Optimism Fractal Season 4

[DanSingjoy]

Dear Optimists,

Optimism Fractal is returning from summer break and we’re excited to embark on Season 4! We’re looking forward to reconnecting at our weekly events and invite you to join!

Optimism Fractal events kick off with our beloved Respect Game, which always provides a great time to collaborate with builders on the Superchain, raise awareness for your work, and build your reputation in the Optimism Collective. I’m so grateful for everyone who helped make the past three seasons so special and am stoked for all the amazing experiences the community will share at Optimism Fractal events in this season. I encourage you to invite friends and register on the events calendar, where you can also find weekly Optimism Town Hall and Eden Fractal events.

At this week’s Optimism Town Hall I propose that we plan Optimism Fractal’s fourth season with an open discussion. We can reflect on our achievements so far, share updates from over the break, discuss goals for Season 4, and consider topics for future town hall events. Optimism Fractal is well-positioned to make significant strides in achieving our core intents and integrate more deeply with the Collective. You can vote on the topic proposal and see how we choose topics at the town hall here.

Join us to connect, share your thoughts, and help actualize the Optimistic Vision in our fourth season. I’m excited to hear from everyone and take our next steps together. If you’re not yet familiar with Optimism Fractal, please explore OptimismFractal.com to learn more and discover how we can collaborate. If you’d like to review our progress from last season, you can see this thread and watch our recent videos.

The first events of the season are on Thursday, August 15th and we’ll meet each week on Thursday at 17 UTC after that. Looking forward to seeing you there!

[DanSingjoy]

I’ll be speaking about Optimism Fractal at the Superchain Demo Day at 15 UTC (two hours before today’s Optimism Fractal event starts). You can watch the livestream on the Optimism Collective youtube channel. I hope to see you there and at the events today!

[Rosmari]

Join Optimism Fractal’s event now to kick-off an amazing start of Season 4

Find out what to expect in the detailed post above. You can RSVP on the event page where you can find a link to the zoom room. Looking forward to seeing you all soon!

[Rosmari]

Hey all! You’re invited to join the Optimism Fractal event on Thursday at 17 UTC to play the Respect Game, followed by the Optimism Town Hall at 18 UTC for community-led discussions on optimistic topics. You’re welcome to RSVP at the events calendar where you can find a link to the zoom room, watch exciting videos of our previous events, and recast to support the movement. Looking forward to seeing you at the events

Respect Game

The Respect Game is an amazing social game where players share what they did to help Optimism in friendly competitions. This provides an excellent way to get more eyes on your projects, experiment with evaluating community contributions, and make onchain attestations about your impact on the Superchain.

Optimism Town Hall

After the Respect Game, we’ll play an OPTOPICS agenda game to select discussion topics during the Optimism Town Hall. This provides an open forum to participate in governance discussions, pioneer the future of community coordination, and help lead the Optimism Collective. You can propose or vote on topics in the Town Hall snapshot space, or suggest topics at the event.

Watch Videos

You’re welcome to watch a recent video below and can watch all episodes at the videos page. Hope you enjoy!

OF 37: Welcome to Optimism Fractal Season 4

What is the vision and plans for Optimism Fractal’s fourth season? We kick off with the beloved Respect Game, then explore the latest technical and educational developments that support the growth of the Respect Game across the Superchain and beyond

[DanSingjoy]

Hey all,

I just proposed the following four topics for today’s Optimism Town Hall:

Optimism Collective Governance

Unifying the Superchain

Optimism Collective Identity

Optimism Fractal Discussions

Each of these topics provide space for us to have open discussions and explore educational resources that can help Optimism Fractal maximize impact for the Collective. We’ll play OPTOPICS at today’s town hall, so you can vote on these topics or propose others throughout the event. On a related note, I’m having an issue with the Optimism Town Hall Snapshot Space (which is explained in the first topic), so if you’d like to propose a topic then you can do so in the Optimism Fractal snapshot space today.

I’m curious to hear your thoughts and looking forward to seeing you at the events in a bit!

[DanSingjoy]

Good morning everyone, I hope you’re having a great day and are excited for this week’s events!

For this week’s Optimism Town Hall I created a topic proposal to play an OPTOPICS collaborative agenda game. This allows you to proposal any topics related to Optimism and vote on topics at any time, so feel free to suggest a topic on the Snapshot space if there’s something you’d like to discuss.

