gm Optimism Collective 
Last week, forum engagement increased with 15 new topics created, up from 11 the previous week. The most impactful discussions included:
- Accelerated Decentralization Proposal For Optimism: This proposal outlines a comprehensive plan to accelerate the decentralization of governance within Optimism. It focuses on transferring ownership of key governance powers and OP token governance contracts to the community by 2025, promoting a more decentralized and transparent governance system.
- Retro Funding 6: Governance - Round Details: Retro Funding Round 6 focuses on rewarding contributions to Optimism’s governance, covering categories like governance infrastructure, analytics, and leadership. The post provides details on eligibility, funding size, voting design, and processes to ensure impactful participation in governance improvements.
- Introducing GovGraph.fyi – Citizen Connections Visualized: GovGraph.fyi is a new tool designed to visualize governance connections within the Optimism ecosystem. It offers interactive features for mapping relationships and enhancing transparency, helping users better understand governance dynamics and participation.
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.
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Retro Funding 6: Governance - Round details
Created: 2024-09-16
Author: system
Summary
The post provides information about the Retroactive Public Goods Funding (Retro Funding) 6 program, which rewards contributions to Optimism Governance in categories such as governance infrastructure & tooling, governance analytics, and governance leadership. The timeline, eligibility criteria, scope categories, size of funding, voting design, and KYC & Grant Delivery process are detailed, along with examples and specific rules for each category.
Optimism Retro Funding – Voting Design Evaluation
Created: 2024-09-16
Author: @akrtws
Summary
The post provides information about an upcoming workshop for Optimism Badgeholders and GovNERDs on evaluating voting designs for Optimism Retro Funding rounds. The workshop will cover insights from past rounds, a new evaluation framework based on Social Choice Theory, and data-driven proposals for improving voting designs and performance metrics. The event aims to help participants understand and optimize voting behavior for future rounds of Retro Funding.
How are attestations being used within Optimisms grant system?
Created: 2024-09-17
Author: @0xR
Summary
The user is seeking information on leveraging attestation systems within Optimism grants and governance, specifically looking for documentation on how attestations are used in Optimism’s governance systems. They are requesting assistance from experts familiar with grants and governance.
Accelerated Decentralization Proposal For Optimism
Created: 2024-09-17
Author: @GFXlabs
Summary
The post discusses a proposal for accelerated decentralization of governance powers within Optimism, focusing on transferring system powers, resources, and access to governance to promote decentralization and rejuvenation of the system. The proposal outlines three phases of decentralization to be completed by summer 2025, including immediate actions such as transferring ownership of the OP token and governance contracts, as well as future steps like bringing bridge escrow assets under governance control and decentralizing the sequencer by Q2 2025. The ultimate goal is to give full control of the Optimism protocol to governance and ensure transparency through processes like disclosing past grants. Users holding the OP token are encouraged to signal approval for this decentralization plan.
Voting Cycle Roundup #28
Created: 2024-09-18
Author: system
Summary
Cycle #28 began on September 19th at 19:00 GMT and will end on October 9th at 19:00 GMT. The Citizens’ House will have a one-week period to veto any Upgrades approved by the Token House after the Token House Voting Period. Delegate voting weights will be snapshot at the beginning of voting on October 3rd at 19:00 GMT. The Citizens’ House veto vote will take place from October 10th to October 16th via Snapshot.
About the Foundation Budgets category
Created: 2024-09-18
Author: @lavande
Summary
This post provides guidelines for creating a new category on a forum or website. It highlights the importance of the category, differentiates it from existing ones, outlines the content that should be included in topics, and explores the necessity of this new category or potential merging with an existing one.
Cycle 27 Grants final roundup
Created: 2024-09-18
Author: @Gonna.eth
Summary
The post highlights the successful review of all applications, including Rolling Mission Requests, with 53 applications received and 16 approved. The team met all deadlines thanks to the Developer Advisory Board’s valuable feedback. Congratulations were extended to grant recipients, and Cycle 28 is now open for new Mission Requests submissions. A new whitelisting process for Auditors is forthcoming. Submissions for Cycle 28 close on Tuesday, the 24th at 19:00 GMT, with the finalists listed in the post.
