This week brings a shorter bulletin. Let's dive in:

TL;DR

• Derive expands to the Superchain

• Apply to The Sunnys: Last Days

• Security Council Election: Results

• Upgrade #10 Scheduled for Next Week

• Retro Funding 5: Last Day

• Foundation Mission Request: Growth Grant Analysis

• Apply for a Mission Request

🌐 Ecosystem News

Derive expands to the Superchain

Derive (prev. Lyra) is partnering with Optimism to bring scalable and decentralized trading to the Superchain.

Apply to The Sunnys: Last Days

The SUNNYs is a decentralized awards ceremony to recognize artists and builders across the Superchain. The awards will distribute 540K OP in 20+ prizes.

Teams will sign up with Farcaster on The Sunny’s webpage, build their profile and will be ranked based on their on-chain data leveraging Open Source Observer’s framework. Register before September 9th.

Learn more at www.thesunnyawards.fun

📰 Governance News & discussions

Security Council Election: Results

Elections to the Security Council finished last week. The 7 candidates that will join re-elected Council Lead Alisha.eth are: ethernaut, nenexcool, emiliano, pablito.eth, Agora, The Uniswap Foundation, and yoseph. The new Security Council will begin their term in February.

Check out the results and winning candidates here.

Upgrade #10 Scheduled for Next Week

The Granite Network Upgrade received no vetos in the Citizens House. Upgrade #10 is now scheduled for execution for September 11th. Read the Upgrade's impact summary and action plan in the full proposal.

🗳 Voting Reminders

No voting at the moment.

💵 Grant News

Retro Funding 5: Last Day

Applications for round 5 close tomorrow after a 24-hour extension. Are you a contributor to the OP Stack? Create your profile on retrofunding.optimism.io and sign up with Farcaster to apply. Learn more

Retro Funding round 6 is coming up this month and will be focused on contributions in governance. More details soon!

Foundation Mission Request: Growth Grant Analysis

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

Apply for a Mission Request

Delegate Mission Requests are a great way to develop a project that is aligned with Optimism’s current needs. Find an approved mission on the Mission Request List. Apply by: November 6th

Missions v2.5 | Calendar S6 | Application guide | Application walkthrough 

Upcoming Calls

• Grants Council Office Hours [Monday, September 9th]

• Joint House Community Call [Tuesday, September 10th]

You can add Optimism governance calls to your calendar here.

🔴✨ Optimism Collective Resources

• Forum discussions

• Optimism X account

• Optimism Governance X account

• Governance calendar

• 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!