Thank you @Gonna.eth, for putting together this budget proposal for Seasons 8 and 9. It’s encouraging to see the commitment to repricing stipends based on historical ETH benchmarks. Using the average ETH value from S6 and S7 to define the 73000 OP reviewer stipend shows a careful approach. We appreciate the decision not to use the S5–S7 average.
Considering the ETH/OP rate of 4580 (as of July 15, 2025), the 73000 OP reviewer stipend equals ~15.94 ETH, almost identical to the ~15.90 ETH received in Season 7, based on that season’s 1886 OP/ETH rate. This confirms the stipend remains flat in ETH terms, aligned with the S6–S7 average. We see an increase in the Lead an Operations role, however the logic behind this is understandable, especially given their operational overhead and leadership responsibilities.
That said:
The SEEDGov delegation, as we have communicated here, being an Optimism delegation with sufficient voting power, we believe this proposal is ready to move towards a vote.