8 Polls Closing July 30, 2025
Anticapture Commission Dissolution Proposal
Summary: This proposal would formally dissolve the Anticapture Commission.
Recommendation: Vote Abstain. While we have consistently been of the view that the Anticapture Commission did not play a vital role, it has also evolved into one of the few “junior contributor” roles for delegates and stakeholders looking to become involved in governance. The ACC’s activities generally enforce a certain level of context amongst its active members, and a position on the ACC has served as a stepping stone to more senior roles in the past. So the ACC has value as part of the pipeline of building a more diverse and deeper bench of governance participants. However, we cannot bring ourselves to vote against its dissolution simply on the basis of being make-work.
Grants Council Election: Final Reviewer
Summary: This poll asks OP holders which candidates should fill the four seats for Final Reviewer on the Optimism Grants Council.
Candidates:
Ale77.eth
Brainstorm
Doug sugma
GFX Labs
Glory-eth
Maksym
MasterMojo
Mattgov.eth
Michael
Mignenkoff.eth
Re7 Labs
Teamforce.eth
vwtao.eth
NB: This is approval voting, and voters may select more candidates than there are seats.
NB: GFX Labs is a candidate
Recommendation: Vote GFX Labs, Mattgov.eth, Michael, Doug Sugma, Mastermojo. Including ourselves, we are confident that all of the incumbent members of the Grants Council can continue to build out a more active and impactful role for the Grants Council in reviving Optimism’s DeFi ecosystem and supporting members of the Superchain.
Grants Council Election: Operations
Summary: This poll asks OP holders which candidate should fill the one seat for Operations on the Optimism Grants Council. This is a non-voting role.
Candidates:
Bunnic
Recommendation: Vote Bunnic. Nic previously served in the Operations role last Season and did a good job.
Season 8/9 Operating Budgets
Summary: This poll asks OP holders if they support each of the four council operating budgets.
- The Developer Advisory Board Operating Budget for Season 8 and 9 is proposed by Ed/wildmolasses with an operating budget of 974k OP
- The Grants Council Operating Budget for Season 8 and 9 is proposed by Gonna.eth with an operating budget of 980k OP
- The Milestones & Metrics Council Operating Budget for Season 8 and 9 is proposed by PGov with an operating budget of 989.4k OP
- The Security Council Operating Budget for Season 8 and 9 is proposed by alisha.eth with an operating budget of 1.514.440 OP
NB: This is a threshold-based vote. All budgets that receive at least 17m votes will be approved.
Recommendation: Vote For on all budgets. Note that the total is slightly higher than the 4.44m OP approved budget cap, which will result in a small, de minimis reduction to all budgets if all four are selected.
Developer Advisory Board Election: Members
Summary: This poll asks OP holders which candidate should fill the seven seats for the Developer Advisory Board. Previously there were three committees elected separately.
Candidates:
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Blockdev
Denispro2015.base.eth
Devtooligan
Kalambet Peter
M4rio
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Shazow
Vectorized
Wbnns
NB: This is a Joint House Vote.
Recommendation: Vote Blockdev, M4rio, devtooligan, wbnns, Odysseas.eth
Blockdev is seeking reelection and served well last season.
M4rio previously served on the Audits Subcommittee for the Grants Council in Season 6, and is an active top 1% OP stack developer.
Devtooligan served on the DAB in Season 6, and served well.
Wbnns is seeking reelection and served well last season and in Season 6.
Odysseas.eth is an active top 1% OP stack developer.
Other candidates appear qualified and will no doubt serve well, but we wish to concentrate our selection on those we consider proven choices.
S8 Governance Fund Mission: Grants Council
Summary: This poll asks OP holders if they support providing a grants budget of 6.29m OP for Season 8.
NB: This is an optimistic proposal, which will pass unless 20% of votable supply votes against
Recommendation: Vote For. GFX Labs is running for Grants Council and believes in its ability to responsibly and materially deploy grants funding.
S8 Governance Fund Mission: Developer Advisory Board
Summary: This poll asks OP holders if they support providing a Developer Advisory Board grants budget of 949,000 OP for Season 8.
NB: This is an optimistic proposal, which will pass unless 20% of votable supply votes against
Recommendation: Vote For. DAB grants are for meeting highly technical, narrow goals like audit subsidies.
Milestones & Metrics Council Election: Reviewers
Summary: This poll asks OP holders which candidates should fill the three seats for Reviewer on the Milestones & Metrics Council.
Candidates:
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Brichis
Cypherbadger.eth
Padla
SEEDGov
SuperchainEco.eth
Superpuperwallet.eth
Tané
V3naru
NB: This is approval voting, and voters may select more candidates than there are seats.
Recommendation: Vote Brichis, SEEDGov, SuperchainEco.eth, Tane, v3naru. This is an extremely competitive election with an embarrassment of riches when it comes to qualified, seasoned candidates. While nearly all candidates have our confidence, we have tried to make our vote more meaningful by limiting it to those with significant experience as Optimism governance contributors.