How can democratic coordination scale across the Superchain? Discover the strategic vision for Optimism Fractal and Town Hall in 2025, including proposed biweekly schedules, ORDAO software implementation, and innovative approaches to cross-chain governance coordination ⚒️⛓️
Date: Dec 5th, 2024
Table of Contents
- Timestamps
- Episode Summary
- Community Shared Resources
- Optimism Discourse
- Related Posts
- OTH 28: Retro Funding Discussion
- OTH 27: Optimism Fractal ORDAO Software
- OTH 23: Respect Game: Empowering Communities
Timestamps
0:00 Welcome to Optimism town hall, Dan shares presentation giving brief overview. Gives quick update on last weeks episode.
3:35 Dan shares screen topics proposed, how topics are voted on and todays topic with most votes is Optimism Town hall and Optimism Fractal planning.
7:07 Dan shares season 7 in Optimism with new changes in governance and funding.
8:23 Dan comments on his proposal to transition for both Optimism Fractal and Optimism Town hall.
9:21 Dan welcomes Akrtws, she responds with her view of OTH, so far it’s a great chance to have an overview
10:08 Dan responds, and mentions work that Akrtws is involved in 11:20 Will comments with his thought on theme of this group for 2025 be ‘We are Shipping” we have a lot of products that are ready
14:19 Dan shares screen of article on Season 7 guide, Retrofunding 2025, TKDR abs building future of Ethereum. TLDR plan is to focus on Dev tooling, like Tadas’s ORDAO. Details will be posted in January. Building future on ethereum segment, Dan shares updates and gives high level overview. Retrofunding is to be included in missions. These are the 3 main ways to earn funding.
24:44 Dan give high level overview of article he wrote with his thoughts on planning for optimism fractal and optimism Town hall. Dan mentions ORDAO is now being used in Optimism Fractal, gives additional info.
26:50 Dan comments that’s he’s planning to propose biweekly schedule for Optimism fractal, Eden fractal and Optimism town hall , giving us more time to promote in additional communities. Dan gives other details that he’s been thinking about.
30:23 Dan shares quick overview on Eden Fractal strategic vision a d high order fractal, still in early phases but we’ve been working on it for a while. Dan shares links for anybody interested to read more.
33:51 Will comments he gets it, all good information.
35:15 Will asks if any more thought on ORDAO with hats tree.
35:42 Dan responds, sharing quick info on this in screen share. Dan comments it may be best to wait until front end is complete. Once interface is ready to make proposals it will be better. Dan comments Abraham Howard is trying to integrate fractalgram with hats, and possibly ORDAO as well. For time being we’ll use council process, gives details.
42:47 Dan starts wrapping it up, reminds everyone next meeting OTH on Thursday , Dec 12 at 18utc, Optimism fractal @ 17 utc Dec 12 and Eden fractal on Wednesday, Dec 11@ 16 utc
46:42 yea baby, Go Optimism!
Episode Summary
In this pivotal episode of Optimism Town Hall, the community engaged in a comprehensive discussion about the strategic evolution of governance coordination across the Superchain ecosystem. Dan introduced significant updates from Optimism Season 7, highlighting the ecosystem's enhanced focus on interoperability and evolved funding mechanisms. The Foundation's newly released guidance emphasizes cross-chain activity and developer tooling, with plans to distribute substantial resources through restructured RetroFunding and mission frameworks in 2025.
The heart of the discussion centered on a strategic proposal to transform both Optimism Fractal and Town Hall events to a biweekly schedule, alternating with Eden Fractal sessions. This proposed evolution aims to optimize resource allocation while maintaining consistent community engagement across the expanding Superchain ecosystem. The community explored how this restructuring could enhance their ability to ship production-ready coordination tools and foster deeper relationships with emerging networks like Base, Zora, and others joining the Superchain ecosystem.
Technical infrastructure developments featured prominently in the discussion, particularly regarding ORDAO implementation and its integration with existing coordination tools. The deployment of ORDAO for Optimism Fractal marks a significant milestone, though the community agreed that further interface development through Fractalgram would be essential before implementing certain features, such as full integration with the Hats Protocol. Will emphasized the importance of "shipping" as a theme for 2025, reflecting the community's readiness to move from experimental phases to widespread implementation of their governance innovations.
The session concluded with a thorough examination of next steps and strategic considerations, including potential refinements to game prompts and reputation systems to better serve cross-chain coordination needs. The discussion demonstrated the community's commitment to thoughtful evolution while maintaining the core principles of democratic coordination that have defined their approach. This strategic planning session sets the stage for significant developments in how the Optimism ecosystem approaches governance and community coordination in 2025.
Here is the video from this week’s event where we discussed 2025 planning for Optimism Town Hall and Optimism Fractal, which includes a draft proposal to switch our events to a biweekly cadence. Thanks to everyone who participated for the great discussions, hope you all enjoy the show!
Community Shared Resources
Town Hall topics proposed on Snapshot:
You can explore details about each of these topics and more in this article: https://optimystics.io/seasons-of-optimism
Approved topic proposal: https://snapshot.org/#/optimismtownhall.eth/proposal/0x8fbe51ba401b63581678db4f934466664bbfdd919ce0b3a2a6620152367b0d76
New OPTOPICS Poll: https://snapshot.org/#/optimismtownhall.eth/proposal/0x2c2fc1b948cb8a3d6616f8854b1f1a2695057aac27ab65345e1840d4b9855b0f
More details about Snapshot topics
Seasons of Optimism: Topics for Optimism Town Hall, Season 3
Optimism Discourse
Related Posts
OTH 28: Retro Funding Discussion
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OTH 27: Optimism Fractal ORDAO Software
How is ORDAO advancing onchain democratic governance? Discover a revolutionary protocol for consent-based community coordination powered by reputation. Learn how this groundbreaking software is transforming governance for Optimism Fractal and the Superchain 🏛️🌻
OTH 23: Respect Game: Empowering Communities
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