# OP Bulletin: Weekly news and insights on the Optimism Collective 📰 **URL:** \ **Category:** ✨ General\ **Created:** [March 14, 2024, 9:01pm UTC](https://gov.optimism.io/t/op-bulletin-weekly-news-and-insights-on-the-optimism-collective/7817 "2024-03-14T21:01:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 18
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# OP Bulletin: Retro Funding 4 results | Jul 18th - Superfest all summer - Shape joins the Superchain - The Superchain Identity is here! - Superchain Space recordings - **The Superchain Strategy** - **Security Council Elections** - Developer Advisory Board Internal Operating Procedures - **Retro Funding 4 results** - **Mission Applications Open** - Retro Funding 5: Applications open for guest voters * * * ## 🌐 **Ecosystem News** ### **Superfest all summer** Superfest is the Superchain’s DeFi festival. It celebrates builders across the Superchain building DeFi applications and delivering value back to the Optimism Collective. From mid July to the end of August, the Collective will allocate 1.5M OP rewards to bring more activity across OP Mainnet, Base, Mode, and Fraxtal. Connect to the Jumper Dashboard on [superfest.optimism.io](http://superfest.optimism.io) to begin participating. [Discover Superfest partner offerings](https://x.com/Optimism/status/1811867378495684784) ### **Shape joins the Superchain** [Shape](https://www.shape.network/), the chain dedicated to creators, joins the Superchain! Shape aims to be a place where artists can design, build, and experiment to contribute to the web of creativity. The network is still on testnet but will go live in Q3 2024. ### **The Superchain Identity is here!** The Superchain Identity, the new identity layer of the Optimism Collective, built on ENS, developed and maintained by 3DNS is live. You can now get .[super.box](http://super.box) and .[chain.box](http://chain.box) identities that integrate both Web2 and Web3 features. Host websites, create emails, send and receive crypto through your Superchain Identity. [Read more](https://x.com/3dns_inc/status/1811869186194628656) | [Register](https://chain.box/) ### **Superchain Space recordings** Superchain Eco and Kolektivo Labs organized the Superchain Space around EthCC, a collaboration hub for the Collective with roundtables, cow-working and more. You can now access all the [recorded talks](https://x.com/SuperchainEco/status/1813934012320379170) from the event. * * * ## 📰 **Governance News & discussions** > ❗ **We’re in the Citizens’ House Veto Period & Voting Cycle #25: Review Period** ### **The Superchain Strategy** In this weeks’ Joint House Community Call, Jin Wang shared the Superchain Strategy and Collective Vision. The talk included an overview of the Superchain, how its scaling horizontally, and the top priority for this season: interoperability. [Listen to the presentation](https://gov.optimism.io/t/optimism-community-call-recaps-recordings-thread/6937/44) ### **Security Council Elections** The first election for Security Council Cohort A will take place during Voting Cycle #26. Elections are held six months before the actual membership turnover to allow enough time for candidate screening. Candidates that meet the criteria of reputation, alignment, and technical competency, among others, may self-nominate by August 14th. Each nomination must receive approval from eight of the Top 100 delegates by August 19th. To self-nominate, create a post with your nomination following [these instructions](https://gov.optimism.io/t/season-6-security-council-nomination-thread-cohort-a/8588). The Security Council Election Town Hall will take place Tuesday, August 20th. ### **Developer Advisory Board Internal Operating Procedures** The internal operating procedures govern the activities of the Board for the current season, which include - Reviewing all technical mission applications per Grant Council request - Summarizing upgrades and blocking them if believed to be unsafe - Give technical feedback and support to other boards - Explore ways to support the Collective [Read the Internal Operating Procedures](https://gov.optimism.io/t/developer-advisory-board-s6-internal-operating-procedures/8558) * * * ## 🗳 **Voting Reminders** No active proposals at the moment. * * * ## 💵 **Grant News** ### **Retro Funding 4 results** 10M OP were allocated to 200+ projects that deployed contracts across the Superchain on Base, Mode, Zora, Frax, Metal, and OP Mainnet. This marks the first Retro Funding round of the year that experiments with metric based voting. In this round, voters chose impact metrics to calculate rewards. Gas fees, Trusted users onboarded, Trusted recurring users, Trusted monthly active users, and Recurring addresses were the top metrics selected by voters. The top five projects awarded in this round were Zora, Layer3, [Li.Fi](http://Li.Fi), Stargate Finance, and Odos. [Meet the 207 projects rewarded](https://retrofunding.optimism.io/round/results) ### **Mission Applications Open** Today begins the first cycle of Season 6’s Missions! The Token House ranked Mission Requests that work towards Season 6’s [Collective Intents](https://gov.optimism.io/t/season-6-intents-ratification/8104). Here is the [complete list of approved Mission Requests](https://app.charmverse.io/op-grants/mission-request-list-23238814302303523). The first cycle runs until August 7th and the submission period begins today. From July 18th to July 24th you can apply to approved missions. You can also attend the Grants Council Office Hours scheduled for every Monday. [Missions v2.5](https://gov.optimism.io/t/season-6-missions-v2-5/8106/2) | [Missions Calendar S6](https://app.charmverse.io/op-grants/calendar-s6-5937971055166664) ### **Retro Funding 5: Applications open for guest voters** Retro Funding 5 voters will include random sampling of existing citizens together with 30 new one-time guest voters. Guest voters will be selected based on “Proof of work”, meaning code contributions to relevant repositories. Know a developer interested in voting in Retro Funding 5? Share [this](https://gov.optimism.io/t/retro-funding-5-announcing-guest-voter-participation/8393) post with them! Steps to apply: - Create your Optimist Profile in [retrofunding.optimism.io](http://retrofunding.optimism.io) - Submit an application before July 31st * * * ## **Upcoming Calls** - Grants Council Office Hours [Monday, July 18th] - Builder Office Hours with the Foundation (Bi-Weekly) [Wednesday, July 20th] You can add Optimism governance calls to your calendar [here](https://calendar.google.com/calendar/u/0/embed?src=c_fnmtguh6noo6qgbni2gperid4k@group.calendar.google.com&ctz=America/New_York). * * * ## 🔴✨ **Optimism Collective Resources** - [Forum discussions](https://gov.optimism.io/) - [Optimism X account](https://twitter.com/Optimism) - [Optimism Governance X account](https://twitter.com/OptimismGov) - [Governance calendar](https://calendar.google.com/calendar/u/0/embed?src=c_fnmtguh6noo6qgbni2gperid4k@group.calendar.google.com&ctz=Europe/Berlin) - [OP Hub](https://www.web3citizen.xyz/resources/op) - home of optimistic resources ## **🫡 Stay Connected, Stay Informed** Every week, we analyze new proposals, summarize discussions, and provide you with the tools to bring informed contributions to the Collective. --- _[View the full topic](https://gov.optimism.io/t/op-bulletin-weekly-news-and-insights-on-the-optimism-collective/7817)._