I’m also planning to re-propose some of the topics that we didn’t have time to discuss last week in the coming days. Looking forward to seeing you at the events and hearing your thoughts!

I’m pleased to announce that the Optimism Town Hall snapshot space is now verified by Snapshot Labs, which means that the issue from last week has been resolved and our daily topic proposal limit has been increased from 3 to 20. There’s also a monthly limit of 100 proposals and the space has a nice little checkmark now. I don’t think that we’ll need to propose that many topics in the near future but this does enable some creative types of Cagendas games that we can explore, such as voting on questions or faster paced discussions!

[DanSingjoy]

Hey all, I just proposed the following four topics for today’s Optimism Town Hall:

Optimism Collective Governance

Optimism Collective Identity

The Hats Protocol Hatathon

Questions and Answers Game

Each of these topics provide space for us to have open discussions and explore educational resources that can help Optimism Fractal create profound benefits on the Superchain. As per the approved proposal for OPTOPICS, you can vote on these topics or propose others throughout the event.

Each topic proposal is configured with a Weighted Voting system, so you can allocate different amounts of votes across each topic to express your preferences if you’d like. I’m curious to hear your thoughts and looking forward to seeing you at the events in less than 45 minutes!

[Rosmari]

It’s Respect Game time

You’re invited to join Optimism Fractal event on Thursdays at 17 UTC to collaborate with builders, promote your work, and earn awards by playing the Respect Game. The event provides a great place to build in public, get involved with governance, and learn more about the Superchain

You’re welcome to RSVP at the events calendar where you can find a link to the zoom room, watch exciting videos, and recast to support the movement. I look forward to seeing you at the events.

Respect Game

The Respect Game is an onchain social game that fosters friendly competition and relationship building. Participants share what they did to help Optimism, rank each other’s work, and earn Respect tokens through consensus. These tokens attest to weekly progress and bring accountability. Respect allows participation in the community council, voting on discussion topics at Town Halls, and other innovative use cases.

Optimism Town Hall

The Optimism Town Hall weekly events provide an open forum to participate in governance discussions, pioneer the future of community coordination, and help lead the Optimism Collective. After the Respect Game, we’ll play an OPTOPICS agenda game to select a discussion topic during the Optimism Town Hall at 18 UTC.

You can propose or vote on topics in the Optimism Town Hall snapshot space, or feel free to suggest topics via the chat during the event. Some of the exciting topics proposed are Optimism Collective Governance, Optimism Collective Identity, The Hats Protocol Hatathon, and a special Q&A Game.

Superchain Demo Day Presentation

@DanSingjoy presented Optimism Fractal at the Superchain Demo Day on August 15th, which you can watch here

Watch Videos

You’re welcome to watch a recent video below and can watch all episodes at the videos page. Hope you enjoy!

OF 38: Superchain Collaboration

How can Optimism Fractal help unify the Superchain? We bring together builders for a collaborative Respect Game to share educational resources, then discuss how Optimism Fractal empowers developers in the Collective

[Rosmari]

GM optimists,

You’re invited to join the Optimism Fractal event on Thursdays at 17 UTC to collaborate with builders, promote your work, and earn awards by playing the Respect Game. The event provides a great place to meet optimists, experiment with governance, and learn about the Superchain!

You’re welcome to RSVP at the events calendar where you can find a link to the zoom room, watch exciting videos from past events, and recast to support the movement. I look forward to seeing you at the events

Respect Game

The Respect Game is a profoundly helpful consensus game that provides a fun way to foster collaborations, award public goods creators, and fairly measure positive impact. Participants share what they did to help Optimism, rank each other’s work, and earn Respect tokens through consensus. These tokens allow participation in the community council, voting on discussion topics at Town Halls, and other innovative use cases. Start to build up your reputation through Respect on Optimis, while learning about governance tools that can empower thousands of communities

Optimism Town Hall

The Optimism Town Hall events provide an open forum to participate in governance discussions and pioneer the future of community coordination in Optimism. After the Respect Game, we’ll play an OPTOPICS agenda game to select a discussion topic during the Optimism Town Hall at 18 UTC.

