According to TechFlow, Optimism announced the fifth round of retroactive funding:

  • 8 million OP tokens will be allocated to OP Stack contributors, rewards for contributions between October 2023 and August 2024, three categories: Ethereum Core, OP Stack R&D, and Tool Development

  • Registration period: August 15 to 29

  • Added an expert voting experiment to evaluate the role of expertise in reward evaluation

This program aims to promote the development of the OP Stack ecosystem and optimize the funding evaluation mechanism.

Earlier news, Optimism announced the results of Retro Funding 4, and plans to provide 10 million OP rewards to 207 projects.