Special thanks to @brichis, @GFXlabs, @Gonna.eth, @jackanorak, @kaereste, @Matt / @mastermojo, and @Porter_Smith, for review and feedback of scope changes as part of the Feedback Commission.
Season 6: Suggested Mission Requests
Context
Please see Mission Requests v2.5 to see the full details of how Missions will work in Season 6.
While the Foundation will not create Mission Requests, in an effort to further align the efforts of the Gov Fund with the other mechanisms supporting each Intent, below are suggestions of Mission Requests that could be sponsored by members of the Feedback Commission or Grants Council.
It is recommended that Mission Requests outline a high level goal to be achieved but refrain from over-specifying the specific tactics to achieve that goal.
For example:
Grow active developers, globally
Not
Host a hackathon in Europe
In order to standardize evaluation with the above recommended level of specificity, it is recommended that metrics for success and milestones tie back to the target metrics under each Intent as much as possible.
Suggested Mission Requests
Intent 1: Progress Towards Decentralization
Target metric, technical: Not currently supported by the Gov Fund
Target metric, Token House governance: Increase votable supply by 15% to 100M OP
Target metric, Citizensā House governance: Increase in the percentage of Citizens that feel confident voting on upgrade vetos (to be measured via the voting UI in each veto proposal)
We acknowledge these are imperfect measures of governance decentralization. Research and analysis that contributes to the Collectiveās understanding and/or measurement of capture-resistance in both Houses also supports this Intent.
Mission Requests under Intent #1, will only pertain to governance this Season. These Mission Requests will be proposed by members of the Collective Feedback Commission (CFC) and voted on by the Token House. The CFC is encourage to consult with the Grants Council on final drafts and may indicate such on any draft. The Foundation Governance Team will informally advise the Grants Council on any grants related to critical DAO infrastructure or key governance parameters. The Grants Council will process all Mission Applications.
In the future, we hope to publish public governance roadmaps that builders can contribute towards. In the meantime, we will host bi-weekly office hours to help ensure builders are working on initiatives that are aligned and integrate with internal roadmaps.
Foundation Mission Requests that would fall under this category, as currently scoped:
- Dynamic Delegate Attestations
- Governor v2 Contract
- RetroPGF List Creation UI
- RetroPGF 3 Discovery & Voting
- GovNERD(s)
Suggested Intent #1 Mission Requests:
Intent #1 Mission Requests should contribute to the north star metrics listed under ātarget metrics, governanceā
Please note: All governance missions should leverage EAS Attestations for onchain infrastructure, unless specified otherwise. Infrastructure should also use and/or integrate with Farcaster accounts and the Projects entity. Teams may join Foundation Office Hours to discuss how to best leverage these elements in a way that is compatible with roadmaps.
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Critical DAO Infrastructure:
- Cross chain voting: Enablement of cross-chain voting (e.g. building a module that can take votes on an L2 and execute them on an L1)
- Grants claiming tool: Our process for gov/partner/unallocated fund grants is inefficient from both a delivery and claiming perspective. Having a tool built out so claiming can be done, in a way that drives delegation, on an official website is an important step for our process
- Any tooling or simulations that help voters better understand protocol upgrades and feel confident in their execution
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Research and Analysis on Key Governance Parameters:
- Analyses / simulation of different voting mechanisms and potential impact on probability of capture (public vs. private voting tradeoffs, etc.)
- Research on governance attacks in token-voting systems (ie. attack simulation / research on āhealthyā thresholds / identification of failure modes) and non-plutocractic governance or voting systems (bribery, collusion, corruption, etc.)
- Analysis of social graph and attestation data to output a probability (and corresponding attestation) that any one Farcaster account is a Sybil
- Analysis of Governance Fund Grants contribution towards the Intents and corresponding target metrics
- Analysis of different grant programs and their failure modes
- Analysis of which on-chain actions are high signal for engaged governance participants
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Driving Delegation
- Initiatives to meaningfully drive delegation and / or distribution of votable supply among a broad set of specific stakeholders, such as:
- Contracts that support advanced delegation features
- Delegate incentive programs
- Initiatives to meaningfully drive delegation and / or distribution of votable supply among a broad set of specific stakeholders, such as:
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Success metrics
- Number of addresses voting for the first time
- Number of addresses delegating for the first time
- Total amount of OP delegated from new addresses using the granteeās protocol
Note: Critical DAO infrastructure that doesnāt integrate with the Foundationās governance roadmap or architecture, generalized initiatives aimed at increasing voter participation or participant onboarding, and/or hard to maintain educational resources have had limited impact on progress towards decentralization in the past
Consumer facing applications, education initiatives, and/or events may be supported by this Intent, in so far as they contribute to the target governance metric.
Intent 2: Bring Chains to the Superchain
Supported by other mechanisms in the Collective (see here for full details.)
