Welcome Back to Optimism Town Hall! After a refreshing six-week spring break, we’re excited to announce the return of Optimism Town Hall for its fourth season, beginning today, May 15th!
This thread serves as your central hub for Optimism Town Hall Season 4 - from topic proposals and event recordings to community insights and updates. I invite you to join us in growing this valuable forum for Optimism’s development, whether through active participation, watching recordings, or contributing to topic selection.
Optimism Town Hall is scheduled to recur biweekly on Thursdays at 18 UTC, immediately following Optimism Fractal Respect Games. RSVP here to join the events and learn more below!
What is Optimism Town Hall?
Optimism Town Hall is a collaborative forum where we explore the evolving Optimism ecosystem and Superchain through community-driven discussions. For over a year, we’ve been hosting regular events that bring together builders, governance participants, and curious newcomers to dive into the developments shaping the future of Optimism.
Our sessions provide a space for:
- Deep dives into community-chosen topics
- Updates about Optimism and Superchain developments
- Builder showcases and demonstrations
- Educational discussions about governance processes
- Interactive learning and networking opportunities
Optimism Town Hall serves dual purposes - it provides a place for Optimism Fractal community members to discuss governance matters specific to their community, while also creating a broader forum for anyone interested in the Optimism Collective and Superchain to connect, learn, and share ideas.
We’ve received outstanding feedback from participants throughout our previous seasons, and I encourage you to check out our Season 3 thread to see what we’ve accomplished and discussed in our last season. We made significant progress and it was a fantastic season with valuable discussions throughout.
Democratic Topic Selection
Optimism Town Hall features novel consensus processes for democratic agenda-setting through innovative community agenda games. At each event we play a game called Cagendas, our collaborative agenda game that empowers community members to propose and vote on topics using reputation tokens. We also sometimes play OPTOPICS, a different kind of Cagendas game which allows for dynamic topic transitions during events based on community interests.
These collaborative agenda games ensure discussions reflect what matters most to community members while helping us efficiently explore complex topics. Through these mechanisms, we create collaborative topic proposals and democratic prioritization of discussions that maintain genuine community input. This approach enables balanced stakeholder participation and more relevant, valuable conversations for everyone involved.
Currently, topic voting is enabled for Optimism Fractal Respect tokens (earned through peer evaluation at weekly events) and Citizens’ House badges, with plans to reintroduce OP tokens when technically feasible. You can earn Respect by participating in Optimism Fractal events, which occur immediately before Optimism Town Hall. Learn more about how these processes work at OptimismTownHall.com/FAQ.
Our Vision and Impact
Optimism Town Hall is pioneering a truly decentralized, community-driven approach to setting agendas and creating media about governance topics. Through our innovative community agenda system, we enable democratic topic selection that ensures discussions reflect community interests.
Our long-term vision includes:
- Providing educational resources about Optimism Collective governance processes
- Creating a pluralistic, multi-dimensional voting system that incorporates diverse stakeholders
- Building governance tools that scale effectively with the growing Collective
- Facilitating connections between builders, governance leaders, and community members
Through over 38 episodes so far, we’ve covered critical topics ranging from RetroFunding processes to governance tools, OP Stack technical discussions, and explorations of emerging networks on the Superchain.
To learn more about the critical role that Optimism Town Hall plays for the Optimism Collective and our broader society, you can read this article that further explains our vision and impact throughout last year.
Resources & Getting Involved
- RSVP for upcoming events on our events calendar
- Propose and vote on topics in the Optimism Town Hall snapshot space
- Watch past events on OptimismTownHall.com/videos
- Subscribe to see our videos on the Eden Creators YouTube channel
All our videos are freely published and provide valuable educational resources about Optimism.
We also invite you to get involved in our related initiatives across the Superchain by exploring the Optimism Fractal Season 6 forum thread and the Eden Fractal community as it deploys our governance software on Base. Through these complementary communities, we’re building a comprehensive ecosystem of tools and processes to strengthen governance across the Superchain.
Join the Upcoming Events
Our first event of Season 4 will take place this Thursday, May 15th. This event will provide a welcoming space for everyone across the Optimism Collective and Superchain to connect, share updates, and engage in meaningful discussions together.
Whether you’re a long-time participant or exploring the town hall for the first time, we hope you’ll join us. If there are specific topics you’d like to discuss or questions you’d like addressed, please share them in this thread. We’ll do our best to accommodate community interests.
Looking forward to reconnecting with everyone this Thursday as we embark on what promises to be our most impactful season yet!