[Request for Feedback] Syntra – Setting a New Standard for DAO Participation
Created: 2024-09-18
Author: @SEEDGov
Summary
Syntra 1 is a delegate dashboard created to address the fragmented experience of DAO governance tools by offering a unified solution focused on people. Key features include simplified proposal drafting, comprehensive onboarding, a unified interface, and insights and analysis. The goal is to make DAO participation more accessible and effective, catering to both newcomers and professional delegates. The expected outcomes include increased participation and deliberation, greater transparency and accountability, and optimized token utilization. Syntra integrates with existing solutions in the DAO space and aims to provide a comprehensive governance hub in the future. Feedback and ideas are welcomed to continue refining the platform.
Sov - Delegate Communication Thread
Created: 2024-09-18
Author: @Sov
Summary
The post is an introduction from @SovereignSignal, a delegate in the Optimism community. They have a professional background in operations, grant program development, and management and currently work at Gitcoin. They are committed to active participation in governance discussions and encourage communication through Telegram. They also disclose potential conflicts of interest related to holding OP tokens and working for Gitcoin. Updates will be posted in the thread as needed.
Where are the Optimisms main treasury addresses?
Created: 2024-09-18
Author: 0xR
Summary
The user is seeking information on the treasury address of the OP foundation or the main treasury addresses of the Optimism Collective for research purposes. They are reaching out on the forum to see if any experts can provide this information as they have been unable to find it through their search.
Badgeholder Onchain Analysis Report
Created: 2024-09-18
Author: @wheebill
Summary
The post discusses the On-Chain Analysis of Optimism Badgeholders and their role in the OP Collective. The study compares Badgeholders to typical active OP users in terms of transaction activity, DAO participation, social app usage, and NFT & Smart Contract activity. The findings show that Badgeholders are more engaged in governance, social platforms, NFTs, and smart contract creation, providing valuable insight for governance decisions and future Retrofunding rounds.
Introducing GovGraph.fyi – Citizen Connections Visualized
Created: 2024-09-18
Author: @maxsemenchuk
Summary
Introducing GovGraph.fyi, a dynamic tool for visualizing governance ecosystems, focusing on Optimism’s ecosystem. It offers interactive relationship mapping, advanced filtering, and transparency enhancement features. Users are encouraged to explore the demo, provide feedback, and suggest new features. Collaboration between Trusted Seed and General Magic, the tool aims to enhance governance transparency and accessibility. Visit https://govgraph.fyi/ for more information.
Token House Call will be [Tuesday, September 24th @ 11:00 PT / 14:00 ET / 18:00 GMT / 20:00 CET]
Created: 2024-09-19
Author: Michael
Summary
The post announces a token house call scheduled for the upcoming Tuesday and invites participants to comment with any specific topics they would like to discuss. The meeting will be held via Google Meet, with the provided link. The post is signed by Michael.
GovNFT Governance Topic Thread 2
Created: 2024-09-19
Author: Michael
Summary
The post invites GovNFT participants to discuss Retro Funding Round 6 focused on projects impacting Optimism Governance. The round size will be determined by badgeholders/citizens, ranging from 1.1M OP to 3.5M OP. A new experiment with “guest voters” is introduced. Participants are asked their opinions on the round’s funding amount and including random farcaster users as voters, emphasizing thoughtful answers to earn points on the leaderboard.
Pairwise in Retro Funding 5: Your Voting Tool
Created: 2024-09-19
Author: Zeptimus
Summary
In Retro Funding 5, badgeholders can use Pairwise, an open-source voting dapp, to simplify their voting experience. Pairwise enables users to rank projects by comparing them in pairs using star ratings to categorize their impact on the OP stack. After ranking projects, users can unlock their ballot and finalize their vote in the Main UI. Your participation in Retro Funding 5 using Pairwise is essential, and feedback is welcome for improvement.