Intent 3: Grow Application Devs on the Superchain
Target metric: 9,500 active developers driving usage across the Superchain
This Intent is subdivided into two portions:
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Intent 3A: OP Mainnet Mission Requests will be created by The Grants Council and approved by the Token House
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Intent 3B: One Superchain Grant Mission Request will be created by The Foundation and approved by the Token House
Proposed Gov Fund Budget: 18M OP (3A + 3B)
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Intent 3A: 6M OP for builders on OP Mainnet
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Intent 3B: 12M OP for chain-specific grant programs supporting the Superchain
Intent 3A - Suggested Mission Requests:
The below recommended Mission Requests apply to OP Mainnet, but can be incorporated by any chain running their own grants program supported by Intent 3B.
Note: Previously, many applications under this Intent fell under generalized ābuildersā or āgrowth experimentsā grants programs. This distinction refers primarily to grant type and is less relevant now that applicants can apply for hybrid grants. In Season 6, we recommend all grant applications fall under a specific Mission Request, aimed at a specific type of user and/or developer growth, rather than running catch all programs based on grant type.
DeFi: Shift Ethereum TVL to OP Mainnet
- Improve Cross-Chain Liquidity (for example, but not limited to, DEXs w/ cross-protocol or cross-chain liquidity aggregation)
- Improve Trading Efficiency (for example, but not limited to, DEXs w/ off-chain order books)
- Improve Lending Efficiency (for example, but not limited to, novel money markets)
- Simplified Perpetuals DEXs
Stablecoins: Improve Superchain liquidity by increasing access to stablecoins
- Multi-chain, USD, or non-USD Stablecoins
Gaming: Onboard and support more quality game developers to the Optimism Ecosystem
- Support gaming teams interested in building their own L2 or L3
- Support gaming teams looking to expand or migrate from another ecosystem to the Superchain
- Support teams that are looking to deploy fully on-chain games
AI/ML: Establish Optimism as the ecosystem and codebase to build on/with for AI/ML uses, applications, and L2s
- Increase the number of machine learning engineers and researchers in the Optimism ecosystem
Success metrics
Growth:
- TVL in granteeās protocol
- Number of transactions emitting event logs
- Number of active addresses interacting with granteeās contracts
- Total amount of gas fees generated from granteeās contracts
Stickiness:
- % of retained active addresses interacting with granteeās contracts
- DAA/MAA ratio
Developer Tooling:
- Number of testnet transactions emitting event logs
- Number of active developer addresses interacting with granteeās contracts
Consumer facing applications, education initiatives, and/or events may be supported by this Intent, in so far as they contribute to the target governance metric.
Intent 3B - Mission Request:
There will be one Mission Request under Intent 3B, proposed by the Foundation. Consistent with Optimismās approach to governance, we will evaluate this Mission Request as an experiment to learn we can best support developer growth across the Superchain. The approach in future seasons may change based on learnings, feedback, and iteration.
Under this Mission Request, L2 Chains listed in the Superchain Registry (or similar) will be able to request OP to make grants within their own ecosystems. This is similar to Distributed Domain Allocation and creates a scalable strategy to support the broader Superchain by empowering OP Chains to leverage their ecosystem specific expertise.
If this Mission Request is approved, the Grants Council will process applications from OP Chains requesting tokens to run their own grants program but will not process individual grant applications for other OP Chains. Qualifying OP Chains do not have to have an existing public grants program in order to apply.
Suggested framework for relative allocation under this Mission Request:
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We suggest allocating 65% of the Intent 3B Budget to OP Chains already in the Superchain, distributed pro-rata based on contribution to the Collective to date (excluding OP Mainnet)
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We suggest reserving the remaining 35% of the Intent 3B Budget for new OP Chains, defined as having launched mainnet within the last six months, joining the Superchain throughout the Season. In the case of new Chains, we recommend budget be allocated according to the Foundationās Chain Health Framework (more information to be provided as soon as possible.)
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We suggest a cap of 3M OP for any individual L2 OP Chain, to prevent winner takes all dynamics
Participating OP Chains are encouraged to make grants consistent with approved Mission Requests under Intent #3A. OP Chains should not use their grants to run grant programs that directly target users from any other OP Chain (e.g. making grants to migrate protocols from Mainnet to another chain).
Participating OP Chains are also encouraged to coordinate with the Grants Council on best practices to create a consistent grants application process across the Superchain and to avoid repeating mistakes weāve already learned from. For the sake of shared learning, it is highly encouraged that all participating OP Chains publish a retrospective at the end of the Season.
Any tokens not granted via OP Chain grants programs at the end of the Season shall be returned to the Governance Fund. Grants to OP Chains will be subject to the typical milestone based delivery and assessment process. Grants made by OP Chains will also be subject to the Grant Policies. OP Chains participating in this program will be required to sign an agreement with the Foundation to this effect.
