Personal note: I am a contributor to Optimism Español, I help with translations.
A description of how the project has supported development and usage of the OP Stack :
Introduction
Optimism Español is a collaborative and open (unofficial) community dedicated to promoting the adoption of Optimism by disseminating information about its technology, ecosystem and governance processes in Spanish. Our goal is to reach all Latin American citizens and Spanish speakers in general, so that they can learn about the benefits of this Ethereum scaling solution.
How do we do it?
Optimism Español has been working on developing the Optimism ecosystem in Latin America through various activities for all types of users in different parts of the region. During 2022, we have disseminated online educational content through various platforms, such as Twitter, Discord and YouTube, both independently and in collaboration with other communities to increase our reach. We have also participated in events related to Ethereum and cryptocurrencies in general to promote Optimism’s ethos and its innovative approach to governance. We have also kept our audience informed about protocol updates, governance and ecosystem news through our communication channels. We have also been responsible for translations of the articles in the official Optimism mirror. You can review our 2022 summary in our previous post, published by @NicoProducto:
Our plan is to continue these efforts through 2023
Below, we list several of our relevant contributions to Optimism, OP Stack and the collective:
How do we support the development and use of OpStack?
We have given talks and translated articles into Spanish about OP Stack to reach Latin American developers:
Optimism Español is an independent, non-profit community that works to promote the adoption of Optimism through the dissemination of information and the organization of events. We do not receive funding from any institution nor do we monetize our content. All material generated will always be public and available to everyone, and anyone can collaborate with us. Our communication is neutral and seeks to bring more users and developers closer to Optimism.
A description of how the project has supported development and usage of the OP Stack:
Weekly email newsletter about what’s happened in all the top L2 ecosystems. It’s a super informative newsletter that includes highlights, tweets, and interesting stories from all the prominent L2s. It’s difficult to keep on top of everything that’s happening and this newsletter has been a great source of truth to quickly see what’s happening.
A description of how the project has supported the development and usage of the OP Stack: Cryptoversidad it’s an educational youtube channel that covers everything you need to know about blockchain in Spanish. The explanations are clear, and the topics are good and very insightful. Good resource!
The projects name: Slatestarcodex / Astralcodexten
A description of how the project has supported development and usage of the OP Stack: Responsible for popularizing the “Moloch” meme and educating many early Ethereum and Optimism contributors about the importance of coordination problems with his “Meditations on Moloch” post, and has written high-quality blog posts on retro-PGF specifically: 12
A link to the project’s GitHub or Twitter: @slatestarcodex on Twitter
A description of how the project has supported development and usage of the OP Stack:
Dune’s free and open educational programs (Arcana, Duniversity, 12 Days of Dune) teach new analysts how to use Dune to analyze on-chain data through the lens of current events and/or popular apps. The skills and lessons are predominantly focused on Ethereum, and Ethereum Analytics = Optimism Analytics. Videos for these programs are posted publicly on YouTube, and example code is open-sourced in Dune Dashboards.
A description of how the project has supported development and usage of the OP Stack:
OurNetwork Learn was a free “30 for 30” cohort-based course introducing people to on-chain analytics. The course consisted of weekly lectures, workshops/office hours, homework & feedback. After course completion, the videos were posted on Youtube.
The student-base was mixed between those with crypto experience and those without. Some of the students who entered while not being full-time in Crypto have gone on to join teams such as Dune, 0x, and OP Labs.
The course was free to students. Lecturers and students split protocol sponsorship funds from Index Coop, Rabbithole, Genie Swap, and Impossible Finance.
A description of how the project has supported development and usage of the OP Stack: Small Brain Games is building on-chain games on Optimism. Most recently they built Words3, a PVP word game that engaged 100+ players throughout a week of exciting competition. It leveraged the high throughput and low cost of the OP Stack and onboarded people to the Optimism ecosystem. I am hopeful Small Brain will continue to build games on Optimism.