There’s a new snapshot space for posting topic proposals, which was created after a recent proposal to play a modified version of the OPTOPICS agenda game this week. This modification allows to use the Optimism Town Hall Snapshot space for scheduling specific topics in advance and use the new OPTOPICS Snapshot space for an ongoing list of topics. The current proposed topics are Optimism Collective Governance, Optimism Collective Identity, The Hats Protocol Hatathon, a Q&A Game, and more. You can learn about ways that you can vote for topics in this recent post.

Watch Videos

You’re welcome to watch Optimism Fractal’s most recent video below and find all previous episodes at the videos page. Hope you enjoy!

OF 39: Community Insights

[Rosmari]

Let’s have a joyful builder adventure growing Optimism

You’re invited to join the Optimism Fractal event on Thursdays at 17 UTC to collaborate with innovators, promote your work, and earn awards by playing the Respect Game. Straight after, join the Optimism Town Hall at 18 UTC to pioneer the future of governance agenda games with community-led discussions about the Superchain. These events provide a great place to attest to weekly progress, experiment with governance, and contribute to the growth of the Superchain!

You’re welcome to RSVP at the events calendar where you can find a link to the zoom room, watch exciting videos from past events, and retweet to support the movement. I look forward to seeing you at the events

Weekly Events

Optimism Fractal

The Respect Game is a profoundly helpful consensus game that provides a fun way to foster collaborations, award public goods creators, and fairly measure positive impact. Participants share what they did to help Optimism, rank each other’s work, and earn Respect tokens through consensus. These tokens allow participation in the community council, voting on discussion topics at Town Halls, and other innovative use cases. Start to build up your reputation through Respect on Optimism and inspire more public goods growth!

Optimism Town Hall

The Optimism Town Hall events provide an open forum to participate in governance discussions and pioneer the future of community coordination in Optimism. After the Respect Game at Optimism Fractal, we’ll explore Optimism Fractal Hats Tree, Hats Protocol Hatathon, and Let’s GROW during the Optimism Town Hall at 18 UTC

We’ll be joined by Wasabi, who is the lead designer of the Let’s GROW DAO Hats Tree which was selected alongside Optimism Fractal’s hats tree as the other co-winner of the Mad Hatter prize. You can read more details and find all hats trees links in this Snapshot proposal

Watch Videos

You’re welcome to watch Optimism Fractal’s most recent video below and find all previous episodes at the videos page. Hope you enjoy!

OF 40: Optimism Fractal ORDAO App

How are Respect Game apps transforming Optimism Fractal? Enjoy a collaborative Respect Game that empowers builders, then explore an introduction to ORDAO - a new app proposed as the next generation of Optimism Fractal software

[DanSingjoy]

Hey all! I’m writing here to provide an update about the new Optimism Fractal Hats Tree and other exciting technical developments:

Optimism Fractal Hats Tree

I’m pleased to announce that the Optimism Fractal Hats Tree was selected a co-winner of the Mad Hatter grand prize in the first Hats Protocol Hatathon!

A couple weeks ago I teamed up with @JacobHomanics to participate in the Hats Protocol Hatathon and we launched a great first iteration of the Optimism Fractal Hats Tree, which provides important powers for the OPF Respect token and helps organize our community’s operations. Some key functionalities of the Hats Tree include granting access to the new Optimism Fractal charmverse space and the ability to lead a breakout room at weekly events by signing an agreement onchain and earning sufficient Respect.

You can explore the features of the Hats Tree below:

Hats Protocol 🧢

Next Steps and Thanks

This is an important first step towards many more powerful integrations between Optimism Fractal and Hats Protocol. Huge thanks to Jacob for the amazing work building the Hats Tree and all the great support from the Haberdasher Labs team. You can learn more at HatsProtocol.xyz and the ‘Hats Protocol + Optimism Fractal’ telegram group where we’re planning the next steps with the Hats founders.

Jacob Homanics

How to Claim Optimism Fractal Hats

If you have earned Optimism Fractal Respect then you claim your hats now to gain unique powers and help enhance our integrations with Hats Protocol!

You can claim the Rookie Hat by clicking here, then connecting your wallet and clicking the ‘claim hat’ button near the right side of the screen. If you’d like to signify that you’re ready to host a breakout room for the Respect Game then you can also claim the Rising Star, Fractalgram Certification, and Respect Game Leader hats as well.

