# 850M OP Dedicated to the Evolution of Retro Funding

Source: https://optimism.mirror.xyz/nz5II2tucf3k8tJ76O6HWwvidLB6TLQXszmMnlnhxWU

## Comments

**timdaub.eth**: Soooo, basically they pivoted away from the term „public goods,“ which has me a bit disappointed actually. 

I know the term was always heavily contested and did a lot of heavy lifting, but somehow to build towards this very platonic idea of a public good was actually inspiring and I would assume it inspired many founders to build in non-traditional ways.

**macbudkowski.eth**: Interesting perspective from @cerv1.eth:
https://news.kiwistand.com/stories?index=0x6603f01f2dd69023769649c94aa3a0c5466d954c8a13bc161ec02c7d78bd41672a4b6391