OP Bulletin: Retro Funding 6 Announcement | Sep. 19th
Governance analytics, tooling and leadership will be rewarded on the next round, beginning next week
TL;DR:
Shape Mainnet soon
Boba Network joins the Superchain
Base reaches 4.5 daily transactions
Rolling Mission Requests approved
Optimism Badgeholder Data
Retro Funding 6 Governance Announcement
Foundation Mission: Growth Grant Analysis – Last days to apply
Cycle 27 Grants Final Report
🌐 Ecosystem News
Shape Mainnet soon
Shape will join other OP Stack chains on mainnet on September 30th. Shape aims to be a chain for creators, where artists can design, build, and experiment to contribute to the web of creativity.
Boba Network joins the Superchain
Boba Network is a multichain layer 2 designed for intelligent hybrid applications enabled by HybridCompute technology. It will now join 33 other chains in the Superchain!
Base hit over 4.5 million in a single day
After surpassing 4m transactions on late August, Base continues its growth trajectory hitting over 4.5 million transactions in a single day.
📰 Governance News
Rolling Mission Requests approved
The proposal to approve mission requests on a rolling basis throughout the season passed! Additionally, the first batch of 8 rolling missions was approved.
Optimism Badgeholder Data
The dashboard resulting from a Foundation Mission has been published. It explores badgeholder's onchain activity measured as the 132 Badgeholder addresses that acted as voters for Round 3 in comparison to a non-badgeholder control group. The mission concluded that badgeholders are:
more engaged in governance across different DAOs,
more active on social platforms like Farcaster,
more involved in NFT creation and smart contract deployment.
🗳 Voting Reminders
No voting at the moment.
💵 Grant News
Retro Funding 6: Governance Announcement
Sign up for the new round will begin next week! Round 6 will be focused on contributions made to governance during October 2023 until September 18th 2024 in the following categories:
Governance Infrastructure & Tooling (including grants tooling)
Optimism Governance Analytics
Governance Leadership in the Collective, including councils, boards and commissions, as well as facilitation of critical governance processes
The round will distribute between 1.1m and 3.5m OP. Citizens will cast their vote on an amount and the median vote will be the final amount.
Sign up: September 26th - October 10th
Foundation Mission: Growth Grant Analysis – Last days to apply
This mission is seeking to fund a detailed, metrics-driven assessment of all growth grants issued in Season 6. This analysis should bring a better understanding, answering specific questions and delivering a dashboard.
Baseline grant amount: 10,000 OP
Apply by: September 23rd
Learn more
Cycle 27 Grants Final Report
The report for Cycle 27 grants has been published. Out of 53 applications, 16 will be receiving a grant. Missions continue to receive applications on a rolling basis.
Upcoming Calls
Grants Council Office Hours [Monday, September 23rd]
Token House Community Call [Tuesday, September 24th]
You can add Optimism governance calls to your calendar here.
🔴✨ Optimism Collective Resources
OP Hub - home of optimistic resources
🫡 Stay Connected, Stay Informed
Every week we summarize news, discussions and proposals to provide you with the tools to bring informed contributions to the Collective.
See you next week!
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