Optimism RetroPGF

Retroactive Public Goods Funding

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Retroactive Public Goods Funding (RetroPGF) is Optimism's mechanism for rewarding public goods that have already demonstrated value. RetroPGF 5 (2024) distributed 8M OP tokens to projects, while RetroPGF 6 is distributing 2.4M OP focusing on governance contributions. The program has distributed over 100M OP tokens since inception.

Mechanisms Used

Retroactive Public Goods Funding

Rewards projects after they've demonstrated impact, rather than funding promises. "It's easier to agree on what was useful than what will be useful."

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Ecosystem rewardsDeveloper incentives+2 more

1 implementation

Case Studies

Optimism RetroPGF 3: 30M OP to 501 Projects

Optimism RetroPGF 3: 30M OP to 501 Projects

The largest retroactive funding round in crypto history distributed 30M OP tokens to 501 projects, testing scalable impact evaluation.

Success30M OP (~$90M)

Project

RetroPGF Round 3

Key Stats

Total Funded: 100M+ OP
Launch Date: July 2021
Blockchains: Optimism

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retroactive fundingoptimismpublic goodsimpactsuperchain

Last updated: 12/25/2024