A description of how the project has supported development and usage of the OP Stack: Donnoh has done extensive research on optimistic and zk rollup architecture, and also wrote their CS bachelor’s thesis about the difference between Optimism and StarkNet. Some helpful resources written by Donnoh include:
A description of how the project has supported development and usage of the OP Stack: MetricsDao is a platform neutral on-demand data analytics for crypto projects. MetricsDao also pioneer in providing free education to any aspiring web3 data analysts to learn about Ethereum and existing available data tools such as Dune, Flipside Analytics etc.
We are nominating our Twitter account OptimismGuru and we want to thank @jrocki.bedrock for contacting and encouraging us. Much appreciated.
The projects name: OptimismGuru
A description of how the project has supported development and usage of the OP Stack:
OptimismGuru is a Twitter account that works as an information aggregator regarding the Optimism chain, the Optimism Collective, and the OP Stack.
Crypto space produces a massive amount of information and it is hard for users to find the right information at the earliest. OptimismGuru provides a target-oriented and up-to-date information feed specific to Optimism chain enthusiasts.
This feed includes news, analytics, opportunities, and the current state of the protocols on Optimism.
Another important mission for OptimismGuru is to help onboard new users to the network by providing a beginner-friendly presentation of the network and cost-free guidance on how to utilize on-chain tools and how to reach valuable information.
The projects name: The Initiative for CryptoCurrencies and Contracts (IC3)
A description of how the project has supported development and usage of the OP Stack:
IC3 is an initiative of researchers at Carnegie Mellon University, Cornell University, Cornell Tech, EPFL, ETH Zurich, UC Berkeley, University College London, UIUC and the Technion. IC3 leads multidisciplinary research and members publish peer reviewed research in many areas of blockchain systems relevant to the functioning and future of the OP Stack. Areas of research have included oracles, NFTs, ordering protocols, consensus, governance, rollups, privacy, and more. All research funded by IC3 is open source. IC3 produces research blog posts, papers, and hosts research events (see all at https://www.initc3.org/).
Some recent work relevant to the OP Stack (links can all be found on the IC3 website publications page):
K. Babel, P. Daian, M. Kelkar, and A. Juels. Clockwork Finance: Automated Analysis of Economic Security in Smart Contracts
S. Werner, D. Perez, L. Gudgeon, A. Klages-Mundt, D. Harz, and W. Knottenbelt. SoK: Decentralized Finance (DeFi). SBC, 2022.
A description of how the project has supported development and usage of the OP Stack: Web3 Data Degens is a group of hundreds of budding data wizards - all looking to help each other grow. Andrew Hong is the main organiser behind the group (Note: he also works at Dune), and there are educational materials including newsletters to send fun data tips and tricks, protocol deep dives (e.g. sudoswap, uniswap etc), and full-length courses
A description of how the project has supported development and usage of the OP Stack:
DeFi Library is a free source of information about DeFi, Ethereum, Rollups, Bridges, and Modular Blockchains for the Turkish community. For the last three years, it has become one of the most trusted sources for technical and non-technical information in Turkish. Turkey has a strong community (one of the largest communities) so it’s essential to provide trustable information in the native language and encourage them to participate in the ecosystem.
The project produces many issues about the overall Ethereum ecosystem, including Optimism. Through the substack newsletter, Twitter channel, and youtube account, there are multiple research pieces & guidances published about Optimism to help the community understand Optimism’s technical stack and ecosystem.
A description of how the project has supported development and usage of the OP Stack: Jordan creates high-quality video and written content designed to explain Ethereum scaling concepts. They are thorough and accessible. They’ve helped me better understand the space.
The projects name: Optimism Ape Yacht Club (OAYC) NFT Project)
A description of how the project has supported development and usage of the OP Stack: For this, I will use my story as an example. I was onboarded to OP through OAYC during their mint, I never knew OP existed… Lol, but with the OAYC mint (which was in $OP token), I was eager to know more about the OP ecosystem. The OAYC team also provided guides and documents that could help us get $OP tokens and many more guides. It was a great experience for my onboarding into the OP ecosystem… and I believe if OAYC is supported with this grant, they’ll go a long way and achieve a lot that will in turn also help the ecosystem grow.