Dan Singjoy

Hats at Optimism Town Hall

We commemorated the momentous win at last week’s Optimism Town Hall event by exploring the Optimism Fractal Hats Tree in detail, as well as the new Respect-Gated networking page for builders. We also provided a general introduction to Hats Protocol and explored the Let’s GROW DAO Hats Tree (which was the other co-winner of the Hatathon Mad Hatter Grand Prize) with Let’s GROW community leaders.

This event provided a great overview of the Hats Protocol and the new Hats Trees. You can watch the episode on the Eden Creators youtube channel and explore detailed show notes at OptimismFractal.com/41. You can also learn more exciting details about the Optimism Fractal Hats Tree and Hats Protocol by watching this interview with Jacob Homanics, which was hosted by an Optimism Fractal community member named Patrick and released on his youtube channel this week.

Optimystics

More Technical Updates

The rate of Optimism Fractal technical developments is increasing rapidly and there are many other great updates that we’re stoked to share with you. Stay tuned for exciting details about the next generation of Respect Game apps and Optimism Fractal onchain governance protocols. These also compose nicely with the Hats Tree above to increase Optimism Fractal’s autonomy, coordination, and decentralization!

This Week’s Events

This week I proposed a new version of the OPTOPICS Cagendas game for the Optimism Town Hall and it was approved as the scheduled topic, so we can discuss more about technical updates or other topics at this week’s town hall event according to the community’s consensus and the game rules linked above.

As always, everyone is welcome to join our weekly events to learn more, get involved, and collaborate with Superchain Builders. Hope to see you there!

[Rosmari]

Hi friends

You’re invited to join the Optimism Fractal event on Thursdays at 17 UTC to collaborate with optimistic builders, promote your work, and earn awards by playing the Respect Game. Right after, join us for the Optimism Town Hall at 18 UTC where you can help pioneer the future of governance agenda games with community-led discussions about the Superchain!

These events offer a fantastic opportunity to experiment with fractal governance, add accountability to your progress, and serve as a great engine for networking opportunities.

You’re welcome to RSVP at the events calendar where you can find a link to the zoom room, watch exciting videos from past events, and retweet to support the movement. I look forward to seeing you at the events today

Weekly Events

Optimism Fractal

The Respect Game is a powerful consensus game where the Optimism Fractal community awards public goods creators with Respect, recognizing and evaluating their contributions to Optimism.

Respect tokens, which help participants build reputation on an open and verifiable ledger, can be used for community council participation, voting on Town Hall topics, and other innovative use cases. You can learn more about the Respect Game in this article and explore the welcome guide for more tips on how to play

Optimism Town Hall

The Optimism Town Hall events provide an open forum to participate in governance discussions and pioneer the future of community coordination in Optimism. After the Respect Game, we’ll play an OPTOPICS agenda game to select a discussion topic during the Optimism Town Hall at 18 UTC.

Dan proposed the OPTOPICS Cagendas game for this week’s Optimism Town Hall, so we’ll discuss whatever topic(s) has the most votes in the new OPTOPICS Snapshot space. Feel free to propose new topics, vote, and change your votes on topics from prior weeks.

Watch videos

Enjoy an exciting Optimism Fractal video below and find all previous episodes at the videos page.

OF 41: Optimism Fractal Hats Tree, Let's GROW, and Hats Protocol

Why was Optimism Fractal selected as co-winner of the first Hats Protocol Hatathon? Watch builders attest to each other’s work during the Respect Game, then dive into the structure of Optimism Fractal & Let’s GROW Hats Trees to discover how hats enhance decision-making with programmable onchain roles

[Rosmari]

Let’s grow Optimism with governance tooling, community leadership, and onchain social games for Superchain builders

Episode Summary

In this episode of Optimism Fractal, the community shares, votes, and ranks exciting optimistic project updates during the Respect Game. In the Optimism Town Hall, we dive into key discussions, such as the recently announced Retro Funding Round 6! Watch the video below to see how Optimism is rewarding contributions to governance and discover how Optimism Fractal can support these Retro Funding efforts.

