The proposal passed after Test in Prod cast approximately 8.486 million OP in support about 17 minutes before voting ended. At that moment, support increased from 45.77% to 61.84%, pushing the proposal above the required threshold.
According to the official Optimism governance record, the final result was 17,973,915 OP in favor and 10,930,696 OP against. The proposal reached the required quorum of 16,540,389 OP and received “Executed” status on August 23.
The decision represents a change in the designated use of the tokens rather than a direct onchain transfer between wallets. The Optimism Foundation will update its public token accounting to reflect the new allocation.
The 546.9 million OP represents approximately 12.7% of Optimism’s initial token supply and about 67% of the original user airdrop allocation. The 269.1 million OP already distributed through Airdrops 1–5 will not be affected.
The new Strategic Ecosystem Fund will be used to support the growth of OP Mainnet and OP Enterprise. Its mandate includes partnership agreements with chains, protocols, institutions and infrastructure providers using the OP Stack, as well as incentives intended to increase activity and liquidity on OP Mainnet.
The Optimism Foundation said broad user airdrops no longer match its current strategy, which is increasingly focused on enterprise and institutional adoption. No additional user airdrops are currently planned, although the Foundation has not ruled out reconsidering the mechanism in the future.
Test in Prod describes itself as a core development team of the Optimism Collective and stated in its 2025 Security Council nomination that it was fully funded by the Collective. Its decisive vote therefore prompted community discussion about a possible conflict of interest and the concentration of governance power.
Test in Prod supported the proposal, while several delegates argued that the Foundation needed sufficient resources and flexibility to compete for major enterprise agreements. The Foundation is expected to report the cumulative amount of OP deployed through the fund in its annual budget report.
L2BEAT’s governance team voted against the proposal. Its representatives said the fund’s mandate was too broad, the connection between spending and value for OP holders remained unclear, and the results of previous partnership programs had not been assessed in sufficient detail.
The change comes as Optimism continues to focus on OP Stack adoption and institutional partnerships. FORECK.INFO previously examined the project’s broader position in its analysis of the pressure on Optimism following Base’s planned Superchain exit.
Conclusion
The approved proposal removes the remaining dedicated allocation for future user airdrops and gives the Optimism Foundation control over 546.9 million OP for ecosystem and enterprise development. Its effectiveness will depend on how transparently the funds are used and whether the spending produces measurable results.
