Optimism governance approved reallocation of 546.9 million OP tokens, valued at approximately $49.7 million at the time of the vote, from a user airdrop reserve into a Strategic Ecosystem Fund administered by the Optimism Foundation.
The final vote closed with 17.974 million OP in favor and 10.931 million against. A delegate account named Test in Prod cast 8.486 million OP votes—enough to flip the proposal from 45.77 percent approval to 61.84 percent with 16 minutes and 52 seconds remaining. Without that vote, the proposal would have failed at 46.47 percent.
Test in Prod is identified on Agora as a core development team within the Optimism Collective. The team stated in a prior Security Council nomination that the Collective fully funds its operations. Test in Prod secured a new 12-month term on the Optimism Security Council in June, the same governance cycle in which it cast the deciding vote.
The 546.9 million OP tokens represent 12.7 percent of Optimism's total supply. They were previously reserved for direct user airdrops without a fixed schedule or confirmed recipients.
The Optimism Foundation will deploy the capital for partnerships, incentive programs, and enterprise deals. The Foundation argued that broad user airdrops no longer align with the project's institutional adoption strategy and that these unspent tokens could better fund growth initiatives.
Test in Prod defended the fund's opacity, citing competitive pressure in enterprise deal negotiations. Public disclosure of specific deal terms, the team argued, could hinder Optimism's ability to secure agreements. The Foundation committed to disclosing cumulative deployments in its annual budget report but has not outlined deal-by-deal reporting.
Voting power was determined by an OP snapshot taken on Aug. 13.