You’re welcome to RSVP at the events calendar where you can find a link to the zoom room, and watch exciting videos from past events. I look forward to seeing you at upcoming events!

Weekly Events

Optimism Fractal

The Respect Game is a profoundly helpful consensus game that provides a fun way to foster collaborations, award public goods creators, and fairly measure positive impact. Participants share what they did to help Optimism, rank each other’s work, and earn Respect tokens through consensus. These tokens allow participation in the community council, voting on discussion topics at Town Halls, and other innovative use cases. You’re welcome to experience it for yourself! Explore the Respect Game rules and find out what you need to participate in this welcome guide.

Optimism Town Hall

The Optimism Town Hall weekly events provide an open forum to participate in governance discussions, pioneer the future of community coordination, and help lead the Optimism Collective. After the Respect Game, we’ll play an OPTOPICS agenda game to select a discussion topic during the Town Hall.

There’s a new OPTOPICS snapshot space for posting topic proposals and some of the exciting topics which got proposed were Retro Funding 6 (focused on Governance), Optimism Missions Updates, Optimism Collective Identity, Optimism Collective Governance, and more.

Watch Videos

You’re welcome to watch the video from the event and can watch all episodes at the videos page. Hope you enjoy!

OF 42: Builder Progress and Retro Funding 6

How does Optimism Fractal enhance governance tools and foster community leadership? Track the weekly progress of builders playing the Respect Game, discover how Retro Funding Round 6 will reward contributions to Optimism Governance, and explore ways that Optimism Fractal can support Retro Funding efforts

[Rosmari]

Hi friends,

You’re invited to join the Optimism Fractal event on Thursdays at 17 UTC to cultivate a space to promote your work, nurture meaningful relationships, and grow governance on the Superchain by playing the Respect Game! Right after, join us for the Optimism Town Hall at 18 UTC for an exciting deep dive into Hats Protocol with co-founder David Ehrlichman

These events offer a fantastic opportunity to experiment with fractal governance, add accountability to your weekly progress, and create onchain memories with fellow optimists!

You’re welcome to RSVP at the events calendar where you can find a link to the zoom room, watch exciting videos from past events, and retweet to support the movement. I look forward to seeing you at the events today!

Weekly Events

Optimism Fractal
The Respect Game is an exciting social consensus game where you get to showcase your work and collaborate with fellow optimists. Together, you decide who made the biggest impact on Optimism by ranking each other’s contributions. The rankings go onchain, and you’re rewarded with Respect tokens, offering recognition and value to the builders shaping the Superchain!

What opportunities does the Respect token unlock? You can find out about more information about the Respect Game in this article and learn about the benefits of Respect here.

Optimism Town Hall

After the Respect Game at Optimism Fractal, we’ll have a deep dive into Hats Protocol during the Optimism Town Hall at 18 UTC

We’ll be joined by David Ehrlichman, who is a co-founder of Hats Protocol, Haberdasher Labs, and the author of the book Impact Networks. The topics we might discuss include an exciting recap of the inaugural Hatathon (where the Optimism Fractal Hats Tree was selected as a co-winner), future synergies between Hats and Fractals, and David’s vision for Hats Protocol! You can learn more about David and the topics we’ll cover in this Snapshot proposal.

There is a surprise! Community members can propose questions and vote for the best ones with onchain Respect tokens. Here is a quick overview:

After a brief introductory segment, we’ll jump into a new kind of Community Interview game where community members can propose and vote on questions on the Optimism Town Hall snapshot space. If there are questions or topics related to Hats Protocol that you’d like to be discussed during the Town Hall, then you can post it on this snapshot space at any time and/or vote with Respect to influence the discussion. The questions proposed in the Optimism Town Hall snapshot space will be prioritized during the discussion in order of Respect votes.

Watch videos

Enjoy an exciting Optimism Fractal video below and find all previous episodes on the videos page.

OF 43: Optimism Missions and Governance Enhancements

How is Optimism Fractal working to advance collective governance and help public goods creators earn funding? Dive into an exciting builder-driven Respect Game and learn about updates on Optimism Mission Requests and Proposals

[DanSingjoy]

Let’s play an Awesome Respect Game on Optimism!

Hi friends!

