Optimism DAO Vote Controversy: Core Team’s Last-Minute Vote Passes 547M OP Transfer

The narrow passage hinging on a core contributor's late vote turns a token-allocation decision into a test of whether funded insiders can decide outcomes that critics say were already promised to users. That matters beyond Optimism: it sets a precedent for how DAO treasuries and airdrop commitments are treated when the same entities building the protocol also vote. The open question is whether the dispute stays rhetorical or prompts governance changes around voter eligibility and conflicts of interest.