Security Council Operating Budget Seasons 8 & 9

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OPSC Operating Budget — Seasons 8 & 9

Proposed Lead: alisha.eth
Proposed Operating Budget: 1,861,360 OP
Contact Info: DM @Alisha on the forum

Council Charter

Link to existing Security Council Charter on GitHub
No major changes proposed to the Security Council Charter this cycle.

Breakdown of Council Operating Budget

Timing: This budget funds the Security Council for 12 months, from July 1, 2025 to June 30, 2026, covering both Season 8 and Season 9. A retroactive funding component for Season 7 (January 2025 – June 2025) is also included.

OPSC Member Stipends [unlocked, superfluid stream]

  • Number of Members: 14 (13 Signers + 1 Lead)
  • Monthly Compensation per Member: 8,955 OP
  • Total Season 8 Budget: 752,220 OP (14 × 8,955 × 6)
  • Total Season 9 Budget: 752,220 OP (14 × 8,955 × 6)

Signer Responsibilities — Each OPSC Signer is responsible for secure key management, executing protocol upgrades across 5+ OP Chains, participating in monthly calls, onboarding rehearsals, responding to emergencies, and maintaining liveness via the Liveness Module.

Lead Responsibitliies — The OPSC Lead coordinates upgrade ceremonies, onboarding rehearsals, monthly calls, emergency response coordination, and communication across OP Labs, Foundation, and governance participants.

Season 7 Retroactive Budget (unlocked)

To reflect the increased workload during Season 7, the Security Council is requesting 346,920 OP in retroactive compensation. This amount will be divided equally across all signers (13) and the Lead (1), with each recipient receiving 24,780 OP for Season 7.

Since the Season 7 budget was approved in December 2024, the Security Council’s operational scope and responsibilities have expanded substantially:

  • The OPSC is now signing for 5 OP Stack chains, in addition to Optimism Mainnet.
  • The frequency of signing ceremonies has materially increased:
    • In Season 7, the OPSC completed 19 upgrade ceremonies over a six-month period.
    • In comparison, only 6 ceremonies were required across the entirety of 2024.

Optional Budgets

  • Operating Budget (locked for one year): Not requested
  • Multisig Management (unlocked): 10,000 OP
    Reimbursement for hardware devices and signer tooling costs.

How Should Governance Participants Assess Impact?

Performance KPIs

  • Total number of ceremonies signed (>12 per season)
  • Signing completion per upgrade (within 48-hour signing window)
  • Member uptime tracked via Liveness Module (action required every 98 days)
  • Emergency rehearsals conducted annually

Budget Summary

Budget Line Item OP Requested Notes
Season 8 — OPSC Members (14) 752,220 OP 14 members × 8,955 OP/month × 6 months
Season 9 — OPSC Members (14) 752,220 OP 14 members × 8,955 OP/month × 6 months
Retroactive Compensation (Season 7) 346,920 OP 13 signers + 1 Lead × 24,780 OP each
Multisig Management 10,000 OP Hardware device reimbursement and signer tools
Total OP Requested 1,861,360 OP
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This would represent ~42% of the annual budget cap that was just approved.

We would support amending this budget to include a portion of the expenses to be paid for with ETH from the ~20k ETH accumulated by governance.

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While I understand that the market conditions forces this Retroactive and every council dealt with the same issue, this portion of the budget should not be considered as part of the 4.4M proposed by the Budget Board for S8 and S9 given that the expense is for S7.

The S7 GC “returned” 160,116 OP from their grants budget and 50.000 OP from it’s operational budget so at least 210.116 OP could be reproposed from S7.

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