You’re invited to join the Optimism Fractal event on Thursdays at 17 UTC to collaborate with Superchain builders, promote your work, and earn awards by playing the Respect Game. The event offers a fantastic opportunity to experiment with governance, add accountability to your progress, and serves as a great engine for networking opportunities.

You’re welcome to RSVP at the events calendar where you can find a link to the zoom room, watch exciting videos from past events, and retweet to support the movement. I look forward to seeing you at the events today

Weekly Events

Optimism Fractal

The Respect Game is a profoundly helpful consensus game that provides a fun way to foster collaborations, award public goods creators, and fairly measure positive impact. Participants share what they did to help Optimism, rank each other’s work, and earn Respect tokens through consensus. These tokens allow participation in the community council, voting on discussion topics at Town Halls, and other innovative use cases.

You can learn more about the Respect Game in this article and explore the welcome guide for more tips on how to play

Optimism Town Hall

The Optimism Town Hall events provide an open forum to participate in governance discussions and pioneer the future of community coordination in Optimism. After the Respect Game, we’ll play an OPTOPICS agenda game to select a discussion topic during the Optimism Town Hall at 18 UTC.

I proposed the OPTOPICS Cagendas game for this week’s Optimism Town Hall, so we’ll discuss whatever topic(s) has the most votes in the OPTOPICS Snapshot space. Feel free to propose new topics, vote, and change your votes on topics from prior weeks.

Watch Videos

You’re welcome to watch the video from the event and can watch all episodes at the videos page. Hope you enjoy!

OF 44: Governance Gardeners & Hats Protocol Deep Dive, with David Ehrlichman

[Rosmari]

Let’s play an Awesome Respect Game on Optimism!

Hi all! Let’s have a joyful builder adventure growing Optimism

You’re invited to join the Optimism Fractal event on Thursdays at 17 UTC to collaborate with innovators, promote your work, and earn awards by playing the Respect Game. Straight after, join the Optimism Town Hall at 18 UTC as we introduce Optimism Fractal’s RetroSeason and take part in an exciting planning session for our upcoming one-year anniversary celebration! These events are a great opportunity to showcase weekly progress and experiment with governance, including pioneering new ways to evaluate the impact of builders in the Superchain and beyond.

You’re welcome to RSVP at the events calendar where you can find a link to the zoom room, watch exciting videos from past events, and retweet / recast to support the movement. Join us to learn how these initiatives could shape the future of RetroFunding in the Optimism Collective. I’m looking forward to seeing you all soon for the Respect Game and hearing your thoughts

Weekly Events

Optimism Fractal
The Respect Game is a profoundly helpful consensus game that provides a fun way to foster collaborations, award public goods creators, and fairly measure positive impact. Participants share what they did to help Optimism, rank each other’s work, and earn Respect tokens through consensus. These tokens allow participation in the community council, voting on discussion topics at Town Halls, and other innovative use cases.

You can learn more about the Respect Game in this article and explore the welcome guide for more tips on how to play

Optimism Town Hall

After an awesome Respect Game at Optimism Fractal, we’ll have a special RetroSeason reveal during the Optimism Town Hall at 18 UTC

Join us as we introduce Optimism Fractal’s RetroSeason and take part in an exciting planning session for our upcoming one-year anniversary celebration! We’ll outline exciting plans for RetroSeason initiatives including Optimism Fractal RetroPitches, Optimism Governance RetroPitches, and RetroPolls.

The RetroSeason activities aim to showcase Optimism Fractal community’s achievements and explore new ways to measure impact on Optimism

This week’s Optimism Town Hall offers you the opportunity to learn and shape how these initiatives could impact the future of RetroFunding in the Optimism Collective. You can read about today’s topic in this Snapshot proposal and get all the exciting details in the article! Your feedback is greatly appreciated as we plan this thrilling new chapter for Optimism Fractal.

Watch Videos

You’re welcome to watch Optimism Fractal’s most recent video below and find all previous episodes at the videos page. Hope you enjoy!

OF 45: One Year Anniversary and Retro Funding 6 Brainstorming

How can Optimism Fractal support Retro Funding? Get inspired by the progress of heroic builders during the Respect Game, then explore ideas for enhancing retroactive public goods funding with data-driven evaluations and our one year anniversary!

