(Looking for feedback) Hedgey - Using our 50k OP RPGF to fund four new projects launching natively on Optimism

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Week 1 Update

  1. What are your updates on the week. Let us know how things are going.
  • It has been amazing building at the ETH Denver hackathon this week. We came in to the hackathon with Onchain Clarity Co in mind and knew our guiding goal: Make OP Multiplayer. We had so many ideas that we changed the our approach of a singular site for Onchain Clarity Co to more of a hub of tools that accomplish onchain clarity.
  • We came to the conclusion that a fundamental piece of a multiplayer experience was missing, a friends list with activity status. So today, we launched our first product as Onchain Clarity Co: basedfriends.xyz
  • BasedFriends is a site that tells you who is online and onchain, customizing your view to the users you follow using your Farcaster social graph via the Farcaster AuthKit. Additionally, we query the users you follow for their activity on Base via Airstack.
  1. What did you accomplish on your big rock goals. What went right? What went wrong? How is it going to impact what you do this next week?
  • What went right: We accomplished our big rock by launching a site with a novel product that is helpful
  • What went wrong: Initially, we were using the wrong tools for what we were trying to accomplish, it wasn’t until we got the right tools in place with Airstack that we were able to effectively accomplish pulling Farcaster and Base data. Going forward, we have the right tools in place to provide a quality user experience.
  • Next week: Next week will be all about distributing BasedFriends via Farcaster Frames, getting users and feedback to guide how to build from here
  1. How can the OP community help you?
  1. What are your big rocks for the coming week?
  • Adapting the site for mobile
  • Getting reach and running a marketing campaign
  • Adapt to user feedback to retain users
  1. (optional) share anything you want in a 1-2 minute loom video
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Hey. Wrapped up our first big week with PlayMini. Sharing updates so far.

  1. What are your updates on the week. Let us know how things are going.
  • We decided to spend our first week on doing a game design and setting up all needed dev environments to be able to build this projects.
  • We ended up choosing to build a single-player quiz-styled game with rewards and the leaderboard where players can compete with each other every week.
  • We designed our first prototype in Figma, and recently started working on a front-end.
  • We set up a Twitter connection via Privy to allow anyone come and play without creating a wallet (every account on PlayMini is an embedded wallet since rewards will always live onchain).
  • Also we’re currently exploring the best way to handle asset minting on OP/Base and figure out how many crypto components we want to add to this first MVP version.
  1. What did you accomplish on your big rock goals. What went right? What went wrong? How is it going to impact what you do this next week?

  • We were able to ship our first Figma prototype and solidify the initial game design + UI in general. This was the main goal that we were able to achieve.

  • However, we didn’t have time to fully design reward system and decided to move it to the next week so we can start working on the rest of front-end/mechanics in the meantime.

  1. How can the OP community help you?
  • Show us the best/most efficient way to distribute NFTs/other types of tokens to players on OP/Base
  • Follow our Twitter as we are starting to build out our brand
  1. What are your big rocks for the coming week?
  • Have first working version of front-end. Finalize stack + have something to click on already
  • Finalize reward system
  1. (optional) share anything you want in a 1-2 minute loom video
  • We’ll share Loom with working prototype next week once we align on the reward system and have more progress on visual sides of front-end
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Here is our update for the past week of backdrop build.

  • One of the cofounders for Fractal Visions has fallen ill over the past week which kept us from attending the ETH Denver event.

  • The developer schedule has been established for our build this month outlining tasks that need to be accomplished.

  • We have updated the CTA for the homepage of the platform & made some minor improvements to the ui design to create a better ux.

Eligibility criteria for our first grants round on Optimism network will be published in preparation for applications to open on March 14th. Allowing creators to apply for small grant funding opportunities who are building on the Superchain. The grant program starts April 1st utilizing the Gitcoin grants stack technology.

Big Rock

  • Past Week
    Our big rock was a failure this week and health became a priority over social networking events. It definitely leaves the team feeling a bit low on morale going into this next week.

  • This Week
    Testing our user database with a full node setup for the front end development.

