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Olympia

Active protocol development for Ethereum Classic — EVM modernization, maintained clients, and funded development through sustainable basefee revenue.

Activation Block: TBD

Block number to be announced on the Olympia Community Developer Calls.

How It Works

Funded by basefee revenue, not inflation. Block rewards and tips remain untouched.

Basefee Revenue

Every transaction pays a basefee via EIP-1559. The basefee is directed to the Treasury. Block rewards and tips remain completely untouched — miners are unaffected.

Protocol Treasury

Protocol-managed vault accumulates basefee revenue, voluntary donations, and mining rewards directed to the treasury address. Real-time monitoring via public dashboard.

On-Chain Governance

Two-layer governance: the CoreDAO handles critical protocol decisions — security maintenance, EVM parity, and client funding — ensuring a professional-grade blockchain experience for Ethereum Classic stakeholders. Futarchy prediction markets open public participation to inform treasury allocation. All on-chain and auditable.

From Proposal to Execution

Five stages from idea to execution — every step on-chain, transparent, and auditable.

Propose

Anyone can submit a governance proposal on-chain. Proposals define the action to execute and the supporting rationale.

Vote

Members cast on-chain votes during a defined voting period. A quorum threshold must be met for the proposal to pass.

Queue

Approved proposals enter a security timelock. This delay provides the community time to review before execution.

Execute

After the timelock expires, the proposal executes automatically. Treasury transfers happen on-chain with full auditability.

Disclose

All outcomes are publicly reported and independently verifiable. Proposal records form a permanent on-chain record.

Olympia Roadmap

Five stages from consensus upgrades to permanent protocol integration.

Consensus Upgrades

Complete

Fee market improvements, dynamic gas limits, and treasury funding mechanism. Independent client implementations complete.

  • Fee market
  • Dynamic gas limits
  • Treasury funding mechanism

Core Governance

Active

Governance and treasury contracts deployed. Membership-based voting. Full proposal lifecycle: submit, vote, queue, execute.

  • Governance and treasury contracts
  • Membership voting system
  • Sanctions compliance layer

Prediction Markets

Research

Futarchy-assisted governance using prediction markets to inform treasury allocation. Research phase exploring conditional token frameworks.

  • Conditional outcome tokens
  • Market-informed proposal ranking
  • Protocol specification

Treasury Distribution

Future

Protocol-layer treasury smoothing to reduce per-block variance. Specification phase exploring miner-compatible mechanisms.

  • Treasury smoothing algorithm
  • Miner impact analysis
  • Cross-client specification

Protocol Integration

Future

Permanent consensus integration of proven governance mechanisms. Moving governance from contract layer to protocol layer.

  • Consensus-level governance
  • Immutable treasury rules
  • Long-term sustainability

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Frequently Asked Questions

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Fukuii is the recommended client. Core-Geth is maintained through the transition.