[DanSingjoy]

Hi everyone! I’m excited to share details about this week’s RetroSeason events. We’re launching RetroSeason while celebrating Optimism Fractal’s one-year anniversary and starting to conclude our current seasons.

This Wednesday - Eden Fractal Season Finale (16 UTC)

Join us for a comprehensive analysis of Optimism Fractal’s transformative first year while exploring Eden Fractal’s unique role in advancing fractal decision-making. We’ll examine both communities’ impacts through newly created analysis pages, discussing how our governance innovations and tools are shaping the Superchain. While Thursday’s events will focus on individual journeys, this session takes a holistic look at our collective achievements and impact. See details in the article.

This Thursday - Optimism Fractal Anniversary Events

• Respect Game (17 UTC): We’ll begin with our traditional weekly Respect Game, where participants share their recent contributions to Optimism. This core practice continues as usual, setting the stage for our anniversary celebrations.

• Anniversary RetroPitches & Retrospectives (18 UTC): Following the Respect Game, we’ll transition to Optimism Town Hall for special RetroPitches and Retrospectives. Each community member will have 3-5 minutes to share their contributions to Optimism Fractal and how it has benefited them over the past year. We encourage everyone to prepare thoughtful reflections for this milestone celebration. See the topic proposal for details.

These events mark the beginning of RetroSeason, our initiative to enhance impact evaluation in the Collective through RetroPolls and other innovations. Learn more about RetroSeason in the article last week’s and the video from last week’s Town Hall.

Season Transitions for Each Event

We’re planning to conclude our current seasons with RetroSeason. Here’s what to expect for each event:

• Eden Fractal: Hosting its final finale on October 23rd, then taking a month-long break before returning on November 27th.

• Optimism Fractal: Hosting its final Season 4 event on October 31st, with Season 5 launching after a two-week break on November 21st (as per this new proposal)

• Optimism Town Hall: Ending this season on October 31st and resuming on November 21st.

All RetroSeason events are open to everyone and complement each other in different ways - Eden Fractal providing holistic analysis, while Optimism Town Hall offers space for personal reflections. You’re welcome to RSVP for any events on the event calendar and we appreciate your help in spreading the word about Optimism Fractal RetroSeason by sharing this tweet or cast.

I’m deeply grateful for everyone’s contributions this past year and excited to celebrate together while launching this new chapter. Looking forward to seeing you at the events!

[Rosmari]

Hi optimists!

Join Eden Fractal’s season finale today at 16 UTC for a comprehensive analysis of Optimism Fractal’s transformative first year while exploring Eden Fractal’s unique role in advancing fractal decision-making

We’ll explore both communities’ impacts through new analysis pages, discussing how our governance tools shape the Superchain. While Thursday’s Optimism Fractal and Town Hall events focus on individual journeys, this session takes a holistic look at our collective achievements and impact.

Find details for today’s event in the article and discover how we’ll celebrate the anniversary and RetroSeason in the messages below.

It’s RetroSeason!

RetroSeason is an exciting series of initiatives celebrating Superchain builders’ success for Optimism Fractal’s one-year anniversary, while also strengthening collaboration with the broader Optimism ecosystem

RetroSeason begins with an epic celebration of Optimism Fractal’s one-year anniversary as we wrap up our current seasons in style! You can learn about RetroSeason in the most recently released Optimism Town Hall episode and get all the exciting details in the article.

You’re welcome to RSVP on the event page where you can find a link to the zoom room and retweet to help spread the word.

Looking forward to seeing you all there!

[Rosmari]

Let’s Celebrate Optimism Fractal’s One-Year with RetroPitches!

Join the Optimism Fractal and Town Hall special events this Thursday as we celebrate our one-year anniversary and RetroSeason initiatives

Optimism Fractal

We’ll start with our traditional Respect Game at 17 UTC, where participants share their recent contributions to Optimism. The Respect Game provides a gathering space to showcase your work, build relationships, and strengthen governance on the Superchain through consensus and earning Respect. This core practice sets the foundation for the exciting anniversary activities that follow…

It’s been amazing playing Respect Games with our community for the past year and we’d like to express special thanks to everyone for your time, efforts, and enthusiasm. We look forward to growing and evolving for many more exciting years to come! Read below to learn more about the next parts of the one year anniversary celebration and RetroSeason festivities at the Town Hall.

