Hi Collective!
We wanted to share a quick update from the ACC to give the community more visibility into what we’ve been working on over the past few months:
Maintenance Upgrade: Absolute Prestate Updates for Isthmus Activation & Blob Preimage Fix
Although this proposal was Optimistically Approved, the ACC held a Snapshot vote to determine whether to support or oppose it.
The outcome was positive (no Safe trx was needed). We believe this Maintenance Upgrade is important as it sets the activation time for the Isthmus hard fork and includes a critical fix for the blob preimages bug.
Additionally, it did not introduce any new technical risks.
Governor Update Proposal: Removing Abstain Count from Quorum
This proposal outlines a targeted improvement to the Optimism Governor contract by removing Abstain votes from quorum calculations. The change resolves an edge case where Abstain votes could unintentionally reduce the vote threshold needed for proposals to pass.
This proposal sparked strong and divided opinions across the broader community (special thanks to Griff for raising an important point and kicking off a thoughtful discussion, which can be viewed here).
Interestingly, that level of debate didn’t surface within the ACC itself. There wasn’t a deep internal discussion on the proposal’s nuances.
The ACC held a Snapshot vote to decide whether to support or reject the proposal. The outcome was nearly unanimous in favor of supporting it, and the transaction was subsequently executed via Safe.
Upgrade 16 Proposal: Interop Contracts, Stage 1, and Go 1.23 Support in Cannon
This upgrade prepares for Superchain interop by including all of the smart contract changes required to support the interop launch date, though it does not turn interop on yet. The upgrade also increases OP Stack decentralization and security by removing a permissioned role and guaranteeing that the OP Stack continues to meet L2Beat’s updated Stage 1 criteria. Additionally, Upgrade 16 includes a number of maintenance features and improvements to the OP Stack experience.
The ACC held a Snapshot vote, and the result was unanimous in support of the proposal. It’s clear that we’re all eager for the arrival of Interop, which we hope will become a reality in the coming months.
Once the Snapshot vote concluded, we proceeded to execute the transaction via Safe.
Over the past few months, we also worked on a collaborative discussion document, which we shared on the forum a few weeks ago. In it, we explored potential paths forward for the ACC:
We also conducted a retrospective on the ACC’s participation during Season 7:
We’re grateful to all ACC members for their active participation throughout this season.