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Topics Covered:
0:00 Intro
7:00 An Unprecedented Moment
12:50 Tokens and Governance
17:30 Plutocracy and Democracy
22:54 Balancing Incentive Games
26:10 The Optimism Foundation
30:02 Decentralizing Identity
33:45 Decentralizing Over Time
42:30 The $OP Token and Airdrop
48:00 Distributing Future Airdrops
53:22 Other Token Distributions
57:35 Retroactive Public Goods Funding
1:04:27 Blockspace Demand
1:07:55 EVM Equivalence & EIP 4844
1:14:11 Justice and Balance
1:16:04 What's Next for Optimism?
1:18:26 Be Optimistic
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