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optimism-foundation-primary-sources-2026-08-06

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Optimism Foundation primary-source snapshot

Fetched: 2026-08-06 UTC

1) Optimism docs: protocol upgrades

Source: https://docs.optimism.io/governance

Selected excerpts from official materials:

The Superchain is an ecosystem of chains running on Optimism’s OP Stack… Superchain networks benefit from shared security, upgrades and services provided by Optimism.

OP Labs and external contributors determine the feature roadmap.

Overall - contributors, tokenholders, chains, apps, and end-users all have a voice. Checks and balances exist so that no single entity (including OP Labs or the Foundation) can unilaterally dictate the future of the OP Stack.

Permissionless Fault Proof OP Chains that have their upgrade keys managed by the Optimism Security Council are classified as Stage 1 in L2Beat’s framework.

2) Optimism docs: Upgrade 13

Source: https://docs.optimism.io/notices/upgrade-13

Selected excerpts from official materials:

The DeputyPauseModule is a new Safe Module to be installed into the Optimism Foundation Safe to simplify the process of quickly responding to security incidents via the Superchain-wide pause mechanism.

The Optimism Foundation Safe is expected to rotate the Pause Deputy private key approximately every 3 months.

If your Optimism governed chain is not in this list, please reach out to OP Labs Solutions Engineering to coordinate your upgrade.

If a critical security issue is discovered before upgrading, OP Labs will collaborate with the community to extensively communicate that the upgrade will no longer occur. The Optimism Foundation and Security Council will work to coordinate an emergency cancellation.

3) Optimism docs: Upgrade 14

Source: https://docs.optimism.io/notices/upgrade-14

Selected excerpts from official materials:

If this proposal is accepted, multisig ceremonies will be coordinated to execute upgrade transactions.

If your Optimism governed chain is not in this list, please reach out to OP Labs Solutions Engineering to coordinate your upgrade.

If a critical security issue is discovered before upgrading, OP Labs will collaborate with the community to extensively communicate that the upgrade will no longer occur. The Optimism Foundation and Security Council will work to coordinate an emergency cancellation.

4) Optimism docs: smart contract overview

Source: https://docs.optimism.io/stack/smart-contracts

Selected excerpts from official materials:

SuperchainConfig | Superchain-wide configuration and the Guardian’s pause mechanism; pauses are scoped by an identifier and expire automatically.

5) Optimism site

Source: https://www.optimism.io

Selected excerpts from official materials:

Optimism is the blockchain platform behind several of the world’s leading exchanges, fintechs, and financial institutions. We handle operations, security, and upgrades - so you can focus on your business, not your infrastructure.

Notes

  • This snapshot was created to support a company/entity split for the governance and incident-response boundary around Optimism.
  • The useful distinction is between the deployed chain / OP Stack product surface and the named entities that coordinate upgrades, governed-chain ceremonies, and Superchain-wide pause authority.

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