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

TREE NEWS reports: Optimism’s governance platform Agora saw a controversial vote on Aug 19, where a proposal to transfer 547 million OP tokens (12.7% of total supply) from user airdrop allocation to a strategic ecosystem fund narrowly passed after a last-minute vote by core team Test in Prod. Critics argue this undermines DAO democracy and user trust, as the team is funded by the Collective and the move repurposes promised airdrops.