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Cool product :slight_smile:

Feedback - I’d like to stay logged in. Annoying to have to QR scan each time.

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Great update @pjm

Really like the approach you’re taking to this build. Just followed your twitter and looking forward to seeing the prototype next week!

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No need to use Hedgey tech at all for this! Share your updates both on Backdrop and here!

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Looks like you had a busy week! Great requests for help. Mind sharing a link to the bot in your thread?

Looking forward to seeing the Swirl MVP next week

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Great update @daospace

Creating a points system that’s sybil resistant is going to be a tough one and love the thought and work you’re putting in here. Watched the video & will read through your docs later today. Great job sharing those.

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This is awesome @limes.eth

Seems like ETH Denver was a prime location to grab feedback.

Just watched the Loom and signed in to BasedFriends - WOW. Really impressive to get that up so quickly. Also, I didn’t even realize I could use Farcaster to sign into apps. Great implementation.

Will play around on the app today and share feedback.

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Thanks for the udpate @FractalVisions . Sometimes there are dud weeks. Looking forward to see what you push out this coming week!

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Here is our update for Week 1:

Finished initial contracts and wrote some unit tests in foundry.

Here are our goals for Week 2:

  1. Write more unit tests.
  2. Write Fuzz tests.
  3. Get front end up on Vercel.
  4. Deploy to Base Sepolia for testing.
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Hey I’m Walid (Owl on ct), and I am working on a hybrid exchange model and seek to deploy it for Optimism.

Inspired from the Off-chain order-book based perps DEX mission by the Optimism, I have started working on a similar model, just for spot instead of perps.

1- core model is a smart contract based orders, orders are made and fulfilled autonomously, supporting any ERC20 token, users can create an order based on their specified parameters :
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Token1(have), Token2(want), Amount1(have), Amount2(want), deadline, partial fill, user2(0 if public/address of the other party if private)
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the smart contracts simply handle the creation of orders, and the fulfillment of orders, from there, the users are free to use only the smart contracts in the case they have the matching order id for the order they wish to full-fill.

2- the remaining part of the model would be built on a server (ideally in Go Lang or similar) to fetch order parameters (using The graph or similar services), to construct an order-book out of them, making an off-chain matching service similar to the one requested by optimism (except it’s spot rather then perps), fetching orders by id to be fulfilled by users.

3- the last part of the model would be the front-end, this is still a ‘WIP’, and ideally once we reach beta stage, we would be able to hire someone to implement a front-end that is user friendly, and works well with user feedback.

The order-book model is still very early on, smart contracts part is almost done, and ideally soon will be public for testing and feedback for potential improvements.

as of week 2, work has began on the off-chain matching engine, order contracts are almost done, some minor optimizations are in order, and will be public soon

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  1. Hello, I’m Igor! A Web3 engineer with experience in developing high-load Web2 projects.

I want to develop a DAO-driven portal for traffic exchange between Frames applications for Warpcast. Each connected application will perform cross-promotion of other applications proportionally to the traffic brought into the system.

The generated fee in the form of clicks will be distributed among the Frames important for the Optimism ecosystem as a grant. The importance of applications will be determined through voting among the system participants.

Builders face the problem of expensive Web3 traffic, which can often kill the initiative to create useful applications due to the lack of users. I want to make this project to break this vicious circle.

  1. There are at least 3 reasons why this idea could help the OP ecosystem:
  • Strengthen already existing and popular Frames through traffic exchange with other Frames, creating additional stimulation for developers.
  • Engage users to stay on OP-based projects longer through cross-promotion of engaging Frames.
  • Encourage Frame builders to create more by showing them that by bringing value, they will be rewarded with new users.

  1. It would be nice to get feedback from builders on the conditions under which they could participate in the traffic exchange with their Frames. It would also be useful to know what type of integrations is considered most acceptable for developers: integrating a separate frame from a third-party application, a button with a link to the application, or something else.

  2. This month, I plan to create a working system with live integrations. In the following months, I would like to decentralize some of the system components to make it more robust in the long term.

