**The OP Stack is the standardized, shared, and open-source development stack that powers Optimism, maintained by the Optimism Collective.**
**The OP Stack is the standardized, shared, and open-source development stack that powers Optimism, maintained by the Optimism Collective.**
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The OP Stack consists of the many different software components managed and maintained by the Optimism Collective that, together, form the backbone of Optimism.
The OP Stack consists of the many different software components managed and maintained by the Optimism Collective that, together, form the backbone of Optimism.
The OP Stack is built as a public good for the Ethereum and Optimism ecosystems.
The OP Stack is built as a public good for the Ethereum and Optimism ecosystems.
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Bedrock is the name of the first ever official release of the OP Stack codebase, which is a set of free and open-source modular components that work together to power Optimism.
Bedrock is the name of the first ever official release of the OP Stack codebase, which is a set of free and open-source modular components that work together to power Optimism.
- To understand what is in the Bedrock release, keep reading.
- To understand what is in the Bedrock release, keep reading.
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The next major scalability improvement to the OP Stack after [Bedrock](../releases/bedrock/) is to introduce the concept of *a Superchain*: a network of chains that share bridging, decentralized governance, upgrades, a communication layer and more—all built on the OP Stack.
The next major scalability improvement to the OP Stack after [Bedrock](../releases/bedrock/) is to introduce the concept of *a Superchain*: a network of chains that share bridging, decentralized governance, upgrades, a communication layer and more—all built on the OP Stack.