gm Optimism Collective 
Last week, forum engagement decreased slightly, with 7 new topics created, down from 9 the previous week. The most impactful discussions included:
- Cycle 26 Grants Final Roundup: This post provides a detailed recap of Cycle 26, highlighting challenges and improvements from previous cycles, such as changes to the review process and feedback integration. The roundup also announces the final grants awarded, including notable recipients like Derive and Fraxtal.
- Dark Forest ARES: Milestone 2 Submission and Request for Feedback: The Dark Forest ARES team celebrates reaching Milestone 2, with key updates on game mechanics, ZK circuits, and union systems. The post encourages community feedback and participation, as the project continues evolving its innovative gameplay within the Optimism ecosystem.
- Wannabet Weekly Tournaments: Wannabet introduces a fun, onchain social game that allows participants to make bets on weekly propositions and compete for OP rewards. The team provides updates and invites feedback from the community, aiming to engage builders and users in the Optimism ecosystem through this exciting game.
These discussions demonstrate the community’s focus on improving grant processes, fostering innovative projects, and introducing engaging new games to attract more participants to the Optimism ecosystem.
daospace is a DAO discovery platform that aggregates contributions across different DAOs. We will be providing weekly Automated AI Summaries to help reduce information overload, and so that all members can stay up to date on forum activity within the DAO. Below is a summary of every topic made within the OP Governance Forum from last week.
Feel free to leave us feedback in the comments below. You can get in touch with the daospace team on X (Twitter) , or reach out to the founders directly on X as well: Jaris James & Sixty
GovNFT Community Call Thread 3
Created: 2024-08-27
Author: @Michael
Summary
The post is a message to participants of the GovNFT program about the discussion on allowing new mission requests to be proposed during Season 6 rather than just at the start of the season. Participants are asked to provide ideas for new mission requests that can help optimize governance decentralization and attract more developers to the Superchain. Thoughtful responses are valued at 20 points, while spam or low-quality posts will not be counted towards the total points. Recording link will be provided after the call.
Code of Conduct Council (CoCC) Internal Operating Procedures S6
Created: 2024-08-27
Author: @CodeofConductCouncil
Summary
The post outlines the Internal Operating Procedures for the Code of Conduct Council (CoCC) in season 6 of the Optimism Collective. The council handles disputes and sanctions violations of the rules of engagement and code of conduct. It details reporting mechanisms, scales of conflicts (small, medium, large), conflict management steps (identification, screening, deliberation, follow-up), and additional considerations like updating procedures, handling case registries privately, and providing mid and season reports for transparency.
Voting Cycle Roundup #27
Created: 2024-08-29
Author: system
Summary
Cycle #27 started on August 29th at 19:00 GMT and will run until September 18th at 19:00 GMT. The Citizens’ House will have a one-week period to veto any approved upgrades by the Token House after its voting period. Delegate voting weights will be snapshot at the start of voting on September 12th at 19:00 GMT. Voting will take place at https://vote.optimism.io/. The Citizens’ House veto vote will happen via Snapshot from September 19th to 25th.
Cycle 26 Grants final roundup
Created: 2024-08-29
Author: @Gonna.eth
Summary
The post provides a recap of Cycle 25 challenges and improvements made in Cycle 26, including enhancements to the rubric and feedback integration, review process changes, and increased DAB involvement. It also outlines the final decisions and grants in Cycle 26 and offers a look ahead to Cycle 27. Notable grantees include Derive (formerly Lyra) and Fraxtal. An extensive list of applications and their statuses is provided as well.
Namespace - Builder Grant Update (Season 5, Cycle 19)
Created: 2024-08-29
Author: @cap
Summary
Cap, founder of Namespace 1 , reports on their progress with integrating ENS into dapps and enabling ENS Subname issuance on Optimism. They received an OP Grant to scale ENS to OP and are working on milestones like integrating CCIP, deploying contracts on OP, and writing developer documentation. They are also hiring an auditing company, developing an SDK, and refactoring their backend to support L 2 subnames. Namespace aims to streamline ENS adoption and is inviting developers to integrate ENS into their projects.
Wannabet Weekly Tournaments
Created: 2024-08-30
Author: @limes.eth
Summary
The Wannabet team is excited to develop an onchain social game to attract builders to Optimism. In this new game, users will make bets on selected propositions of the week and compete onchain. The participants with the most correct bets will win that week’s collection of OP. They provide updates on their progress through forum posts and welcome feedback and suggestions. For more information on the history of Wannabet, check out their GitHub.
Dark Forest ARES: Milestone 2 Submission and request for feedback
Created: 2024-08-31
Author: @byeddy.eth
Summary
The post discusses the achievements and upcoming steps of the Dark Forest ARES project. Milestone 2 has been reached, with the completion of DFAres v0.1 Round 4, showcasing innovative game mechanics. Updates include ZK circuits, inner radius implementation, technical analysis articles, and the framework for union systems. The post encourages players to join the community, try out the game, provide feedback, and shares relevant information and contact details for further engagement. The project aims to port the core game loop to the MUD engine for future milestones and welcomes feedback and feature requests from players.