  3. In the first week, some Frames were launched to perform the first integrations and test the idea on real users.

Plans for this week:

  • Come up with ways to capture traffic for relevant Frames.
  • Conduct experiments with ways to verify traffic.
  • Consider ways to account for traffic with the possibility of further decentralizing the system.

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Such a cool idea and love your approach! Great plans for the week. Keep us posted

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Agents With Benefits

  1. Who we are and what we want to build: Hey! I’m Mark a web3 developer. You can find me across various channels as @Soko. I am working with team members recently assembled at ETHDenver where we initially came up with our idea. We are developing “Agents With Benefits” (AWB), a platform where AI Agents are tokenized as NFTs, enabling individual users or DAOs to own, govern, and earn from these agents. Our motivation is to disrupt the centralized control over AI agent development and governance by providing a decentralized framework that allows for broader community participation and benefit. By tokenizing agents as NFTs, we ensure transparency, provenance, and a secure mechanism for revenue sharing among contributors and owners.

  2. Moving the OP ecosystem forward: Introducing AWB will enrich the OP ecosystem by bridging the gap between AI technology and blockchain, promoting a community-driven approach to AI agent ownership and governance. This initiative will draw a wide array of participants, from developers and creators to end-users, enhancing the ecosystem’s vibrancy and innovation. The unique model of tokenizing AI agents as NFTs, which can be owned by individuals or collectively by DAOs, aligns with Optimism’s commitment to decentralization and could serve as a catalyst for new forms of collaboration and value creation on the blockchain. Additionally Agents can be licensed as open source and free to use, accelerating the growth of AI + blockchain integrations.

  3. Goals for this month and how others can help: This month, we aim to establish the foundational elements of AWB, focusing on the development of on-chain registry contracts for the NFT tokenization of AI Agents and user-friendly front-end interfaces for managing tokens, DAOs, and agents. We invite the community to participate in the development process by providing feedback, sharing insights, and conducting user interviews. Connections with experts in DAO governance, NFT law, and AI development would greatly aid our progress. Community engagement in early testing phases and feedback will be critical to refining our offerings.

  4. What we plan to ship: Our objective for this month is to launch a comprehensive & functioning platform for AWB that includes:

  • On-chain registry contract: This will facilitate the tokenization of AI Agents as NFTs, allowing them to be owned and governed by individuals or DAOs, while also managing the distribution of revenue shares.
  • Frontend interfaces: We will provide intuitive tools for users to create tokens, form DAOs, and tokenize AI Agents as NFTs, making it easy for both creators and investors to participate.
  • Frames or other Social platform integrations: We plan to enable interaction with tokenized AI Agents through Farcaster frames or social media bots, showcasing the practical applications and benefits of AWB to a broader audience. We want to bring Agents directly to users.
  • HUB example implementation: Hubs are off-chain service providers that are whitelisted by our protocol and individual users. Ideally running trust-less execution environments, these HUBs have the responsibility of finding agent requests from AWB registered users, submitting them on-chain, executing them, and providing the result to the desired destination (Farcaster, Twitter, etc.)

We have some big goals for this program :sweat_smile: but we’ve made some exciting progress during our 1 week sprint in Denver and we believe our milestones are tangible - at least as MVP / prototypes!

Help us OP Community!
We want to establish connections with existing DAOs and communities on Optimism! Experimenting with novel use cases is necessary to see if the vision of AWB makes sense. Whether you are an individual or a DAO that wants to build an IP Licensed AI Agent please reach out with feedback or your idea. We’ll do our best to build it!

Thanks @Lindsey, Hedgey, and OP RPGF for giving us a chance to turn this dream project into a reality!

Links:
agentswithbenefits.xyz
ETHDenver Video Demo

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Weekly Updates

  • This week I spent a lot of time focused on the frog.fm tool. I dug deeper into some of the team behind it’s other work and was super impressed, so beyond the frame build I’m spending time studying their code to get something like an open-source mentorship.

The Big Rock Review

  • Figured out how to access and work with the Frame data, add state, build routes, etc.
  • Settled on a Swirl flow I’m pretty happy with, though might need to make a couple adjustments depending on the technicalities of AI/web3 elements as I get there.
  • I probably could have had a janky MVP up by today but decided to go a bit slower and do a bit more polishing on the way since it’s only week two.

