Introducing the Optimism Collective

$ENS is a watershed moment: * important public good, built as OSS over many years * $2B+ of ownership distributed to contributors and users, with no allocation to investors * scaled liquid democracy governance w/signed constitution welcome to our crypto cooperative future!

The agency model as we know it is broken — good work often sits static, collecting dust on client shelves; value is extracted, much more than its exchanged; communal spirit is claimed while old power dynamics remain; and it's far too easy to feel like we’re not doing anything. As a result, waves and waves of brilliant, curious folks have burnt out ... See more

As a community, our rebellion is against web3 technologies that read as hollowed-out utopian fantasies. Our enemy is the superficial allure of quick gains, and the lie that the path to mass adoption is the financialization of everything.

Instead, our goal is to work towards a suite of technologies that are deeply integrated into our cultural and soc... See more