OP Bulletin: Bounty for artists, feature complete fault proofs, and the Superchain Dev Console, March 21st
This week’s OP bulletin is packed with ecosystem news and grant news and discussions. Dive in!
TL;DR
- New Superchain Dev Console
- Feature-complete fault proofs on OP Sepolia
- Demo Day now livestreamed
- Aave Gotchi is exploring the OP Stack
- The Superchain App Accelerator
- Fraxtal on the Superchain
- Discussion on Retro Citizens Rewards
- Code of Conduct Council feedback
- Visualize the Superchain and get a bounty
- Apply for a Mission Request
Ecosystem News
New Superchain Dev Console
A sneakpeak was shared during today’s Demo Day of the new developer portal for Superchain developers. This new portal provides testnet faucets, you can also get customized UX feedback, developer support channels and more tools to help you build, launch, and grow your app on the Superchain.
Check it out.
Feature-complete fault proofs on OP Sepolia
The OP Labs Team announced the deployment of feature-complete fault proofs on OP Sepolia testnet, enabling permissionless validation. This marks the first open source, permissionless, feature-complete fault proof system in the Ethereum ecosystem.
Now, withdrawals of ETH and ERC-20 tokens from OP Stack chains can be initiated without involvement from a trusted third party. Invalid withdrawals can be challenged and removed by any participant in the protocol. Additionally, a fault proof framework for the OP Stack has been launched, making it easier to integrate more proof systems into existing smart contracts.
Moving forward, the team plans to deploy on mainnet with the ultimate goal of achieving “multi-proof nirvana,” which eliminates the current reliance on security councils. Read the announcement.
Read an overview on the current fault proof system.
Demo Day in their livestream era
Demo Day focuses on showcasing projects across the Superchain and giving these projects community feedback. Demoday used to be broadcasted on Discord, but is now available on the Unlonely app and Optimism’s X account.
This week we listened to Blockjoy and Matters Town.
Check out this week’s broadcast
Aave Gotchi is exploring the OP Stack
Gotchi Chain, the upcoming L3 rollup dedicated to Aavegotchi Gaming, will be secured by Base and is currently exploring using the OP Stack to enhance the chain.
Read the article.
Last week also brought us two exciting news:
The Superchain App Accelerator
Third Web partners with Optimism to bring the Superchain App Accelerator.
The accelerator will offer credits for developers to build apps on different Superchain networks with seamless user experiences, easy onboarding, and no gas fees. The $3M fund will focus on bringing the cost of building & using onchain apps to zero.
Read more.
Fraxtal on the Superchain
Last week, Fraxtal, the modular L2 chain built by Frax Finance launched on mainnet!
Fraxtal uses the OP Stack for its smart contract platform and execution environment, with a settlement layer built for L3, apchains and rollups from any stack. Fraxtal vision includes focusing on interoperability and continuing to collaborate with the Superchain.
Read the Superchain Eco post.
Governance News & proposals
Voting Cycle #20 Voting Period begins today
Discussion on Retro Citizens Rewards
After finalizing RetroPGF3 and sharing the learnings on the latest round, it was announced citizens will be rewarded for their extensive work in reviewing projects. Collectively citizens submitted more than 10,000 votes in Retro Funding 3.
A specific point in the published criteria is generating discussion between some citizens as it rewards voting for 58+ projects. Some citizens argue this should be improved in further iterations as it deters citizens’ individual strategies of concentrating in reviewing all but concentrating their voting in a few high impact projects.
Read the discussion.
Code of Conduct Council feedback
The CoC Council is still receiving feedback on different approaches they’ve been exploring. These include:
- Amendments to the procedure following the receipt of a report
- Issuing reputational and mutual acknowledgment attestations for OP citizens, highlighting positive actions
- Whitehat Safe Harbor Agreement, a framework in which protocols can offer legal protection to whitehats who aid in the recovery of assets during an active exploit
- Proposal to Alter Token House Code of Conduct Council Charter for following Seasons. Considering the extensive labor in crafting CoC reports, the council proposes to extend deadlines for reports. Timeframes for the new deadline are open to discussion
Read more and provide feedback.
Grant News
Foundation Mission: Visualize the Superchain
Optimism is running a $2500 USDC bounty for artists interested in visualizing the Superchain. The top three submissions will receive 1500 for first place, 750 for second place, and 250 for third place. Any format is welcome: sketch, illustration, motion, etc. Submissions will be judged by the Optimism Unlimited Marketing and Design teams.
Learn more and submit your art by March 25th.
Apply for a Mission Request
Round 2 submission period is ongoing! Review the open Mission Requests and submit your project before Wednesday March 27th 19:00 GMT.
Prepare your submissions by reading the Charmverse and Mission Application Guide. As always if you have any questions you can ask your questions on the #mission-grants channel in the Optimism Discord or attend the Grants Council Office Hours on Monday, link in the Governance Calendar.
Voting Reminders
No active proposals at the moment.
Upcoming Calls
- Grants Council Office Hours [Monday, March 25th]
- ACC Internal Meeting [Thursday, March 26th]
- Joint House Community Call [Thursday, March 26th]
You can add Optimism governance calls to your calendar here.
Optimism Collective Resources
- Forum discussions
- Optimism X account
- Optimism Governance X account
- Governance calendar
- OP Hub - home of optimistic resources
- x23.ai - proposals and forum summaries
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