Welcome to our first of six reports on the Grants Council’s activities at the end of each cycle. In this report, we reflect on the challenges faced during Cycle 25.
We acknowledge that the fast-paced review process and some export issues with Charmverse limited our ability to provide comprehensive feedback. We are addressing this issue with the Charmverse team and have decided to push all non-approved applications to the next cycle to allow them to incorporate the feedback. Badly formatted comments here until further notice.
For the next cycle, submission is always open, with a deadline at the end of the first week (intake) on Tuesday. Applications submitted after this deadline will be considered for the following cycle.
We received 50 applications and managed to review 100% of them at each milestone. However, due to time constraints, only three reviewers had full context for final decision-making. To resolve this, we will divide the review process into two groups of six Grants Council members each.
The Developer Advisory Board provided valuable feedback during the final review, but we understand that incorporating it in just 24 hours was insufficient. Going forward, we will provide preliminary review lists earlier to allow applicants and reviewers more time to consider DAB feedback.
We want to thank the DAB for their prompt and precise input. At this point, no applications have been declined unless mission requests are fulfilled. Applications not approved will be carried over to the next cycle for additional review by three more Grants Council members.
To Superchain grant applicants: We appreciate your interest in our program and apologize for any inconvenience caused by the postponement of decision-making to the next cycle. This allows us more time to thoroughly evaluate applications. We encourage you to refine your proposals and address areas of improvement identified by reviewers.
In detail, scores are here Grants Council public database
| Application | Scores (Avg) | Resolution |
|---|---|---|
| INTENT 1 | ||
| Cross Chain Voting | ||
| Aragon <> RISC Zero - Joint partnership on crosschain voting | 57.66 | Moved to next Cycle (26) |
| Cross chain voting with Snapshot and Herodotus | 55 | Moved to next Cycle (26) |
| OP Stack Cross Chain Voting | 37.66 | Moved to next Cycle (26) |
| Grants Claiming Tools | ||
| Hedgey application | 40.33 | Moved to next Cycle (26) |
| Attestation-Based Grants Payouts Claiming | 40 | Moved to next Cycle (26) |
| Analysis of Grant Programs | ||
| bleu’s Analysis of Grant Programs | 35.33 | Moved to next Cycle (26) |
| Voting Analysis | ||
| Governance Audit and Dashboard by Blockful | 29 | Approved |
| Analyzing DAO Failures - Voting Analysis | 27 | Approved |
| Farcaster Social Graph | ||
| Farcaster Social Graph | 43.33 | Approved |
| CastRank: PageRank for Farcaster | 28.66 | Moved to next Cycle (26) |
| Develop non-technical solutions for increasing both voter and token participation in the DAO | ||
| Optimism GovQuests | 40.33 | Approved |
| Super Contributor Cohort | 37.66 | Approved |
| Lighthouse | 27 | Moved to next Cycle (26) |
| Decentralized alternative for contract attestation placeholder | ||
| No Application | ||
| Create and Distribute Videos about Optimism Collective Governance | ||
| OP Roundup | 35.66 | Moved to next Cycle (26) |
| Integration of Optimism Gov and RPGF into University Courses | ||
| Integration of Optimism Gov and RPGF into University Courses | 33.33 | Moved to next Cycle (26) |
| INTENT 3A | ||
| Optimism Dominance in Yield-Bearing Assets 1 | ||
| OETH on OP (1 of 3) | 51.66 | Moved to next Cycle (26) |
| Optimism Dominance in Yield-Bearing Assets 2 | ||
| OETH on OP (2 of 3) | 54.33 | Moved to next Cycle (26) |
| Optimism Dominance in Yield-Bearing Assets 3 | ||
| Extra Finance S6 Mission Application | - | Moved to next Cycle (26) |
| Optimism Dominance in Yield-Bearing Assets 4 | ||
| GFX Labs | 40.33 | Moved to next Cycle (26) |
| Developer Tools | ||
| Optimizing Token Launches: Open-Source Crowdsale Factory | 29.66 | Moved to next Cycle (26) |
| GhostTags - Open Source tagging, streaming and filtering transactions infrastructure | 38.66 | Moved to next Cycle (26) |
| Expansion of Soldeer | 51.33 | Approved |
| Research capital migration to the Superchain | ||
| Op superchain as Trillion Network stablecoins operational chain | 29.66 | Vetoed by DAB |
| Microgrants for Experimental Projects | ||
| Soulcial | 36.33 | Moved to next Cycle (26) |
| Fractal Visions | 38.66 | Moved to next Cycle (26) |
| ForkinWisdom | 32.66 | Moved to next Cycle (26) |
| FairSharing - Contribution On-Chain, Reputation building, Decentralize coordination | 40 | Moved to next Cycle (26) |
| FrameHack #2 | 54.66 | Approved |
| Optimism as base for LRTs | ||
| Renzo Optimism Season 6 Mission Request - Optimism as base for LRTs | 47 | Approved |
| Expanding restaking on Optimism | 54 | Approved |
| Ether.fi OP Mainnet LRT Grant | 48.33 | Approved |
| Experimental Derivative Markets | ||
| TLX - Leveraged Tokens Protocol | 55.33 | Moved to next Cycle (26) |
| ERC 4337 Data & Attribution Standards for the Superchain | ||
| ERC-4337 Data & Attribution Standards for the Superchain - Candide | 42 | Declined |
| 4337 Data & Standards Group | 51.33 | Approved |
| Sequencer commitment games | ||
| Sequencer Commitment Games Research | 38.33 | Approved |
| Develop Onchain Social Games that attract Builders to Optimism - v2 | ||
| WannaBet Weekly Tournaments | 34.33 | Approved |
| Open-source transaction simulator | ||
| Tevm Transaction Simulator | 43.33 | Conditionally Approved |
| Open-source Transaction Debugger and Simulator | 47 | Conditionally Approved |
| Support on-chain games close to launch | ||
| No Application | ||
| Optimism as Venture Studio | ||
| Super Studios-Optimism as a Venture Studio | 48 | Moved to next Cycle (26) |
| Gaming Infra in the Superchain | ||
| No Application | ||
| Marquee Governance Hackaton | ||
| SuperHack Bangkok - Marquee Governance Hackathon | 39.33 | Moved to next Cycle (26) |
| Accelerating Game Development in the Superchain | ||
| No Application | ||
| Create Educational Programs that Empower Developers on Optimism - Modified with Lower Budget | ||
| Blockchain Innovation Hub: Optimism chapter | 35.66 | Moved to next Cycle (26) |
| INTENT 3B | ||
| Superchain Grants (chains only) | ||
| Fraxtal Application | - | Moved to next Cycle (26) |
| Lisk - Intent 3B Grant Application | - | Moved to next Cycle (26) |
| Mode | - | Moved to next Cycle (26) |