Help From OP Community

  • Same asks for now:
  • Feedback on my repos
  • Experiment with the discord bot (feedback is directly generated)
  • CB discord bot github

Next Big Rock

  • Continue learning from frog.fm
  • I am going to ship next week even if that means sacrificing some quality and rushing through some of the learning process short term.
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Week 2 Updates

  1. What are your updates on the week? Let us know how things are going.

The algorithm for our sybil resistant point system for forum participation is almost complete. Points for the reputation system are determined using four factors:

  • Replies to topics created (forum posts)
  • Replies to regular posts (comments)
  • Likes received for topics created
  • Likes received for regular posts

We are using a sentiment analysis tool (VADER) to determine the alignment of replies and how many points should be distributed to the original poster.

We are still testing and fine-tuning the script due to differences in terminology used across different DAOs. With this point system, we will be able to identify the DAO members that brought the most value to their DAO’s forum and rank them accordingly.

2. What did you accomplish on your big rock goals? What went right? What went wrong? How is it going to impact what you do this next week?

Last week, our big rock goal was to create the script for the algorithm based on the logic we created in week 1. The logic was for a Sybil Resistant Point System for DAO contributors, and we already have multiple working scripts for each individual factor. The only thing left is ensuring that all the scripts works in unison so they feed into our point system correctly.

What went right?

We successfully created multiple working scripts for our Sybil Resistant Point System for DAO contributors. This was our big rock for our second week of building.

What went wrong?

We hoped to get feedback from OP community members on the logic used for our points system, but scheduling some time to get their feedback has been challenging. However, we will continue to look for feedback, to make sure our points system serves Optimism DAO members.

We planned to drop our code on GitHub this Friday, but it will take a few more days to make sure that points are calculated properly, so we will keep you guys updated on Backdrop.

How is it going to impact what you do this next week?

Once we have the algorithm complete, we will have to create a new table in the database for points distributed to contributors. This will allow us to display the points and ranking for each contributor on our UI.

3. How can the OP community help you?

Feedback! We still need to get feedback from Optimism DAO members on whether they are aligned with how we will be distributing points for contributors.

4. What are your big rocks for the coming week?

Next week we plan on completing the algorithm to display points for each DAO contributor from Optimism DAO. We will be able to rank each DAO contributor based on their contributions to the forum, using the algorithm for our Sybil Resistant Point System.

5. (optional) share anything you want in a 1-2 minute loom video

DAO Contributor Point Allocation Demo

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Hey guys, Sixty here from the daospace team! I am just verifying that the comment above :point_up_2: is by Jaris James from daospace. His first account got flagged and banned while posting our second weekly update.

cc: @moderators @Lindsey

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Totally agree with you, session management has been a hard thing to solve for but it’s on our list!

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Week 2 Update

  • Launched onchainclarity.co
  • Launched the OCC Blog on Paragraph and posted our first article, “Blockchains are MMODBs”
  • Attained 38 followers on Farcaster
  • Improved BasedFriends.xyz based on feedback we received on Farcaster, improving the mobile experience
  • Presented BasedFriends on the community judging day at ETH Denver, we got some valuable feedback and plenty of the Base team to try out the site!
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The Big Rock Review

  • Improve Mobile Exp: (10/10) We spent time improving the mobile experience when we saw that 85% of our users were trying BasedFriends on mobile. It was a helpful lesson to take going forward and we fixed the search, sort, and filter functions
  • Run a Marketing Campaign: (9/10) We accomplished what we set out to with launching a blog and posting on Farcaster most days this week.
  • Respond to User Feedback: (8/10) We got feedback from 5 Farcaster users this week, effectively addressing 4 of the users comments. We even responded to this one in the /buildinpublic channel

Help From OP Community

  • DM me on telegram at limes_eth to let me know, “What is the most important thing you want to know before delegating to an Optimism delegate”?
  • Subscribe on Paragraph and give us feedback before next weeks edition

Next Big Rock

  • Launch GovScore
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