Why proactive funding?

Proactive funding is beautiful <3

Optimism revolutionized funding in Web3 by rewarding builders after the fact through retroactive public goods funding. But we believe great builders deserve support while they build. obUSD closes this gap by offering proactive support through DeFi-generated yield.

Our vision is to create a sustainable, decentralized mechanism that proactively funds public goods builders on Optimism. We do this by deploying a stablecoin backed by yield-bearing deposits, with the yield distributed directly to Optimism-approved grantees while they build. This empowers builders to focus on delivering value — not just surviving — and supports the growth of the Optimism ecosystem through real-time economic support.