You’re welcome to RSVP at the events calendar where you can find a link to the zoom room, watch exciting videos from past events, and recast / retweet to support the movement.

Optimism Town Hall

We’ll have a special Optimism Fractal RetroSeason and our one-year anniversary celebration at the Town Hall, starting with RetroPitches

After the Respect Game at Optimism Fractal, we’ll transition to our anniversary-focused Optimism Town Hall, featuring Optimism Fractal RetroPitches and Retrospectives. This will feature retrospectives from community members, sharing their experiences and contributions to Optimism Fractal over the past year. You can read about today’s topic in this Snapshot proposal and get all the exciting details in the article.

Each community member will have 3-5 minutes to showcase their contributions, reflect on our collective journey, and share how Optimism Fractal has personally benefited them. This format lets us celebrate individual achievements while capturing the collective growth and impact of our community.

We encourage all participants to reflect on both their personal achievements and the broader impact of Optimism Fractal on their journey. Let’s look into our first year, celebrate our progress, and shape how these initiatives could impact the future of RetroFunding in the Optimism Collective.

You’re invited to RSVP at the events calendar where you can find a link to the zoom room, watch exciting videos from past events, and retweet / recast to show support. Join us to learn how these initiatives could shape the future of RetroFunding in the Optimism Collective.

Looking forward to seeing you there

Watch Videos

You’re welcome to watch Optimism Fractal’s most recent video below and find all previous episodes at the videos page. Hope you enjoy!

OF 46: Introducing RetroSeason

How will Optimism Fractal reshape impact evaluation? In this episode, we rank the contributions of builders in the Respect Game and introduce RetroSeason, featuring RetroPitches and an exciting series of initiatives to celebrate our upcoming anniversary and help the Collective fairly reward impact in RetroFunding Round 6

[Rosmari]

Introducing RetroPitches!

Hey all! We’re thrilled to announce RetroPitches, an initiative to support Retro Funding Round 6 by helping showcase and evaluate public goods creators who are advancing governance infrastructure & tooling, analytics, and leadership on Optimism! This round will distribute up to 3.5M OP to reward these contributions

RetroPitches are friendly competitions where governance contributors can present their projects, demonstrate their impact, and advance governance innovation on the Superchain. These games provide public goods creators with a platform to showcase their work while helping badgeholders gain deeper insights into contributions being evaluated in Retro Funding Round 6.

Event Details

The first RetroPitches session will take place this Thursday at the Optimism Town Hall event at 18 UTC, with additional sessions planned for Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday next week as listed below. We’re happy to add more events if these times don’t work for you—just let us know, and we’ll do our best to accommodate everyone!

Each participating applicant will have 3-5 minutes to pitch their grant during these events. If you have a grant in RetroFunding Round 6, we encourage you to sign up in this form to select your preferred date and reserve your spot:

• Thursday, October 31st at 18 UTC
• Monday, November 4th at 17 UTC
• Tuesday, November 5th at 17 UTC
• Wednesday, November 6th at 17 UTC

RetroPolls: Onchain Impact Evaluation

To complement these presentations and create a comprehensive evaluation process, we’re also launching RetroPolls - an innovative onchain impact evaluation system. RetroPolls will allow Token House members, Citizens’ House badgeholders, and the Optimism Fractal community to help evaluate the impact of RetroFunding projects. Everyone is welcome to join the events, participate in the voting, and help recognize impactful work in the ecosystem.

Origins

RetroPitches began during RetroPGF Round 3, showcasing public goods and connecting contributors with the community. To get an idea of what to expect in the upcoming events, check out this video from our pilot season or see our past post:

RetroPitches 3

Get Involved

All sessions will be recorded and shared on social media to maximize visibility for participating projects. For this Thursday’s event, you’re also welcome to join an hour earlier for Optimism Fractal’s season finale where we’ll play the Respect Game - an onchain social game where participants network, evaluate contributions, and earn onchain reputation that helps shape RetroPolls voting. You can RSVP in the event page where you’ll find the zoom link.

We’re looking forward to seeing your pitches and hope you enjoy the events! Check out the RetroPitches article to learn more about the benefits for RetroFunding applicants, watch past RetroPitches events, and discover more about our RetroSeason impact evaluation experiments