Chains **Phase 3** - Full Control of Optimism by Optimism Governance _and_ Completed Decentralization of the Sequencer - Foundation Grants Disclosure * * * As stated above, this is a very important topic and this post has started a very important conversation. We look forward to continuing to engage in many more constructive and collaborative conversations on this topic as we work to progress on this path as a Collective. --- _[View the full topic](https://gov.optimism.io/t/accelerated-decentralization-proposal-for-optimism/8875)._