The MOAYC mint (was done with $OP tokens) was done and the mutation event (where OAYC Apes turns into Mutant Apes) is also on.
In few weeks, the OAYC staking will be live and this is another way to help the ecosystem, as so many new NFT folks will learn how staking works with NFTs, the OAYC team will do well by providing every necessary guides for the community and when they stake their NFTs, they can earn both $OAYC and $OP tokens.
The team also has plans to build Utilities around the $OAYC tokens and would also build DApps in the future roadmaps.
If granted, I’m sure the team will be more motivated to leverage on their ideas.
A description of how the project has supported development and usage of the OP Stack: WBW3 has sent dozens of developers to conferences and hackathons in an effort to further diversify the pool of contributors in the Ethereum ecosystem. They are spun out of a DAO and operate without collecting profit.
The projects name: The Ukraine Ministry of Digital Transformation (represented from the Virtual Assets office)
A description of how the project has supported development and usage of the OP Stack: A team working with Atlantis World is working with the government of Ukraine to bolster blockchain education to millions of Ukrainians. The team has pitched Optimism to the Ministry and will be adding branding, course material, ecosystem practical cases, and will feature OP in upcoming PR releases & promo campaigns, positioning OP as core partner&sponsor. The Atlantis world team are currently doing this out of their own pocket because of their love for Optimism.
A description of how the project has supported the development and usage of the OP Stack:
Ethereum México has great plans for 2023 like keep as organizing monthly IRL and Virtual workshops, teaching about Optimism, providing scholarships for people to learn about tech and code, visiting universities across México, teaching how to become a validator node in Ethereum, mentoring and helping other cities across México to organize their own events.
Ethereum México started last June in 2022, where we participated in the #RoadToDevcon and EthLATAM in Bogotá.
This project will have a huge impact on the future of Ethereum´s ecosystem and Optimism, as a public good for the community where our focus is to inform about what’s happening in Ethereum and to inspire and teach more builders and developers to build in Ethereum.
Our achievements:
We have organized 10 virtual classes where at least 60 people attend each one.
2 IRL Meetups that at least 30 people have attended.
5 IRL Workshops that 15 people attended in the first one and 70 in the other 4.
10 Twitter Spaces where at least 60+ live people attended and more than 100+ tuned in each.
2 IRL Events for 100+ people in Mexico City.
We have supported other communities in other cities to organize their meetups like Mérida and Puebla with 35+ people each
Thank you so much for helping us to keep teaching about Optimism and Ethereum!
A description of how the project has supported the development and usage of the OP Stack:
Our mission is to sustainably diversify the blockchain ecosystem by providing scholarships to female and non-binary Latin American individuals to attend conferences and hackathons across the globe so they may become builders and/or founders.
We onboard Latin American womxn from scratch into Web3 through Virtual and IRL Workshops teaching them the basics of blockchain and its scaling solutions, and build partnerships to offer scholarships for women to learn about development, blockchain technology, and tech skills through educational platforms that offer content in Spanish such as Platzi, Blockdemy, and Le Wagon.
Our achievements:
More than 15 IRL Workshops and Meetups in different cities in LATAM like Mexico City, Bogotá, and Medellín Colombia, Lima Perú and Sao Paulo, and Rio de Janeiro in Brazil.
More than 10 webinars to teach about Web3.
+55 people have been sponsored to attend hackathons and conferences. (EthMéxico, EthBogota, Devcon, EthLATAM, EthSanFrancisco)
+20 hackathon projects
+20 bounties reached
3 finalists teams
We need help to keep giving scholarships to women and also, to create a community Newsletter to keep providing quality content, Share information about Zero Knowledge and our Front-end hacks projects, and keep teaching more women in Latin America in a safe way about the Blockchain ecosystem, specially Optimism, an L2 build on Ethereum, so they know how to use it while is faster, with cheaper fees and the same security as Ethereum.
