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Optimism Approves 12-Month OP Buyback Pilot Using 50% of Superchain Revenue

The pilot will route purchased OP to the Collective treasury with execution safeguards to limit market impact.

Overview

  • The onchain vote closed Jan. 28 with 84.4% approval, clearing a February start for monthly buybacks funded by half of net sequencer revenue across the Superchain.
  • Repurchased OP will be held in the Optimism Collective treasury, with future treatment such as burns, staking, or incentives to be decided by governance.
  • The Optimism Foundation will execute purchases, likely via OTC vendors and scheduled monthly buys, to reduce disruption in secondary markets.
  • The framework includes automatic pauses if execution conditions are not met or if revenue falls below preset thresholds.
  • Superchain sequencers generated roughly 5,900 ETH in the past year, setting the initial funding baseline for a program that formally links token demand to network usage, with results to be reviewed after 12 months.